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For the first time, Columbus County is hosting partisan primaries for its school board elections. That’s because of a little-known legislative maneuver from state Republicans, and it’s part of a broader pattern. WHQR’s Nikolai Mather and Ben Schachtman break it down.
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Primary Election 2026: Rebecca Trammel is pursuing an unaffiliated campaign for NC Senate District 7On this edition of The Newsroom, we're speaking with Rebecca Trammel, a nonprofit founder, community organizer, and advocate for public education funding who aims to run as an unaffiliated candidate for North Carolina’s Senate District 7. We asked about her decision to run without major party support — and where she lands on some contentious state-level policies.
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- Primary Election: 2026: New Hanover County Board of Education candidate questionnaires
- Board of Commissioners to consider new comprehensive plan for New Hanover County
- Update: The Endowment offers nearly $8 million to help city, county buy greenspace on Greenville Loop Road
- Primary Election 2026: New Hanover County Board of Commissioners candidate questionnaires
- Amid frigid temperatures, Cape Fear nonprofits step up to help the homeless
- Wilmington Fire Department responds to car fire at downtown parking deck
- 2026 Primary Election Candidate Forums
- Wilmington's median income is on the rise. Here's how that messes with subsidized rents
- NHC school board cuts ties with attorney after offensive remark, will consider new firm
- Applications for NHCS preschool will open soon
- Leland set to consider introducing voting districts
- Wilmington Police Department investigating after pedestrian killed in crash on South College
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Techmoja Dance & Theater Company's Kevin Lee-Y Green and Michael Sherrod
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Steve Vernon
- Commentary: Alan Sturrock
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Rachard McIntyre and Randx Nieves
- "Unique: A Rachard McIntyre Retrospective" Fourth Friday Reception
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
- Commentary: Bob Thompson "Longfellow and the Bells"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Angel Major and Cas Hyman
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Marva Mapson Robinson, director of the Williston Alumni Community Choir
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Say I Don’t Know"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Alex Hill of City Ballet
- WHQR Now presents Tercel
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National News
- Photos: Thousands once again protest ICE in Minneapolis and across the U.S.
- Judge rules Luigi Mangione should not face death penalty
- Minnesota corrections commissioner disputes ICE arrest numbers
- States look at banning masked agents, but local police have doubts
- Blue Origin pauses space tourism flights to focus on lunar lander
- How the George Floyd killing changed Minneapolis gun culture
- Texas A&M University cancels programs in women's and gender studies
- How American Katie Uhlaender was denied Olympic bid by Canadian coach's point scheme
- Alex Pretti shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis prompts DOJ civil rights probe
- Brown University pays out first workforce grants under deal with Trump
State News
- Hundreds gather in uptown Charlotte to protest ICE's actions in Minneapolis
- N.C. A&T holds virtual event honoring 66th anniversary of student-led sit-in
- Ahead of winter storm, NC Gov. Stein urges North Carolinians to ‘reconsider’ weekend plans
- Storm could bring up to 8 inches of snow to the Triad
- Hot Springs bounces back from Helene — without much federal help
- Winter storm resources and links
- Four arrests made in connection with Surry County shooting
- Former Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown agrees to plead guilty to wire fraud
- Duke Energy considers Rockingham County site for potential 'peaker' gas plants
- Arras, a 15-month-old Dutch Shepherd, is sworn in as the newest member of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office
