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Elk grazing at the Oconaluftee Visitor's Center in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Local
Can you hunt elk in North Carolina?
Lilly Knoepp, NC Local
After years of work to conserve the elk, the population has reached a high enough number for lawmakers to consider lifting the hunting ban. NC Local explains.
Serious changes are coming to federal laws around hemp products.
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Local
CBD, hemp and other marijuana products may not be available in NC next year. Here’s why
Ben McNeely, NC Local
Employees at the Market Street Starbucks location in Wilmington walked off the job in support of a nationwide strike.
Nikolai Mather/WHQR
Local
Wilmington's only unionized Starbucks joins nationwide strike
Nikolai Mather
The Newsroom
  • Invisible Homelessness: Working and unhoused in America
    There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of unhoused families who go uncounted in New Hanover County each year. Many of them work, often full-time jobs, while living in motels, cars, or bouncing from couch to couch. Today's episode digs into those problems, and what could be done for them.
More Local News
  1. Re-Education Nation: Sandhills Region Teacher of the Year Anthony Martin on Education Politics, School Funding, and CTE
  2. Evictions have risen to their highest rate in 13 years. Housing costs are likely to blame.
  3. Wilmington Housing Authority set to raise rents on 500+ apartments next year
  4. How one New Hanover County library program is helping residents overcome language barriers
  5. Wilmington Minority Chamber of Commerce launches to help support local businesses
  6. Wilmington officials cut ribbon on Fifth Avenue's new bike lane
  7. Alderman Elementary teaching assistant terminated after altercation with student
  8. With costs a growing worry for Americans, Trump seeks to defend his economic record
  9. Re-Education Nation: NHCS Board Member Tim Merrick talks funding, censure
  10. Pender County loses hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud scheme
  11. Still afloat: NC ferry system gets boost but challenges remain
  12. Sunday Edition: No More Moonshots?
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
  1. Commentary: Bob Thompson "Longfellow and the Bells"
  2. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Susan Habas, director of the Thalian Association
  3. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Marva Mapson Robinson, director of the Williston Alumni Community Choir
  4. Commentary: Gary Trawick "Say I Don’t Know"
  5. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Alex Hill of City Ballet
  6. WHQR Now presents Tercel
  7. Holiday Programming 2025
  8. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Meghan McDonald, education and outreach manager for the Wilmington Symphony
  9. "Upcycled and Deconstructed" Fourth Friday Reception
  10. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Dan Brawley, director of Cucalorus Film Festival
  11. WHQR Public Media Wins Six Broadcast Journalism Awards
  12. Heather Wilson and Ben Billingsley on the Cameron Art Museum's newest exhibitions
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
  1. Judge to hold hearing on whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being vindictively prosecuted
  2. Ranchers test virtual fence technology's ability to keep cows safe from grizzly bears
  3. Operation Match: How the first computerized dating service came to be
  4. Criminal justice experts explain why crime rates fell in 2025
  5. Marijuana rescheduling would bring some immediate changes, but others will take time
  6. The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew
  7. Why do airline computer systems fail? What the industry can learn from meltdowns
  8. Morning news brief
  9. More rain expected in Southern California after flooding, mudslides batter region
  10. Farmers say they've 'hit rock bottom,' but still believe next year will be better
State News
Friends and political figures from around the state line up to pay respects at the funeral of Governor Jim Hunt in Wilson, NC.
  1. Funeral service for Gov. Jim Hunt held in Wilson
  2. Reynolda House to temporarily close in January
  3. Elon University launching mental health counseling program to address statewide need
  4. NCDMV kicking off 5-year strategic plan to improve customer service
  5. State regulators approve water, air permits for Transco natural gas pipeline in central NC
  6. All work and no play: Should kids have longer school recess?
  7. North Carolina Christmas tree crop thrives despite Helene impacts
  8. Triad could see healthy real estate market in 2026
  9. High Point's Little Sally troll sculpture is drawing big crowds
  10. 20 NC legislators are running unopposed, and they're all Democrats
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