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Wilmington Housing Authority purchased Robert S. Jervay Place in December of 2024, with plans to rehabilitate or replace the hurricane damaged units.
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Wilmington Housing Authority gives update on Hillcrest, federal shutdown, and Jervay
Kelly Kenoyer
The Wilmington Housing Authority gave a presentation to the city council Tuesday, emphasizing the impacts of the federal shutdown.
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How the $8 million Endowment grant for NHCS got whittled down to less than $3 million
Rachel Keith
A 60-acre park, Halyburton is 70% undeveloped. The majority of the preserve consists of gently rolling sandhills, a habitat which is rarely found in the coastal Carolinas.
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Portion of Halyburton Park now recognized as a natural heritage site
Aaleah McConnell
The Newsroom
  • CAFO Country: A closer look at concentrated animal feeding operations
    On today's show, WHQR's series CAFO Country, featuring environmental journalist David Boraks, takes a deep dive into North Carolina's hog and poultry industry — it's a major economic driver for the state, but also the source of serious environmental concerns. Plus, we sat down with Inside Climate News' Lisa Sorg to catch up on her latest reporting on CAFOs.
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  1. City Council allocates funding for Greenville Loop Roundabout Project
  2. New Hanover County recognizes October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  3. New Hanover County set to release new comprehensive plan
  4. Wilmingtonians mobilize once more for the "No Kings" protest
  5. Early voting opens in southeastern North Carolina: What you need to know
  6. Petition, protest, and preservation: Where do things stand with the ‘Save Sledge Forest’ efforts?
  7. WHQR Presents ... Wild Things: Blueberry Lane Farm Sanctuary
  8. County formally responds to Pender Post's federal lawsuit
  9. NHCS teacher resigns while under investigation, now charged with assaulting two young children
  10. The Real Homeless Herald brings real-life experience to housed readers
  11. Sunday Edition: Wilmington's camping ordinance, election cycles, and apologies
  12. Rural government roundup: Lawsuits, stormwater, and more
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
  1. Commentary: Nan Graham
  2. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Rod Abernethy
  3. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington-based Working Films Celebrating 25th Anniversary
  4. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Rachel Hilburn Lewis and Andy Wood whose "Speaking of Trees"
  5. Actress, singer, and voice artist Heather Setzler on her acting career and Wilmington's theater scene
  6. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Oskar Espina Ruiz, artistic director of Chamber Music Wilmington
  7. Grammy-nominated artist Damion Murrill on his family's musical journey and empowering the next generation
  8. Commentary: Judge Gary Trawick
  9. "TERRA LUNA" Fourth Friday Reception
  10. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Beth Carter, organizer of the Island Arts Council's Art in the Yard
  11. Dancer, teacher, and artist Ashley Barnes on the joy of "seeing it all finally come together"
  12. Commentary: Dr. Steven Errante
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National News
  1. Here's what experts say 'A House of Dynamite' gets wrong (and right) about nuclear war
  2. It's supposed to be payday for many federal workers. Instead, they're getting nothing
  3. No historic museums were harmed in the making of this quiz. Can you score 11?
  4. Morning news brief
  5. Air traffic control trainees brace for impact of government shutdown
  6. Chicago South Shore building residents recount 'humiliating' ICE raid
  7. An enduring love born amidst early Alzheimer's
  8. Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling
  9. 'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
  10. A frog, a lobster and a unicorn walked into a No Kings protest
State News
The Rev. William Barber II, president of Repairers of the Breach, speaks outside of the N.C. Legislative Building on Thursday, October 23. Barber criticized the impacts North Carolina's new congressional map will have on Black voters in the eastern part of the state, vowing legal action.
  1. Bishop William Barber pledges lawsuit against new NC congressional map
  2. Greensboro mayoral candidates agree on taxes, differ on city oversight at forum
  3. Flight Festival highlights aviation careers for local youth
  4. Federal government's moves could shape High Point Market decisions
  5. Day 3 of federal trial over NC voting law probes role of election integrity groups
  6. Food Lion parent company invests $860M in Burlington distribution center
  7. NC legislature likely done for 2025 without budget, Medicaid agreements
  8. Greensboro mayor pushes for religious community's involvement in winter shelter program
  9. NC House committee probes legal aid spending, as organizations face funding cuts and uncertainty
  10. NC Republicans pass new Congressional map. It's meant to help them pick up a seat.
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