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From left: screenshot of video allegedly taken at the “Brawl at Landfall”; Wilmington officials in Washington; Governor Josh Stein in Wilmington last year to celebrate CNBC’s ‘best state for business’ ranking.
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Sunday Edition: Limousine Liberals? Mass Affluenza? and ‘We’re Number … Two?’
Benjamin Schachtman
Wilmington city leaders caught some flak for a pricy trip to DC. Should they have scaled things back — and why did they have to go, at all? Plus, mapping some of the reactions after drunk teenagers apparently went berserk at Landfall. And, North Carolina again selectively celebrates CNBC’s annual rating of the states.
The Skyline Center, Wilmington’s city hall.
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Firings and reorganization have created a climate of fear and confusion in city hall, some employees say
Kelly Kenoyer
The Martin Marietta facility in northern New Hanover County, off of Holy Shelter Road.
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Proposed Martin Marietta quarry expansion in northern New Hanover County raises community concerns
Rhonda Waterhouse
The Newsroom
  • Meeting people where they are: NPR's Tamara Keith on covering people and politics
    This year's WHQR luncheon guest was Tamara Keith, Senior Political Correspondent and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. Keith spoke about covering the president, the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and her new series, Swing Shift, a long-term project to document the perspectives of voters in swing states. Keith also took questions from our audience and sat down with WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman.
More Local News
A student enrolled in Davidson-Davie Community College’s truck driver training program backs a tractor-trailer into a parking space during a class in June.
  1. New program provides financial aid for workforce training, but few NC community college courses qualify
  2. Nonprofit leaders optimistic as funding is put into HOP and a New Hanover County care hub
  3. 2026 Summer 3-Day Pledge Drive
  4. State budget falls about $2 million short to cover NHCS salaries and bonuses
  5. New Hanover County could re-enter affordable housing sector, as a low-interest lender
  6. North Carolina Governor Josh Stein vetoes homeless camping ban
  7. North Carolina is now taking applications for boating infrastructure grants
  8. Who is on the NC Utilities Commission? How do they decide on Duke Energy’s rate hikes?
  9. Final impact report released for Wilmington's harbor dredging project
  10. New Hanover County's newest library opens this week
  11. State approved New Hanover County’s choice for elections director
  12. UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Mock-up of North Chase Library
  1. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Northchase Library Opening
  2. Commentary: Freedom Ain’t Free - Jamir Jumoke
  3. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
  4. Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
  5. Commentary: First in Freedom: Gary Trawick
  6. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
  7. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
  8. Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
  9. Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies
  10. Commentary: The American Revolutionary War & the Two Scotlands - Alan Sturrock
  11. New art gallery and supply store on Castle Street offers art for everybody
  12. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Summer at CAM
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National News
  1. Airline consolidation now rules the skies. Has it been good for passengers?
  2. Campaign text messages could soon get more effective — and annoying
  3. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Trump ally and foreign policy hawk, dies at 71
  4. Messi and Argentina survive another close call to reach the World Cup semifinals
  5. 200 young campers rescued as flooding hits parts of Missouri and Kentucky
  6. In a nailbiter, England moves on to the World Cup semifinals, defeating Norway 2-1
  7. Justice Department subpoenas New York Times reporters over Air Force One reporting
  8. The biggest steam locomotive is whistle-stopping across the U.S.
  9. With the white nationalist group Patriot Front, what you see is not what you get
  10. Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlife
State News
Roy Watson, Jr., a vice president at Blue Cross NC, speaks Friday afternoon after the N.C. State Health Plan Board of Trustees voted to re-install the insurer as the plan's third party administrator beginning in 2028. State Treasurer Brad Briner said Blue Cross was a clear standout in response to the state's RFP.
  1. For NC State Health Plan members, Blue Cross NC is back in 2028
  2. Stokes planning board backs pause on data center development
  3. NC’s first full budget since 2023 reflects transformed health policy landscape
  4. Haitian immigrants with TPS get two-week extension to keep working legally
  5. North Carolina awards nearly $2.8 million to local libraries
  6. As extreme heat drives up power bills, more Charlotte families seek help
  7. NC State Health Plan raises premiums, offers new tiered benefits that could help members cut costs
  8. Grandfather Mountain hiking trail damaged by Helene reopens
  9. New law expands paid parental leave for teachers and state employees. Here's what we know so far
  10. Forsyth residents relying on crisis services for mental health, report shows
Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies - July 19th, 2026
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