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CoastLine
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A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water, is the newest book from nature writer and New York Times bestselling author David Gessner. His daughter, Hadley, is an undergraduate at New York University. They join us to explore what climate science tells us about the prospect of a hotter, drier, more storm-prone, less livable planet by 2063, the year she turns 60.
The Newsroom
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In honor of Sunshine Week — an annual event focused on government transparency and reporters who work to hold governments accountable for being open to the public — WECT, Port City Daily, and WHQR took a look at warrants and domestic violence protection orders. WHQR also took a closer look at a new policy aimed at giving New Hanover County school board members first crack at public documents — something that definitely isn't in keeping with the spirit of Sunshine Week.
More Local News
- Cape Fear Memorial Bridge lanes to open ahead of schedule, on Tuesday night
- It's WHQR's Spring Pledge Drive!
- Firearm confiscated from Laney student, New Hanover County Sheriff's Office investigating incident
- Wilmington Police Department seizes Port City United vehicle as part of Houston Moore investigation
- "What were you thinking?" Tensions flare over proposed tax hike at Leland council meeting
- City of Wilmington and New Hanover County talk trees for NC Arbor Day
- NHCS set to ask county commissioners for an additional $4.5 million
- A closer look at Leland's significant proposed tax increase
- New Hanover County commissioners grants rezoning for affordable housing in Castle Hayne
- Sunshine week: The complicated process of domestic violence protection orders
- Sunshine week: A closer look at warrants in a 5-county region
- New NHC school board policy doesn't align with the spirit of public records law
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Cinematique Presents: One Life
- Cinematique Presents: Perfect Days
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Kim Lebby
- WHQR's new arts reporter interviews Lumbee singer-songwriter Alexis Raeana
- Back to the 80s: WHQR Birthday Bash
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Theater Awards
- Passages: A portrait of Cuba and passenger trains in the American South: work by Christina Beam and Karen Healy
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Best Foot Forward
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Jr
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Caterina Jarbora Recital
- Cinematique Presents: Zone of Interest
- Cinematique Presents: The Taste of Things
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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WHQR is celebrating 40 years on the air this year during our Spring Pledge Drive.
Port City Politics
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On this episode, we dig into the complicated world of cannabanoids and drug laws. Plus, the latest on the civil suit filed by the former director of the drug lab once run by the Wilmington Police Department, and a trip down the rabbit hole of North Carolina's notoriously opaque Grand Jury system.
National News
- 'A generous man': Baltimore bridge worker helped family, community in Honduras
- Why the University of Idaho marching band members are heroes in Connecticut
- Baltimore bridge collapse threatens jobs; Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25-year sentence
- Berkeley, Calif., repeals its first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new homes
- Morning news brief
- Ministering to death row: An unlikely friendship based on a shared calling
- A comedian, a pug and a politician walk into the quiz. Do you know the punchline?
- Georgia lawmakers pass new election rules that could impact 2024 presidential contest
- The Texas attorney general is investigating a supplier of Boeing 737 parts
- Port workers in Baltimore face uncertain future
State News
- State threatens to revoke license for Trails Carolina wilderness therapy program after camper’s death
- An ECU student could soon be NC's youngest legislator
- The Carolinas' ACC teams have a big presence in the Sweet 16
- In Charlotte, Stein and other leaders press the fight against fentanyl
- Where do tourism tax dollars go? Buncombe Co. eyes recent Outer Banks case
- SparkNC program brings high tech courses to high schoolers, and it’s looking to expand
- House education panel recommends changing how NC grades public schools
- Legendary glass artist Dale Chihuly returns to Asheville
- Will Trump's pick be the NC Republican Party's new chairman?
- NC voucher expansion shakes up testing for all students