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NCDEQ
Back in 2019, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality had to be forced into regulating Chemours after it was caught dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River. But the tenor of the relationship between DEQ and Chemours has remained cozy. WHQR’s Kelly Kenoyer brought environmental advocate Dana Sargent into the studio to discuss the issue.
The Newsroom
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On this episode, Ben Schachtman and Rachel Keith sit down with John Biewen and Michael Betts, writers and co-hosts of Echoes of a Coup — the sixth season of the Scene on Radio podcast from Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics. The five-part series takes a deep dive into Wilmington’s 1898 coup and massacre.
More Local News
- CFCC employees cited pressure to fabricate information prior to accreditation warning, compliance staff 'nonrenewed'
- A new technology to remove PFAS from drinking water is undergoing a pilot in Wilmington
- The question of Master's pay for North Carolina teachers
- CFPUA could be a guide for how utilities can meet the EPA's new drinking water standards
- Three employees resign following Elizabeth Craver's reinstatement as Pender County Clerk of Court
- For a second year, WFD says mental health support is its top priority
- Recently published study looks at healthcare and race, including in North Carolina
- The Dive: The New Hanover County budget shortfall we aren't talking about much
- CFR: WFD's budget request; innovation in housing solutions
- Judge rules Elizabeth Craver will remain Pender County's clerk of court
- Leland town council hears new budget proposal
- Ask a Journalist: I'm stuck in line at the DMV. What's going on?
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- STNL! Featuring: The Benny Hill Ensemble
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Rissi Palmer and September Krueger
- Comedian Meghan Cook on her origins in stand-up, and advice for aspiring comics
- Cape Fear Conversations: Health Equity
- Docutime Film Festival celebrates its 20th year
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Grahamland Amusements
- Cinematique Presents: The Beast
- Cinematique Presents: Problemista
- Cinematique Presents: Wicked Little Letters
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Dorothy Gillespie documentary
- Robert Bellamy, aka ScaleHamHawk da Poet, talks about his work, his muse, and his name
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Madafo Day
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week, Kelly joins us to talk about a joint city and county homelessness meeting, and then Ben joins us to go over diversity, equity and inclusion and it's potential fate locally.
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
- How do you counter misinformation? Critical thinking is step one
- Photos of a 3-year friendship that ended with an unsolved murder in New Mexico
- As pro-Palestinian protests spread, more university leaders weigh police involvement
- The IRS considers its free Direct File test program a success
- 4 N.C. law enforcement officers were shot and killed trying to serve a warrant
- Protesters at Columbia University are now occupying a campus building
- A U.S. diplomat tells NPR why she resigned in protest over the policy in Gaza
- Abortion rights on the ballot may not be bad news for Republicans everywhere
- A simple smile saved this man's life
- U.S. to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in 5 years
State News
- Inside Politics: New NC GOP chairman isn't worried about Democrat's fundraising spree
- Will Asheville rebuild Malvern Hills Park pool with bond money? Community pushes for plan.
- UNC student encampment continues Monday, despite university warnings
- Rollout of new court case management system continues despite concerns
- CMPD 'officer of the month', 2 correction veterans among 4 officers killed in east Charlotte shooting
- NC lawmakers look to rein in the 'Wild, Wild West' of CBD, hemp sales
- What to expect as state lawmakers begin their new session in Raleigh
- Almost 2,300 more NC families get private-school vouchers as money runs out
- In Charlotte, United Methodists reorganize over LGBTQ bans
- UNC students protest war in Gaza
