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Keenan Jones worked for Cape Fear Community College for over 27 years. Jones started his tenure teaching heating and air-conditioning technology, where he learned he liked changing lives. He recently retired, and spoke with WHQR about his experience working at CFCC and his concerns about the college's future.
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
- 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?
- Project Grace won’t be getting a Michael Jordan museum after all
- An air conditioner on trial: WHQR's Nikolai Mather and Ben Schachtman talk Craver removal hearing
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- 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
- Actor Irene Santiago talks memorable moments, working as a Puerto Rican in film, and working with at-risk kids
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Virtuosi Brass
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week Ben joins us to talk to us about a particular budget request from the Wilmington Fire Department and then, Kelly joins us to give a sneak peek into her upcoming Newsroom episode.
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
- Fact-check: South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace's statements on the Trump trials
- Why 911 emergency systems in 3 states went dead earlier this month
- Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison
- Bernie Sanders says Netanyahu is attacking campus protests to deflect war criticism
- Abortion rights on the ballot won't necessarily sink Republicans in GOP-led states
- New Mexico becomes the latest state to require waiting periods for gun purchases
- A recap of Trump's trial in NYC, and why a delay in the Jan. 6 case is likely
- Gaza solidarity encampments sweep college campuses, police responses heighten
- He runs an internet cafe on a military base. He wants to be deployed to the field
- Oklahoma lawmakers vote to give local law enforcement power over immigration
State News
- Wider count reveals higher homeless population in Asheville-Buncombe as new workgroup is elected
- Planned Parenthood plans 'unprecedented' $10M North Carolina campaign as abortion battles loom
- BizWorthy: If you’ve been placing sports bets in North Carolina, you might get a higher tax bill
- NC Gov. Cooper calls for education funding as legislature opens session
- Buncombe tourism authority excludes affordable housing in $10 million in LIFT grants
- UNC System faculty at odds with process that aims to eliminate DEI: ‘Corrosive effect on trust'
- Drag shows at Monroe restaurant spark protests, dueling lawsuits
- Buncombe County Planning Board postpones vote on short-term rental restrictions for 100 days
- NC public schools face mounting financial pressures. Meet the CFOs who guide the ship.
- New green: First marijuana dispensary opens in North Carolina on the Qualla Boundary