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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
- 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
- Actor Irene Santiago talks memorable moments, working as a Puerto Rican in film, and working with at-risk kids
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
- As student protesters get arrested, they risk being banned from campus too
- 4 people died and hundreds injured when tornadoes spun across Oklahoma
- Morning news brief
- Pa. voters talk how the economy may impact their choice for president
- There have been clashes at pro-Palestinian protests across U.S. campuses
- Should the U.S. government decide who qualifies as a gun dealer?
- Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds
- Military families in Hawaii spark trial over 2021 jet fuel leak that tainted water
- CDC says 3 women diagnosed with HIV after receiving 'vampire facial'
- Jewish students at Columbia meet with Speaker Mike Johnson
State News
- 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
- Henderson County identifies more than two dozen cases in whooping cough outbreak
- 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