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The Terry Benjey Bicycling Foundation
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The Terry Benjey Bicycling Foundation
May is National Bike Month, a celebration of cycling in the United States and a month of advocacy to protect cyclists from dangers on the road. WHQR reporter Kelly Kenoyer interviewed Adrienne Harrington from the local nonprofit the Terry Benjey Bicycling Foundation about cyclist safety and Vision Zero in the Cape Fear Region.
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
- CFR: Interesting housing updates; the future of DEI
- Former CFCC department chair: 'Who's behind the wheel?'
- 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
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
- Biden forgives more than $6 billion in loans for 317,000 Art Institutes students
- Violence erupts at UCLA as protests over Israel's war in Gaza escalate across the U.S.
- Police called in to break up confrontations at UCLA campus protest
- What is 'communal living' and is it right for me?
- NYC police used force to clear a pro-Palestinian student encampment at Columbia
- Pentagon's reduction in military medical costs is criticized as going too far
- A progressive activist, running in a moderate N.J. district, ignores usual playbook
- When judges get free trips to luxury resorts, disclosure is spotty
- Morning news brief
- At Brown University, protesters and administrators reach deal to end encampment
State News
- Fact Check: Attack ad accuses GOP congressional candidate of being attorney for Biden
- UNC-Chapel Hill protests disperse after intense Tuesday with 30 arrests
- 'It's bad all around': Charlotte mourns deadliest shooting of law officers in city history
- Charlotte filmmaker explores the history and impact of climate change in Black communities in the South
- Controversial immigration bill resurfaces at NC legislature
- Updates: 4th officer killed has been identified, police no longer searching for 2nd shooter
- Protesters take down American flag from Polk Place, replace with Palestinian flag
- 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
