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By Catherine M. Welch

Wilmington, NC – All this week WHQR is asking candidates in two state house races five questions on some of the most pressing issues facing North Carolina.

Focusing on the 17th District House race, we start this morning talking about eminent domain.

Allan Dameron

Democrat Allan Dameron is challenging Republican Bonner Stiller for the seat in the 17th District.

By Andy Wood

Wilmington, NC – Andy Wood is education director for Audubon North Carolina.

By Catherine M. Welch

Wilmington, NC – Thalian Hall's Executive Director Tony Rivenbark says a city park proposed for the Thalian's current parking lot could hamper fundraising efforts for an addition to the historic performance hall.

Rivenbark says he's already hearing concerns from patrons he's hoping will fund the $8-million project.

By Gary Popp

Wilmington, NC – Cape Fear Community College has received a perfect accreditation report from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Cape Fear Community College President Eric McKeithan says the flawless report is a rare feat for any institution and a first for CFCC.

He says the administration has been working long and hard to earn the perfect score.

By Megan V. Williams

Southeastern NC – 8th District Senator RC Soles is an institution. Literally. The State Senate named Soles a North Carolina Institution last year for his nineteen terms in the general assembly. And like any good incumbent, when Soles talks about his district, it's in long lists of projects won and dollars doled out.

By Catherine M. Welch

Wilmington, NC – On November 7th, incumbent democrat Julia Boseman faces republican challenger Al Roseman in the race for the 9th District State Senate seat.

WHQR's Catherine Welch caught up with the candidates and toured the district to talk with residents about issues facing the region.

By Megan V. Williams

Wilmington, NC – It's late on the agenda, but first in many minds - a revised contract with developer Armada Hoffler, committing 2.2 million dollars of city money to design and build the Convention Center, including an initial payment of 600,000 dollars to complete the design phase.

Tonight's vote takes place before the swearing in of one of the strongest voices of opposition to the convention center.

By Gary Popp

Wilmington, NC – As money from the Wilmington First Citizens Bank robbery shows up in local circulation, police want citizens to keep an eye on the money they exchange.

Investigator Andy Korwatch of the Wilmington Police Department says during the course of the robbery two dye packs went off, leaving a portion of the money distinguishable by a red staining.

By Gary Popp

Wilmington, NC – In an attempt to enhance the safety of children on school buses, the state is holding its annual program Operation Stop Arm.

The program is designed to crack down on motorists, who choose to pass a stopped school bus while dropping off and picking up children.

Lt. Everett Clendenin of the North Carolina Highway Patrol says, each school day over 1,000 of these violations take place throughout the state.

By Megan V. Williams

Wilmington, NC – Martin Tadlock still finds the Wilmington waterfront in everything he does.

The sculptor says memories of a childhood spent fishing on Wilmington's docks and boating on the Cape Fear infuse the massive sculptures he now welds in his Virginia studio.

So it's appropriate that Tadlock's first step onto his hometown art scene has the river as its backdrop.