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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week, Kelly tells us about her upcoming story on development and then Ben joins us to talk about all the ways our county government makes money its able to spend.
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The Dive: New Hanover County commissioners have two weeks to find $7.7 million. How will they do it?Every week, WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman sits down with The Assembly's Johanna Still, to talk about our joint newsletter, The Dive. For this edition, it’s a look at philosophical differences in how commissioners want to approach this year's tricky New Hanover County budget.
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The Leland town council held a public hearing on May 2 so residents could talk about the revamped town budget. It's still a point of controversy, but the mayor and council agreed to take it to a vote on May 16.
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President Joe Biden visited Wilmington today to announce a total of $250 million in funding to replace lead pipes around North Carolina.
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A closer look at NHCS parents' groups, and the significant differences in their fundraising capacityThere are wide disparities between what different New Hanover County Schools' parent-teacher associations and organizations around the district can raise. WHQR explored this topic with researchers and leaders of these organizations to see how significant resources can make an impact — and how some groups with a smaller fundraising capacity are making do.
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Woody White, the former Republican state senator and New Hanover County commissioner left his last elected office in 2020 — but he's remained influential, particularly in conservative circles. Though not for the first time, he recently published a forceful call to end DEI in North Carolina's state university system and other government bodies. However, White has been apparently unwilling to discuss his comments — and few in his spheres of influence seem eager to engage with his critique of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has prepared and submitted a human health risk assessment of 1,4-dioxane in drinking water, as directed by the General Assembly.
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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.
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The city of Wilmington is set to re-do its regulations around Accessory Dwelling Units in May. The new guidelines mean more housing availability with less disruption to the character of residential neighborhoods.
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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.
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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.
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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.