In the wake of a shooting at a downtown Wilmington nightclub this weekend, City Councilmember Luke Waddell is calling on city staff to compile crime data on establishments he feels are a "catalyst" for violent incidents.

New Hanover County is considering spending Opioid settlement funds to pay for the treatment of a select few residents through a program called Recovery Unplugged, located outside of North Carolina.

The economic incentive package is expected to generate 1,500 jobs and upward of $2 million in annual tax revenue for the county.

During a rally outside Leland town hall on Saturday, political group Better Government 4 Leland criticized the town council's proposed budgets.

The overdose emergency department visit rate in NC was 161 out of 100,000 people in 2022. This represents nearly 17,000 emergency department visits by NC residents for overdose in that year. Harm reduction efforts have been stigmatized as “enabling” drug use, however, others argue they’re an important tool in fighting the opioid epidemic.

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, a look at Heal Our People’s Endowment, a new nonprofit pushing the North Carolina Attorney General’s office to keep a closer eye on the $1.25 billion New Hanover Community Endowment.

Several Brunswick County listeners and readers have written in to ask about James Geiger, a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was arrested in early January of last year for a DUI in Myrtle Beach. WHQR’s Ben Schachtman did some digging to find out.

The stringent new standards will mean drastic reductions in the level of PFAS — harmful substances known as forever chemicals — in drinking water for millions of Americans. But the new regulations are largely unfunded, and lawsuits against polluters won't be able to fill all of the gap.

The New Hanover County Commissioners are proposing an additional $7.6 million in school funding. That announcement was unveiled at a commissioners’ budget work session on Thursday, April 12. Initially, the New Hanover County Schools district had asked for a lower amount — $4.5 million — in additional funding.

Last year, we reported on the abrupt closing of the Career Readiness Academy at Mosley — a little-known but beloved program in the New Hanover County Schools district. Public pushback saved the Mosley program, but developed into a debate over a 'newcomer school' for immigrants who had recently arrived in the United States, introduced as a possible replacement for Mosley. On this show, we unpack some of the narratives and misinformation that became part of that debate.