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Courtney McNeil, a ‘mediation specialist’ with Port City United, New Hanover County’s community safety department, was arrested on Thursday and effectively fired shortly thereafter. In court, Judge J. Corpening, who helped push for the creation of PCU, harshly criticized McNeil, laying the potential dissolution of the already-troubled department at his feet. District Attorney Ben David, who was present at the hearing, told WHQR he “cannot support” the violence interrupter program.
The Newsroom
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The affordable housing crisis is national in scope, but it’s uniquely painful in the South because of low wages and surging demand. So what are some creative solutions to this rapidly growing and intractable problem? Backyard cottages? Flipping hotels into rental housing? Or building out job training programs? We asked smart people in the housing space what they consider the most effective strategies to improve housing with help from the New Hanover Community Endowment.
More Local News
- A look NHCS's Endowment requests, past and present
- Brunswick County Commission rejects request for two more elections employees
- NHC school board passes snap motion to limit flags, displays in classrooms
- Novant NHRMC “pleased” with B rating for safety and quality
- Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will reopen Wednesday night, ahead of schedule
- Registration open for new NHC alerting system
- CFR: The Wilmington crime lab lawsuit updates
- New Hanover High School lockdown lifted, suspect arrested
- Leland town council to vote on new budget in two weeks
- President Joe Biden visits Wilmington to announce funding to replace lead pipes
- A closer look at NHCS parents' groups, and the significant differences in their fundraising capacity
- Editor's Note: Questions about Woody White's rebuke of DEI elicit muted responses, and a little snark
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Little Women
- 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
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week, we have Ben join us to revisit the Wilmington Crime Lab lawsuit.
Port City Politics
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On this episode, we look at some red flags that were apparently overlooked ahead of a massive fire at a construction in Charlotte, the increasing number of partisan Boards of Education, and the ongoing case against two Asheville journalists who were arrested while covering a police raid on a homeless encampment.
National News
- Federal prosecutors request 40-year sentence for man who attacked Pelosi's husband
- Student protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies
- Minnesota's new state flag is drawing mixed reactions
- Social security funds are set to fall short by 2033. What can be done?
- Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez goes on trial for taking bribes in exchange for favors
- Biden will deliver the commencement address at Morehouse College
- Controlled demolition planned at Baltimore bridge collapse site
- Solar storm disrupts communications
- Rep. Mike Levin on why Democrats wrote to Biden urging action on the southern border
- Washington's ferry system is seeing the impact of decades of underfunding
State News
- FAFSA still causing delays in students receiving financial aid offers
- Mark Robinson suggests he's being politically persecuted amid probe of wife's nonprofit
- Whooping cough crosses county lines in WNC; Transylvania confirms outbreak
- NC Senate votes to protect Jockey's Ridge amid regulatory dispute
- North Carolina environmental committee delays vote on groundwater standards for toxic chemicals
- Federal appeals court sides with Charlotte Catholic High in gay teacher firing case
- Protestors hold rally encouraging UNC-Chapel Hill faculty to withhold grades
- NC House passes expanded antisemitism definition with bipartisan support
- In Republican runoff, state auditor candidates offer contrasting visions for watchdog agency
- Fact Check: Is GOP superintendent candidate right on claims about school safety?