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Facing serious budget problems and potential position reductions and layoffs, board members discussed asking both New Hanover County and the New Hanover Community Endowment for additional support. One board member also raised concerns that some employees had already been notified their position was being cut — even though Superintendent Dr. Charles Foust and other top administrators have denied this was happening.
CoastLine
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A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water, is the newest book from nature writer and New York Times bestselling author David Gessner. His daughter, Hadley, is an undergraduate at New York University. They join us to explore what climate science tells us about the prospect of a hotter, drier, more storm-prone, less livable planet by 2063, the year she turns 60.
The Newsroom
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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.
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- New Hanover County puts $3.3 million in economic incentives into industrial park
- "We're not gonna take it": Residents protest Leland tax proposals
- A look at harm reduction efforts in New Hanover County
- The Dive: A new push for tighter AG's office oversight of the New Hanover Community Endowment
- Ask a Journalist: What’s the latest on the Brunswick County Sheriff’s deputy suspended for a DUI last year?
- The EPA's new PFAS standards will help protect residents. But it will cost utilities billions of dollars
- NHC budget proposes $7.6 million in additional funding to offset school district's financial woes
- From 70% to 18%: Leland town council discusses new potential property tax rate
- NHC school board approves staff climate survey, establishes safety committee
- Biden administration imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on toxic PFAS
- The Columbus County elections board "met" by email. Does that violate public meetings law?
- In memo on budget restrictions, NHCS announces freeze on travel reimbursements, purchases
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- 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
- Actor Irene Santiago talks memorable moments, working as a Puerto Rican in film, and working with at-risk kids
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Virtuosi Brass
- Cinematique Presents: One Life
- Cinematique Presents: Perfect Days
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Kim Lebby
- WHQR's new arts reporter interviews Lumbee singer-songwriter Alexis Raeana
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week, we have a conversation with Nikolai about the Leland property tax hike and some of his takeaways, and then, Kelly talks to us about her conversation with the founder of Strong Towns.
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
- The first phase of the Lahaina fire report details timeline of disaster
- Morning news brief
- Amid concerns about kids and guns, some say training is the answer
- Many baby boomers own homes that are too big. Can they be enticed to sell them?
- States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why
- Poland's president visits Donald Trump as allies eye a possible return
- Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department
- Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas
- A new report on the Maui wildfires cites communications breakdowns
- Non-binary Oklahoma lawmaker reflects on year since they were censured by colleagues
State News
- Due to financial issues, Mark Robinson family's nonprofit faces North Carolina DHHS probe
- SBI investigates fatal officer-involved shooting in Henderson County
- Q&A: Social studies teacher from 'the Neglected Northeast' to join NC House
- N.C. hospitality leader warns Buncombe against using tourism tax for affordable housing
- Finding Joy: What happens to orphaned owls? The Carolina Raptor Center has a foster program for that
- Few Latino candidates on 2024 North Carolina ballots despite population growth
- Wawa’s first North Carolina store will open soon in the Outer Banks
- Meet the private landowners who want to bring fire back to North Carolina’s forests
- 'Beat them in a circle': Robinson touts corporal punishment but won't say if it belongs in schools
- Climate advocates urge state to reject Duke Energy's plans for gas-fired power plants, extension