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Two Holly Shelter Middle School students recently won a state history award and are now headed to Washington, D.C., to compete nationally. This year’s theme was a ‘turning point in history,’ they chose Wilmington’s 1898 coup d’etat for their project.
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
- CFR: What's going on at NHRMC?
- How to: Building an accessory dwelling unit in Wilmington
- 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
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, 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.
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
- A hidden danger in Gaza; a Haitian gang leader speaks up
- In W. Va. primary, establishment candidates for governor highlight culture war issues
- With 'bleisure' and fewer workers, the American hotel is in recovery
- Backlash from DEI programs fueled hate speech at city meeting in Oregon
- 'Here's the money. Buy a house': A kind family receives kindness in return
- Counterfeit fentanyl pills are becoming a lot more common in law enforcement seizures
- Want to protect your kids' eyes from myopia? Get them to play outside
- 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
State News
- Final steps in demolition of Asheville’s Vance Monument to begin this week
- North Carolina's May 2024 primary runoff election: What you need to know
- UNC-Chapel Hill BOT votes to divert DEI funding, redirecting it to campus public safety
- Study finds North Carolina public schools are growing more segregated
- 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