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Last month, Pender County officials revealed that a scammer had stolen over $650,000 in county money by impersonating a vendor. During Monday's meeting, county manager Colby Sawyer shared new details about the investigation, including changes to the county's financial processes.
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On today’s show, we’re looking back at the year that was 2025 with my colleagues, Rachel Keith, Aaleah McConnell, Kelly Kenoyer, and Nikolai Mather. From the local impacts of DOGE and the Trump Administration to the struggles over education funding, from rural reporting to community engagement, we’ll recap the toughest, most rewarding, and some of the most fun stories of the year.
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- Re-Education Nation: Sandhills Region Teacher of the Year Anthony Martin on Education Politics, School Funding, and CTE
- Wilmington's only unionized Starbucks joins nationwide strike
- Evictions have risen to their highest rate in 13 years. Housing costs are likely to blame.
- Wilmington Housing Authority set to raise rents on 500+ apartments next year
- How one New Hanover County library program is helping residents overcome language barriers
- Wilmington Minority Chamber of Commerce launches to help support local businesses
- Wilmington officials cut ribbon on Fifth Avenue's new bike lane
- Alderman Elementary teaching assistant terminated after altercation with student
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Commentary: Bob Thompson "Longfellow and the Bells"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Susan Habas, director of the Thalian Association
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Marva Mapson Robinson, director of the Williston Alumni Community Choir
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Say I Don’t Know"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Alex Hill of City Ballet
- WHQR Now presents Tercel
- Holiday Programming 2025
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Meghan McDonald, education and outreach manager for the Wilmington Symphony
- "Upcycled and Deconstructed" Fourth Friday Reception
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Dan Brawley, director of Cucalorus Film Festival
- WHQR Public Media Wins Six Broadcast Journalism Awards
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National News
- The delightful history behind serendipity suggests it's not mere luck
- DHS wants Venezuelans to return home, but fears remain as long as Maduro regime is in power
- Morning news brief
- California fire victims say slow insurance payouts have stalled efforts to rebuild
- CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold U.S. secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84
- Trump says US to get 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil from Venezuela at market price
- Homeland Security plans 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota
- A beloved library closes at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
- Here's how to view NPR's coverage of Jan. 6, including a timeline, documents and video
- Trump distorted the history of the Jan. 6 riot. NPR's archive preserves the evidence
State News
- Three measles cases confirmed in Buncombe County as officials track chickenpox and whooping cough
- NC Secretary of State calls for new budget to keep up with business registrations
- All In For Our Schools hits $1.4M school supply fundraising goal
- New whitewater wave park could bring big changes to the small town of Woodfin
- Historic Bethabara Park ends its community garden program
- Duke Energy takes early steps toward a new nuclear plant in central North Carolina
- Winston-Salem to fine drivers for street parking oversize vehicles
- Teachers at dozens of NC schools across the state could walk out Wednesday
- Winston-Salem protesters denounce Maduro capture
- Registered Republican voters surpass Democrats in North Carolina
