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Recently, UNCW restructured the Center for Gender Studies and Research under the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. In the process, the director of Gender Studies lost their position. WHQR reporter Rachel Keith spoke with Brenna Flanagan of Port City Daily about what happened.
The Newsroom
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On this episode, Rachel Keith sits down with Ray Funderburk III, who recently settled with Cape Fear Community College three years after he was ousted from its board of trustees. Plus, Kelly Kenoyer talks with UNCW economist Mouhcine Guettabi about potential economic impacts of a toll bridge over the Cape Fear River, which is looking increasingly likely.
More Local News
- No current funding pipeline for the proposed $50-million Isaac Bear facility
- NOAA predicts below-normal 2026 hurricane season, officials still advise caution and 'vigilance'
- Hampstead Bypass construction will shift traffic starting next week
- Public hearing for Wilmington's 20% tax increase sparsely attended, council seems likely to move forward
- How much public money was used in CFCC lawsuit with former trustee?
- Is NC changing its liquor laws? What to know as lawmakers weigh happy hours, Sunday sales
- NHCS sees significant improvements on NC Teacher Working Conditions survey
- Portrait of an Artist’s Artist: Addie Wuensch
- Transforming Wilmington's slumlord housing stock
- New Hanover County passes budget in 4-1 vote, maintains existing tax rate
- UNCW Faculty Senate officially votes to scrap Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- New Hanover County finalizing details on a two-year food and medication delivery pilot
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Commentary: "Dr. Alan Sturrock reflects the film Braveheart, and the way Hollywood can distort history." Alan Sturrock
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Kevin Lee-Y Green and Adrianna Hough
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Les Fontanelles - On Air This Weekend
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Symphony director Liz Scanlon
- Commentary: Kamili Anderson “Gullah Geechee”
- "Taking Flight"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Maureen Lewis, president of the Carolina Beach Mural Project
- Commentary: Patricia Dew “Public Libraries For All”
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Craig Snow of the Cape Fear Chordsmen
- Commentary: Robert Leddy "Wright Brothers"
- MT Bottles on the Wilmington comedy scene, fatherhood, and his approach to making people laugh
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Choral Society, "Disaster!" and Bo Webb
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- In West Texas, an unlikely alliance stands against extending the border wall
- Inside ATL: how Delta juggles 100,000 bags a day at the world's busiest airport
- Evacuation orders lift for thousands of residents near damaged chemical tank
- Ahead of the World Cup, pressure to win and grow American soccer is on Tim Ream's mind
- 'Cemetery citizens' are restoring marginalized burial grounds in Connecticut
- The removal of a whale mural in Dallas ahead of World Cup has caused a stir
- An older kid stepped up to save him from bullies — and changed his life
- Interest in war reenactments surges ahead of America's 250th
- After Stephen Colbert's viral talk show parody, CBS backs down from copyright action
- Trump to get 'routine annual' medical exam 7 months after last visit to Walter Reed
State News
- As Asheville weighs more HUD funds for Helene home repairs, nonprofits urge another path
- Charlotte City Council to host public meeting on 150-day data center moratorium Tuesday
- Plants could help U.S. mine rare earth materials, N.C. State study says
- Breeding the burps out of cows and other food-related climate solutions
- NCDOT waited nearly a year to clear debris in west Charlotte. Residents still aren’t happy
- WS/FCS to hold hearing on closure of The Special Children's School
- Q&A: Why state workers aren't happy with proposed raises
- North Carolina Museum of Art Winston-Salem will soon open new downtown gallery
- Wilkes, Watauga among hardest-hit counties as drought deepens in NC
- Guilford County Behavioral Health Center approaching 5 year anniversary
