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North Carolina is more than eight months into the current fiscal year without an enacted state budget, the only state in the country in that position.
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WHQR's Ben Schachtman and Rachel Keith dig into our recent candidates forum for the New Hanover County school board. Five Republicans and six Democrats are running for four seats in each party.
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- Sunday Edition: Notes on a Scandal
- Under public pressure, New Hanover County school board candidate drops out
- New Hanover County Democratic Party calls on candidate to withdraw over relationship with sex offender
- Primary 2026: Preliminary election results from the Cape Fear region
- Wilmington harbor-dredging project: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers faces community concerns and state objections
- Departure of top City of Wilmington staff continues as HR director resigns
- New Hanover County's early voting turnout surpasses numbers from 2022, the last midterm election primary
- Long-time Cape Fear physician: ‘Early colorectal cancer is highly curable, late stage is not’
- Sunday Edition: “We should always have each other’s backs.”
- Former Wilmington DEI director alleges wrongful termination, systemic racism, and other issues in city government
- Ask a Journalist: When should Wilmington neighbors call 911 or the non-emergency line?
- New Novant NHRMC landing page data shows a mixed bag of improving and subpar scores
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- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Kelly Zullo
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: The cast of "To Kill A Mocking Bird"
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Nancy King, artistic director of Opera Wilmington
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Techmoja Dance & Theater Company's Kevin Lee-Y Green and Michael Sherrod
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Steve Vernon
- Commentary: Alan Sturrock
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National News
- One year later: Mahmoud Khalil remains in limbo but ready to fight
- Out of work and with 2 teens, this mom may lose food stamps under Trump's changes
- With Noem out, North Carolina hopes to get FEMA funding
- Scotland, Connecticut: The town with six zip codes
- ISIS-inspired suspects charged after foiled New York protest attack
- Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in Manhattan federal court
- Water restrictions hit home in California
- Security wait times at some U.S. airports soar as government shutdown drags on
- Epstein used his ties to Nobel laureate scientists to try to rebuild his image
- Top Arizona lawmaker says he's complied with a subpoena for 2020 election records
State News
- Deportations and voluntary departures rise in Carolinas immigration court
- Driver charged with second-degree murder after car crash kills Forsyth County sheriff's deputy
- Greensboro Fire Department presents its annual report
- 'No future beyond our reach': N.C. A&T celebrates 135th anniversary
- Roy Cooper brings U.S. Senate campaign to Greensboro
- Gov. Stein calls for raises, Medicaid funding in new $1.4 billion budget request
- New DHS head needs to act with "greater urgency” than Noem about FEMA funds, NC delegation says
- Blue Ridge Parkway to fully reopen in North Carolina by end of year
- Forsyth County greenlights Triad Park pipeline project
- Rockingham County Sheriff Page extends lead in bid to win primary against Senate leader Phil Berger