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In the DA’s leadership academy, middle, high school, and undergraduate participants spend a week learning the ins and outs of the legal system, while coming up with the facts and evidence they’ll use to make their case at a mock trial that took place on June 26, 2026, at the Division of Juvenile Justice building in New Hanover County.
Aaleah McConnell
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New Hanover County DA's youth program wraps with another successful mock trial
Aaleah McConnell
A lover’s quarrel, a missing dog, and a trail of evidence leading to the perpetrator. Can a group of students in District Attorney Jason Smith’s leadership academy work together to deliver justice?
Cynthia Brock and her housing advocate Alisa Brightman. Brightman was also the Harrelson Center's HOP advisor.
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A look at North Carolina's HOP program, one year after its end
Sofia Dinka
Theresa Shively asks to borrow a phone so that she can call the city to try to get her dog Luna back. Luna was taken away after a woman kicked her and then Luna bit the woman. Luna is a registered service dog trained specially to alert people when Theresa is having a seizure. The $160 fee to get Luna released is a substantial amount of Theresa’s monthly income.
Madeline Gray
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North Carolina homeless camping ban passes both chambers, heads to governor's desk
Kelly Kenoyer
The Newsroom
  • Meeting people where they are: NPR's Tamara Keith on covering people and politics
    This year's WHQR luncheon guest was Tamara Keith, Senior Political Correspondent and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. Keith spoke about covering the president, the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and her new series, Swing Shift, a long-term project to document the perspectives of voters in swing states. Keith also took questions from our audience and sat down with WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman.
More Local News
Military personnel salute during a Veterans Day retreat ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 9, 2023.
  1. Community Spotlight: A closer look at veterans’ services in the Cape Fear
  2. Tech helps boaters slow down for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, though new federal protections unlikely
  3. UNCW marine mammal stranding program investigating causes of dolphin mortalities this year
  4. Letter to the Editor: Residents weigh in on replacing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
  5. Local government officials are discussing public business behind closed doors. Is that legal?
  6. Wilmington Police Department says hostage situation resolved, suspect in hospital with self-inflicted gunshot wound
  7. Sunday Edition: Editor's Notes
  8. Former top staff member sues City of Wilmington, alleging she was forced out
  9. A look at life in The Sparrow, a new housing complex in Wilmington serving the chronically homeless
  10. The NC House overrode four of the governor’s vetoes. Here’s what it means for North Carolinians.
  11. First in Conservation: Farm Bill extends tax credit
  12. Pender County's child advocacy center to shut down
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Headshot of Bob Thompson
  1. Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
  2. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
  3. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
  4. Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
  5. Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies
  6. Commentary: The American Revolutionary War & the Two Scotlands - Alan Sturrock
  7. New art gallery and supply store on Castle Street offers art for everybody
  8. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Summer at CAM
  9. Commentary: Shannon Gentry “What does public service mean?”
  10. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 5th Annual Trash'n Fash'n Show
  11. Brandon Hawkins on his musical journey, influences, and working on original music
  12. Commentary: Gary Trawick "Profanity"
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
President Donald Trump departs the White House on May 22, 2025, in Washington. Trump traveled to his Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, where he held a dinner for top investors in his $TRUMP cryptocurrency.
  1. Former ethics lawyer says Trump's crypto poses 'clear conflict of interest'
  2. New York City to hold multiple celebrations during scorching Fourth of July weekend
  3. Federal civil rights data holds schools accountable. Under Trump, it's 6 months late
  4. Morning news brief
  5. Presidential library honoring Theodore Roosevelt opens in North Dakota
  6. Poll shows Americans have optimism about the U.S. improving despite concerns
  7. Americans are showing up for the World Cup in record-breaking numbers
  8. A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it
  9. How America has celebrated milestone birthdays, from world fairs to the World Cup
  10. The majority of Americans are proud but worry about direction of the country
State News
Advocates Mike Partain and Jerry Ensminger, whose tireless research and congressional testimony turned personal tragedies into the legislative momentum behind the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022.
  1. Advocates react after federal court pressures both sides to settle Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuit
  2. NC budget provides retirees with one-time bonus instead of permanent benefit increases
  3. Winston-Salem to honor 13 centenarians at Independence Day celebration
  4. Two WS/FCS students win national America250 contest
  5. Local water protection nonprofit: Data center bill doesn’t go far enough to protect the state’s waters
  6. Forsyth officials release sketch in Tanglewood Park sexual assault investigation
  7. Asheville’s new riverfront park plan brings back favorite amenities — and a more flood-resilient design
  8. Black Mountain College Studies Building receives historic designation ahead of America’s 250th
  9. Coastal ferry tolls prompt two Republicans to vote against NC budget
  10. Grant will fund Watauga paramedic program and ease ER wait times
Brad Heller and the Fustics STNL! performance on air July 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and July 4th at 9:00 p.m.
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Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies - July 19th, 2026
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