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The nation's capital may be the focal point of the 250th Independence Day celebration, but people all across America have plans to mark the occasion, from boisterous public parades to quiet personal reflections on history.
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Sunday Edition: America at 250 — Red, White, and a Little Blue
Benjamin Schachtman
The Semiquincentennial celebrations can’t mask Americans’ deep frustrations. But there’s a lot to celebrate, and more to hope for — though it won’t come quick or easy.
Local
State budget will defund IOLTA, leaving many poor North Carolinians without civil legal support.
Kelly Kenoyer
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
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.
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The City of Wilmington's main offices at the Skyline Center, formerly the Thermo Fisher building.
  1. WECT INVESTIGATES: Wilmington officials spend $30,000 on DC trip
  2. Eastern North Carolina could see extreme heat over the Independence Day weekend
  3. Community Spotlight: A closer look at veterans’ services in the Cape Fear
  4. A look at North Carolina's HOP program, one year after its end
  5. North Carolina homeless camping ban passes both chambers, heads to governor's desk
  6. Tech helps boaters slow down for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, though new federal protections unlikely
  7. UNCW marine mammal stranding program investigating causes of dolphin mortalities this year
  8. Letter to the Editor: Residents weigh in on replacing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
  9. Local government officials are discussing public business behind closed doors. Is that legal?
  10. Wilmington Police Department says hostage situation resolved, suspect in hospital with self-inflicted gunshot wound
  11. Sunday Edition: Editor's Notes
  12. Former top staff member sues City of Wilmington, alleging she was forced out
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
  1. A new law in California will clarify 'sell by' dates to reduce food waste
  2. Pennsylvania's proposed data centers are bringing strangers together in protest
  3. Paul Pelosi in hit-and-run in California, car left with major damage, authorities say
  4. Trump closes out July Fourth with a speech and fireworks
  5. Reporter's Notebook: The disability rights protest that changed every bus ride
  6. How Detroit reflects America
  7. Detroit and Windsor, Canada share a summer tradition
  8. In Mount Rushmore speech, Trump veers from U.S. exceptionalism to warnings about communism
  9. Trump addresses nation and fireworks light up National Mall after storm delay
  10. Parades canceled and events delayed as historic heat grips U.S. on Independence Day
State News
A variety of hemp products are displayed during a press conference at the N.C. General Assembly on Tuesday, June 24. The N.C. House of Representatives is working on a pair of bills to prevent people younger than 21 years old from purchasing products like these.
  1. NC Senate approves new hemp regulations, expresses frustration with House's lack of vote
  2. Meetings about Gaston County Schools funding raise questions about transparency
  3. ‘Nothing but bad news’: Buncombe officials voice frustration, confusion over new state tax law
  4. Edwards vs. Ager 11th District contest could be toss-up by November, experts say
  5. Charlotte Museum of History cancels July 4 naturalization ceremony amid immigration enforcement concerns
  6. Advocates react after federal court pressures both sides to settle Camp Lejeune water contamination lawsuit
  7. NC budget provides retirees with one-time bonus instead of permanent benefit increases
  8. Winston-Salem to honor 13 centenarians at Independence Day celebration
  9. Two WS/FCS students win national America250 contest
  10. Local water protection nonprofit: Data center bill doesn’t go far enough to protect the state’s waters
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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