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Army Veteran Ivory Giles, age 60, is staying at the Sgt. Eugene Ashley Memorial Center in Wilmington. He's one of 367 people age 55 and up who accessed homeless services in the tri-county area in 2025.
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Homelessness is at an all-time high. Seniors are no exception.
Kelly Kenoyer
Elderly homelessness is on the rise in North Carolina, and it’s a particularly strong trend in the Cape Fear Region, where many people move to retire.
The New Hanover County Board of Education Center during the Board of Education meeting in Wilmington on July 8, 2025. Many teachers and community members attended to show their support for the Mary W. Howe Pre-K Center which was under consideration for closure.
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NHC school board approves settlement in sex abuse lawsuit tied to convicted teacher Michael Kelly
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The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office detention center is responsible for over 90% of the overtime pay due to staffing shortages.
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New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office deputy fired, SBI investigating
Benjamin Schachtman
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
  1. North Carolina keeps expanding its role in immigration enforcement. Here’s what changed and why it matters.
  2. Sunday Edition: Novant’s Five-Year Checkup
  3. Musician and songwriter Jared Michael Cline talks musical influences, playing live, and upcoming projects
  4. ACA enrollment dropped sharply in North Carolina. More people across the state are expected to lose coverage
  5. Former Wilmington Police Department officer sentenced for hitting his girlfriend with his vehicle
  6. CFPUA customers within Wilmington see increased water shutoffs
  7. Post-Covid, New Hanover needs a lot more foster families
  8. Wilmington park deal goes ahead after divided New Hanover County vote on $1 million contribution
  9. What are data centers? Here’s how they could affect your power bill
  10. Sunday Edition: What's Going On In City Hall?
  11. The Endowment names Sophie Dagenais as new CEO and president
  12. Ask a Journalist: What's going on with Wilmington's new park?
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
  1. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Kelly Zullo
  2. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: The cast of "To Kill A Mocking Bird"
  3. Commentary: Gary Trawick
  4. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Nancy King, artistic director of Opera Wilmington
  5. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Techmoja Dance & Theater Company's Kevin Lee-Y Green and Michael Sherrod
  6. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Steve Vernon
  7. Commentary: Alan Sturrock
  8. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Rachard McIntyre and Randx Nieves
  9. "Unique: A Rachard McIntyre Retrospective" Fourth Friday Reception
  10. Commentary: Gary Trawick
  11. Commentary: Bob Thompson "Longfellow and the Bells"
  12. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Angel Major and Cas Hyman
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
  1. ICE agents misrepresented themselves to arrest a student at Columbia, lawyers say
  2. These major issues have brought together Democrats and Republicans in states
  3. Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public
  4. Is the U.S. headed toward a military conflict with Iran?
  5. Pentagon shifts toward maintaining ties to Scouting
  6. Why farmers in California are backing a giant solar farm
  7. Civil rights leaders say the racial progress Jesse Jackson fought for is under threat
  8. Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams on confirmation hearing for next top doctor
  9. Amid surge in ICE hiring, experts question training methods
  10. The Supreme Court appears split in tax foreclosure case
State News
The Vance Monument, an iconic statue dedicated to former Confederate officer, state senator and North Carolina Governor Zebulon Vance, was fully dismantled in late 2024 after a drawn-out legal battle. The campaign to remove the statue came in the wake of Asheville's reckoning with systemic racism in the summer of 2020.
  1. ‘A place of fear:’ Asheville candidates hedge on pushing forward landmark reparations endeavor amidst federal scrutiny
  2. Shavers challenges incumbent Besse in Forsyth Commission primary
  3. Boone food pantry sees growing need after SNAP cuts
  4. School funding, affordability shape Guilford Commission primary
  5. Randolph commission candidates split on library board controversy
  6. G20 event expected to bring up to $2 million in economic benefit to Asheville, tourism leader says
  7. Spike in Duke Energy disconnections anticipated after January winter storms
  8. Immigration enforcement concerns shadow tax season for some immigrants
  9. ‘It’s a scary time:’ WNC Democrats voice enthusiasm — and fear — ahead of key congressional primary
  10. Davie Commission race draws six Republican candidates
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