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The number of children in foster care has dropped in the past five years, but so have the number of families available to help them.
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The forum hosted by WHQR, WECT, and Port City Daily, featured the four candidates running for two seats: Salette Andrews, Judy Justice, Dr. LaShonda Wallace, and Rob Zapple.
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Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- 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
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Rachard McIntyre and Randx Nieves
- "Unique: A Rachard McIntyre Retrospective" Fourth Friday Reception
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
- Commentary: Bob Thompson "Longfellow and the Bells"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Angel Major and Cas Hyman
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Marva Mapson Robinson, director of the Williston Alumni Community Choir
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National News
- Trump would like the government he leads to pay him billions
- Do the people building the AI chatbot Claude understand what they've created?
- Russia's hybrid warfare rattles Poland and NATO
- Mark Zuckerberg faces a jury today. And, the top DHS spokesperson resigns her post
- Lawsuit accuses Trump administration of erasing history and science at national parks
- The Justice Department is not acting like it used to, criminal defense lawyers note
- Morning news brief
- 6 skiers rescued after California avalanche; search continues for 9 others
- They have their haters back home. But at the Olympics, the Tkachuk brothers are stars
- Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues
State News
- Greensboro amends zoning rules for detention facilities as ICE fears linger
- Environmental groups sue EPA over climate regulation rollbacks: ‘Politics overriding science’
- NC legislature considers new limits on local property taxes
- When immigration agents wear military-style gear, it may be more about looks than function
- A majority of City Council members want to delay I-77 toll lane project
- Alumnus Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. remembered by students on the N.C. A&T campus
- Can WS/FCS Board of Education incumbents regain trust amid financial crisis?
- Early voting turnout surges in Forsyth County
- High Point pauses consideration for municipal services district
- Stein’s Energy Task Force considers data center protections for residents and businesses