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Though it won't discuss it publicly, the New Hanover Community Endowment seems to be trying out a new approach: it won’t fund certain initiatives unless the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County pay in, too.
The Newsroom
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On this episode, Rachel Keith sits down with Ray Funderburk III, who recently settled with Cape Fear Community College three years after he was ousted from its board of trustees. Plus, Kelly Kenoyer talks with UNCW economist Mouhcine Guettabi about potential economic impacts of a toll bridge over the Cape Fear River, which is looking increasingly likely.
More Local News
- Pre-trial motions wrap after second day, Tru Colors case heads into jury selection
- Cape Fear Housing Coalition hosts Wake County speaker on addressing housing crisis
- A joint trial for two suspects in the high-profile Tru Colors case begins in New Hanover County
- What a toll bridge would mean for the Cape Fear region's economy
- Here are the ‘one-time tools’ New Hanover County used to make this year’s recommended budget work
- Sunday Edition: Editor's notes on Novant's straight C's, NHC Elections Director's response, and NHCSO's Orwellian quote
- Sunday Edition: An Unsettling Story
- Good Shepherd opens The Sparrow, a new permanent supportive housing complex in Wilmington
- NHC school board approves budget and legislative agenda, settles Frank lawsuit
- The Endowment officials give update to New Hanover County commissioners
- Eagle's Dare gets its zoning ammendment, allowing shipping containers in the CBD
- Wilmington's recommended budget includes 'living wage' boost, capital improvements, and significant tax increase
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Commentary: Kamili Anderson “Gullah Geechee”
- "Taking Flight"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Maureen Lewis, president of the Carolina Beach Mural Project
- Commentary: Patricia Dew “Public Libraries For All”
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Craig Snow of the Cape Fear Chordsmen
- Commentary: Robert Leddy "Wright Brothers"
- MT Bottles on the Wilmington comedy scene, fatherhood, and his approach to making people laugh
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Choral Society, "Disaster!" and Bo Webb
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Beth Crookham & The People
- Commentary: "280th Anniversary of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Defeat" Alan Sturrock
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Lee's Surrender"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Which Trump cabinet member has a new reality show? The quiz knows
- Gen Z homeowners? Yes, more in their 20s are managing to buy despite the odds
- 'Pocket gardens' give native plants a place to thrive in cities
- Multigenerational households are becoming more common in the U.S.
- Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming
- Linda McMahon defends dismantling the Education Department, shifting its work
- Jury orders Boeing to pay $49.5 million to family of 737 MAX crash victim
- An LA-area mayor acted as an agent for China. Experts say it's part of a pattern
- The MAHA movement is coming to school cafeterias. Here's what that means for kids
- Trump's DEI blitz raises questions: Could the NFL's Rooney Rule be flagged next?
State News
- Greensboro’s first pro women’s basketball team debuts this weekend
- NC budget framework would roll back data centers' tax exemption on electricity purchases
- What we know about proposed NC teacher raises
- State's proposed teacher raises strain WS/FCS local budget
- NC regulators are choosing to not set numeric limits on chemical pollution in waterways. Why?
- "This rule is a slap in the face:" Critics say proposed plans to reduce toxic chemicals in NC water protects polluters, not public health
- New grassroots organization demanding Congress overhaul VA presumptive conditions list
- Community frustration grows around IPEX's post-Helene plastic pollution in the French Broad River
- NC Senate bill would crack down on ticket resellers
- Federal, state cuts weigh on Guilford County budget
