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Kelly Kenoyer
Water disconnections are way more common in the city of Wilmington than anywhere else in Cape Fear Public Utility Authority’s service area, likely because residents don't have a choice between paying their water bill or their trash and stormwater fees. One CFPUA board member is looking to change that.
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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
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: The cast of "To Kill A Mocking Bird"
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
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National News
- American Jordan Stolz speedskates to a third Olympic medal -- silver this time
- The U.S. and Canada set to square off in Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal match
- HUD rule could push families with undocumented immigrants out of their homes
- Urban sketchers find the sublime in the city block
- How Epstein and Maxwell used an elite Midwest arts school to prey on girls
- How genetic genealogy might help investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case
- An unsung hero stepped in to help a newly widowed mom in a moment of need
- Foreign tourism to the US dropped last year. What's behind the decline?
- With a win over Sweden, the U.S. men's hockey team will play for an Olympic medal
- Zuckerberg grilled about Meta's strategy to target 'teens' and 'tweens'
State News
- Local musician speaks out against fatal ICE shooting through viral folk song
- Connection, excellence, civility: WS/FCS candidates share plans to restore faith in the district
- North Carolina's film industry navigates changing landscape
- 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?
