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Last week, a couple of hours before opening night, Cape Fear Community College theatre students were told to remove the slogan 'No Kings' from their set for the performance of Euripides' The Bacchae.
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On today's show, Lucas Thomae from Carolina Public Press talks about 'wandering officers,' who are fired or resign under suspicion — only to pop up at another agency later. And a conversation with Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek about his vision for the office, applying AI to government audits, and his promise to keep politics out of the job.
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- Battleship NC announces new archeological discovery
- Living Hope Day Center changes lives, but now its future is uncertain
- The Endowment puts entrepreneurial ecosystem assessment on hold
- Living Hope Day Center in dire straits, seeks help from community
- Driver accused of severing child's leg in hit-and-run incident gets $31-million bond
- New Hanover County commissioners take next step in $320.5 million school bond process
- Sunday Edition: An Unusual Majority
- New Hanover County Schools Superintendent Dr. Chris Barnes on enrollment, upcoming budget
- Leland passes $50 million budget
- Quarterly Economic Update: Sticky inflation, high gas prices, and housing shifts toward a buyer's market
- Man arrested in for the New Centre Drive explosion pleads guilty
- Surry County grandfather will remain under GPS monitoring to protect him and alleged victims
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- 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
- Commentary: Gary Trawick “Hope for the Future”
- Lanatria Brackett Ellis on her unique blend of fashion, entrepreneurship, and storytelling.
- "Neighboring: Using Art to Bring Communities Together"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Susan Habas and Make A Difference Art Show
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Anna Lena Phillips Bell
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Beth Ann Bryant-Richards
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Kelly Zullo
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: The cast of "To Kill A Mocking Bird"
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Democrats dominate midterm fundraising, but Republicans have a huge cash advantage
- How TikTok is driving American expats to Southeast Asia
- Morning news brief
- Maryland could become the first state to ban 'surveillance pricing' for groceries
- Pentagon announces dismissal of Navy Secretary John Phelan
- Retired rear admiral on the ousting of Navy Secretary John Phelan
- Trump administration flies 10-year-old back from Cuba amid custody fight
- Chemical leak at a W.Va. plant kills 2 people, sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
- Pentagon says Navy secretary is leaving, the latest departure of a top defense leader
- Inside Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Department of Education
State News
- How climate change already affects the Carolinas — even if people don’t talk about it
- Greensboro increases penalties for properties with unsafe conditions
- New Medicaid provision could require referrals to federal immigration authorities
- Leicester History Project aims to share stories of rural communities in NW Buncombe County
- Lexington City Schools new superintendent to start May 1
- WS/FCS approves $213M county budget ask, cancels class May 1
- MerleFest 2026, with traditional music and more, kicks off on Thursday
- Data centers in NC don't pay taxes on their supplies or their electricity. Should that change?
- Orange County passes one-year moratorium on data centers
- These Southeastern forests could soon lose protection if the Roadless Rule is repealed
