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Wave Transit is asking the city and county for a combined $800,000 in added funding to modify existing routes and build on recent ridership growth.
The Newsroom
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It’s been over a month since the family of Edilberto Espinoza-Sierra learned about his death, which has left them with many questions. In part one of this two-part series, WHQR's Aaleah McConnel breaks down some details of this case, and sits down with the family to learn who Edilberto was and how they are working through the loss.
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- Public hearing, possible NHC school board vote to come on Lifewise Biblical education program
- Democratic school board candidate addresses criminal record after party declines to endorse her
- Worried about property taxes? Apply for a tax break
- New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office captain fired, charged with misdemeanors after crash on MLK Parkway
- Darryl Murrill on his gospel roots, playing live, and his love of the saxophone
- A conversation with Port City Daily about the restructuring of UNCW's Gender Studies and Research Center
- Sunday Edition: Of Sheriffs and Superintendents
- Editor’s notes: Budget postscript, Elections Director
- No current funding pipeline for the proposed $50-million Isaac Bear facility
- NOAA predicts below-normal 2026 hurricane season, officials still advise caution and 'vigilance'
- Hampstead Bypass construction will shift traffic starting next week
- Public hearing for Wilmington's 20% tax increase sparsely attended, council seems likely to move forward
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Commentary: "Education - A Liberation Strategy" Jamir Jumoke
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts dance teacher Lesa Broadhead
- Commentary: "Dr. Alan Sturrock reflects the film Braveheart, and the way Hollywood can distort history." Alan Sturrock
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Kevin Lee-Y Green and Adrianna Hough
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Les Fontanelles - On Air This Weekend
- Portrait of an Artist’s Artist: Addie Wuensch
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Symphony director Liz Scanlon
- 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
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Black homeowners in St. Louis are still awaiting aid a year after destructive tornado
- NAACP calls for sports boycott in states where voting rights are threatened
- White House asked Pentagon to loan money to a company linked to Trump's oldest son
- Former senior CIA officer took home gold bars and millions in cash, FBI says
- A federal judge in D.C. declines to block Trump's executive order on voting by mail
- U.S. street drug deaths keep dropping, but some Western states see deadly overdose surge
- An Ohio pastor-turned-lawmaker backs a Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act for schools
- These swing voters are adding high gas prices into their political calculations
- Trump pledged to house 6,000 homeless vets. His budget funds zero
- Trick or spice? How the 'nutmeg' came to dominate the soccer world
State News
- Charlotte marker honors the state's first public hospital to treat African Americans during segregation
- Rockingham County Schools to make case for funding boost
- 50 years ago, the EPA buried a time capsule at the Kennedy Space Center. Is it time to dig it up?
- Technical glitches hamper end-of-grade testing for some CMS students
- NC Senate looks to restrict AI in healthcare billing, insurance
- WS/FCS delays vote to end lease for The Special Children's School
- New GSO program aims to help downtown businesses recover from vandalism
- NC Gov. Stein bans state employees from trading on inside knowledge on prediction markets
- NC Museum of History stays closed for four-year, $200 million renovation
- Clyburn says SC senators 'stood by their principles' in rejecting redistricting proposal
