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NHCSLast week, the New Hanover County school board voted unanimously to adopt salary increases for occupational and physical therapists and exceptional children teaching assistants. Next year, a new school board could vote to add retroactive back pay. -
UNCWAccording to UNCW, on Tuesday, a “suspicious device” was removed from a single-occupancy shower and bathroom area in Pelican Hall on campus. The university says an investigation is ongoing, and it’s not yet known if anyone was filmed.
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Recorded live at Leland Town Hall on October 14, WHQR joined Port City Daily, WECT, and The Seahawk to put questions to the three Democrats, one Republican, and one Libertarian running for state House and Senate seats representing parts of Brunswick and New Hanover County.
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- The art of showing up: Inside Fully Awake Art Gallery
- More than a meal: Lee Bains brings Southern stories of food, labor and life to Wilmington
- "I just have to get a lot of North Carolina stories out of my system": Wilmington director Parrish Stikeleather
- ‘A keen eye for color’: Sydney F. Austin on her artistic journey and finding community
- Floating through art: Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds takes over Cameron Art Museum
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WFDD File photoOutgoing Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board members bid farewell at their final meeting this week. Seven new members will take office next month. -
Daneen Khan/WUNC NewsThe mountains saw some improvement in conditions, but that relief didn't extend across the state. Recent rainfall ran off instead of replenishing watersheds, leaving areas like Durham with limited water remaining.
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