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Living Hope Day Center Founder Christine Perez and her husband, CEO Tony Perez, say they're more concerned about their homeless friends' future than their own if the center closes.
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Living Hope Day Center faces imminent closure with no interim location set
Kelly Kenoyer
The Living Hope Day Center is in its last month of operation at the First Baptist Church, and at the end of July, the shelter will close without an immediate replacement.
Before and after the installation of 'turtle-safe' lighting in Ocean Isle Beach.
Barb Schott
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In Ocean Isle Beach, advocates hope ‘Turtle Lights’ will save tiny lives
Rhonda Waterhouse
The eagle, globe, and anchor near the entrance to the Carolina Museum of the Marine.
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Jacksonville museum brings attention to Marines of the Carolinas
Sofia Dinka
The Newsroom
  • Meeting people where they are: NPR's Tamara Keith on covering people and politics
    This year's WHQR luncheon guest was Tamara Keith, Senior Political Correspondent and co-host of the NPR Politics Podcast. Keith spoke about covering the president, the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and her new series, Swing Shift, a long-term project to document the perspectives of voters in swing states. Keith also took questions from our audience and sat down with WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman.
More Local News
The New Hanover County Board of Elections building.
  1. New Hanover County Board of Elections approves early voting schedule
  2. New Hanover County greenlights new affordable housing investment fund
  3. Sunday Edition: Limousine Liberals? Mass Affluenza? and ‘We’re Number … Two?’
  4. Firings and reorganization have created a climate of fear and confusion in city hall, some employees say
  5. Proposed Martin Marietta quarry expansion in northern New Hanover County raises community concerns
  6. New program provides financial aid for workforce training, but few NC community college courses qualify
  7. Nonprofit leaders optimistic as funding is put into HOP and a New Hanover County care hub
  8. 2026 Summer 3-Day Pledge Drive
  9. State budget falls about $2 million short to cover NHCS salaries and bonuses
  10. New Hanover County could re-enter affordable housing sector, as a low-interest lender
  11. North Carolina Governor Josh Stein vetoes homeless camping ban
  12. North Carolina is now taking applications for boating infrastructure grants
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Wings of Hope - Fourth Friday Website Banner.
  1. "Wings of Hope" - Opening Reception Friday, July 24
  2. Commentary: Freedom Ain’t Free - Jamir Jumoke
  3. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Northchase Library Opening
  4. Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
  5. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
  6. Commentary: First in Freedom: Gary Trawick
  7. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
  8. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
  9. Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
  10. Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies
  11. Commentary: The American Revolutionary War & the Two Scotlands - Alan Sturrock
  12. New art gallery and supply store on Castle Street offers art for everybody
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
Argentina's Lionel Messi celebrates the team's second goal by Lautaro Martínez during their World Cup semifinal against England on Wednesday in Atlanta. Argentina defeated the English 2-1 to advance to Sunday's final against Spain.
  1. Argentina is back in the World Cup final after a thrilling semifinal win over England
  2. Takeaways from Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing for attorney general
  3. Human Rights Watch report details abuse at immigration detention center
  4. Trump relished in being compared to dictators like Hitler and Stalin, journalist says
  5. Todd Blanche's high-stakes confirmation hearing for attorney general is underway
  6. Democrats' witness opposing Blanche's confirmation is more than an Epstein survivor
  7. Todd Blanche faces high-stakes confirmation hearing for attorney general
  8. Baltimore to overhaul how it responds to calls for mental health and other services
  9. Trump administration's proposal to shift management of grizzly bears causes confusion
  10. How the federal government is responding to the worsening western fire season
State News
Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts shown in a photo taken through a microscope
  1. Over 300 cases of foodborne parasite infection reported in North Carolina
  2. AI is creeping into WNC governments, but policies on how to use it vary
  3. NC State Health Plan adds Duke Health to its access tier, meaning members will pay more for WakeMed
  4. ‘Playing partisan games’: Buncombe raises tax rate after state reappraisal freeze
  5. Vulnerable Duke Energy customers set to lose monthly bill credit many don't know they receive
  6. $20M for dam safety goes to DEQ for structures impacted by Helene
  7. A look at Forsyth Strong coalition one month in
  8. Stokes commission rejects six-month data center moratorium
  9. Project to protect Grandmother Mountain nears completion
  10. Former NCGOP director resigns from 'elections liaison' role in state auditor's office
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