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Photos of Linda Upperman Smith and Dr. Leroy Upperman hang in the center of UNCW's Upperman African American Cultural Center
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UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy
Rachel Keith
For the first time in 30 years, the Upperman family isn’t awarding any new scholarships at UNCW. Linda Upperman Smith said the way the university wanted to rewrite the language around the application wouldn’t have been in line with her father’s wishes.
The nation's capital may be the focal point of the 250th Independence Day celebration, but people all across America have plans to mark the occasion, from boisterous public parades to quiet personal reflections on history.
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Sunday Edition: America at 250 — Red, White, and a Little Blue
Benjamin Schachtman
Local
State budget will defund IOLTA, leaving many poor North Carolinians without civil legal support.
Kelly Kenoyer
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  • 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.
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The City of Wilmington's main offices at the Skyline Center, formerly the Thermo Fisher building.
  1. WECT INVESTIGATES: Wilmington officials spend $30,000 on DC trip
  2. Eastern North Carolina could see extreme heat over the Independence Day weekend
  3. Community Spotlight: A closer look at veterans’ services in the Cape Fear
  4. New Hanover County DA's youth program wraps with another successful mock trial
  5. A look at North Carolina's HOP program, one year after its end
  6. North Carolina homeless camping ban passes both chambers, heads to governor's desk
  7. Tech helps boaters slow down for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, though new federal protections unlikely
  8. UNCW marine mammal stranding program investigating causes of dolphin mortalities this year
  9. Letter to the Editor: Residents weigh in on replacing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
  10. Local government officials are discussing public business behind closed doors. Is that legal?
  11. Wilmington Police Department says hostage situation resolved, suspect in hospital with self-inflicted gunshot wound
  12. Sunday Edition: Editor's Notes
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Headshot of Bob Thompson
  1. Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
  2. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
  3. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
  4. Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
  5. Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies
  6. Commentary: The American Revolutionary War & the Two Scotlands - Alan Sturrock
  7. New art gallery and supply store on Castle Street offers art for everybody
  8. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Summer at CAM
  9. Commentary: Shannon Gentry “What does public service mean?”
  10. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 5th Annual Trash'n Fash'n Show
  11. Brandon Hawkins on his musical journey, influences, and working on original music
  12. Commentary: Gary Trawick "Profanity"
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National News
In side-by-side photos recorded by a doorbell camera, two federal agents in blue jackets are seen on David Streever's porch at his home in Rochester, N.Y. on June 23, 2026.
  1. Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE
  2. Under Trump, spouses of U.S. citizens face policy changes in the immigration system
  3. Government launches Trump Accounts, offering $1,000 to eligible babies
  4. Officials in Saginaw, Michigan, seek changes to property tax revenues
  5. Colorado wildfires leave vast trail of destruction
  6. The U.S. faces Belgium in the World Cup on the heels of Trump-Infantino red card call
  7. Despite stiff political headwinds, tribe in Colorado brings utility scale solar project online
  8. Loving America means facing its history
  9. Delivering packages through dangerous heat
  10. The Camp Mystic flood, one year later
State News
The "Minority Male Success Initiative" involved 21 community colleges across the state. Counselors provided students financial aid literacy, student wellness, and career preparation programs. More than 27,000 students benefited from the initiative in fiscal year 2024.
  1. State legislators end funding for community college student success initiative
  2. Philharmonia of Greensboro names new conductor
  3. Charlotte’s hot streak continues, but how hot depends on where you live
  4. As Asheville swelters, a city plan to reduce heat inequity through tree planting is still taking shape
  5. Yadkin Riverkeeper has a new leader
  6. Volunteers find plastic pellet pollution at Lake Brandt
  7. NC Senate approves new hemp regulations, expresses frustration with House's lack of vote
  8. Meetings about Gaston County Schools funding raise questions about transparency
  9. ‘Nothing but bad news’: Buncombe officials voice frustration, confusion over new state tax law
  10. Edwards vs. Ager 11th District contest could be toss-up by November, experts say
Brad Heller and the Fustics STNL! performance on air July 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and July 4th at 9:00 p.m.
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Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies - July 19th, 2026
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