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All activities on Masonboro Island Reserve are conducted by authorized personnel under NC Wildlife Resources Commission permit 26ST18.
This sea turtle nesting season, there have been over 40 loggerhead nests laid on Masonboro Island. WHQR recently traveled with scientists and volunteers to visit a nest that was laid in June.
The Newsroom
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This week, on The Newsroom, reporters Sofia Dinka and Kelly Kenoyer dig into the current status of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, after a private company’s bid got rejected last month. While the specifics for the replacement aren't nailed down, a toll bridge is looking more and more likely. We'll look at the history of 1898 with Reporter Rachel Keith and how it was framed by the media at the time. She attended an educator’s summit in Wilmington that made that history come alive. And we'll look at Kelly Kenoyer's top stories in the past five years before she leaves WHQR and Wilmington.
More Local News
- Wilmington set to plant hundreds of trees and inventory thousands more
- Economic Update: Jobless growth, de-listings in the housing market and steady economic growth in Wilmington
- “They resigned at gunpoint” – Historians reflect on 1898 and the pieces of history worth preserving
- City of Wilmington signs historical preservation impact agreement for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement
- NHCS board adopts ethics policy, votes down resolution on new way to store student data
- NC teachers descend on Wilmington to attend conference on 'Harbors of Democracy'
- NCDOT rejects public-private partnership for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge project
- Not guilty: Former Anderson Elementary teacher cleared of assaulting autistic student
- NHCS board extends superintendent contract, cancels public hearing on LifeWise Academy
- Wilmington Health urology department set to close end of August
- WHQR Presents ... From a Poet's Point of View: Poets Keep Receipts
- Public comment deadline on competing plans for New Hanover County hospital beds coming up
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Commentary: The Darien Scheme Disaster - Alan Sturrock
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cape Fear Museum Opening
- Commentary: John & The American Dream - Gary Trawick
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Dreams Center for Arts Education
- Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
- "A sense of peace": Wilmington native and painter Barbara Bear Jamison on art and inspiration
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cavalleria Rusticana
- "Wings of Hope" - Final Reception Friday, August 28
- Commentary: Freedom Ain’t Free - Jamir Jumoke
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Northchase Library Opening
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
- Commentary: First in Freedom: Gary Trawick
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Budget cuts have reduced efforts to find and recover Vietnam War troops
- ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
- Months after being evacuated from Bahrain, military families await their next move
- What immigration enforcement looks like when police are deputized to do ICE work
- ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
- Has the U.S. lost its dominance to China?
- Andrew Tate's extradition fight tests his influence with Trump's America
- Former U.S. Marine back home after being held in Russia for over four years
- Are hacks of U.S. water facilities a new front in the Iran war?
- Here's how gyms, salons and ice cream are changing America's Main Streets
State News
- Ronda residents could vote on whether to dissolve the town
- Greensboro housing pilot underway with 5 new residents
- State regulators to hold public hearing on North Carolina Weatherization Assistance Program next week
- July in the Carolinas is getting hotter
- A $17M NIH award boosts health disparities research at N.C. A&T
- NC law changes rules for challenging books in public schools
- Cone Health moves forward with plans to build Mebane hospital
- Weird Science: Flush with data, North Carolina sewage is exposing community nutrition and food insecurity
- After two-month investigation, CMS Superintendent Hill to remain atop the district
- One of North Carolina’s oldest rodeos is back in action after Hurricane Helene