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A month after its grand opening, the Sparrow is nearly full. The permanent supportive housing complex located in Wilmington is home to 32 chronically homeless and disabled people. WHQR’s Kelly Kenoyer visited with a new tenant to see how things are going.
The Newsroom
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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 NC House overrode four of the governor’s vetoes. Here’s what it means for North Carolinians.
- First in Conservation: Farm Bill extends tax credit
- Pender County's child advocacy center to shut down
- Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
- Deal announced to preserve 3,200 acres of Sledge Forest, if current Hilton Bluffs plan approved
- NHCS public hearing for LifeWise on hold until fate of SB 1006 is decided
- Good News Sk8 Night celebrates three years in the Cape Fear
- Pender County Schools considers staff and service cuts due to budget deficit
- NC Attorney General Jackson on Chemours, EPA agreement: 'This is an insult' to eastern NC
- North Carolina leaders hold Black maternal healthcare summit to discuss potential legislative change
- Two news outlets are offering natural disaster advice for immigrants
- City of Wilmington is looking at some new hires: Goats
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
- Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies
- Commentary: The American Revolutionary War & the Two Scotlands - Alan Sturrock
- New art gallery and supply store on Castle Street offers art for everybody
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Summer at CAM
- Commentary: Shannon Gentry “What does public service mean?”
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 5th Annual Trash'n Fash'n Show
- Brandon Hawkins on his musical journey, influences, and working on original music
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Profanity"
- Commentary: "Education - A Liberation Strategy" Jamir Jumoke
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts dance teacher Lesa Broadhead
- Darryl Murrill on his gospel roots, playing live, and his love of the saxophone
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Texas will require students to read Bible passages in a new state curriculum
- Native Americans mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn
- Oklahoma's decades-long lawsuit over pollution in Illinois River Watershed faces hurdles
- How coach Mauricio Pochettino made believers out of the U.S. World Cup team
- As Supreme Court expands Trump's immigration power, experts warn of steeper U.S. population decline
- What would George Washington say? It's a busy year for people who portray him
- Pete Buttigieg and his kids subject to CPS, police investigation after false report
- A day after Alito's testy response to Sotomayor's dissent, court says it was a 'misunderstanding'
- She posted about ICE. Five months later, DHS agents told her to take her post down
- World Cup fans are missing games after their resale tickets fall through
State News
- Cooper says Whatley 'has not convinced this administration' that WNC needs more Helene aid
- Duke Energy prepares for hurricane season with “self-healing” upgrades
- New art sculpture in Burlington honors late community leader John Currin
- Boone to enact water restrictions
- Dangerous heat wave forecast for the Carolinas next week
- Guilford adopts revised budget with nearly $14M less for schools after new state law
- Could additional money for NC Children's be part of state budget talks?
- U.S. House committee votes to again remove Confederate names from Fort Bragg and other bases
- With the debut of AVL Stonewall Fest, Asheville has June Pride once more
- Buncombe tourism authority approves $34.5M budget amid tighter spending restrictions
