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New Hanover County government center.
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New Hanover County could re-enter affordable housing sector, as a low-interest lender
Benjamin Schachtman
The county was approached by Cape Fear Development, looking for a $2-million loan with a more favorable interest rate than private lenders. In return, CFD proposes to build 236 townhomes and maintain them at 60-90% of AMI for ten years.
Theresa Shively asks to borrow a phone so that she can call the city to try to get her dog Luna back. Luna was taken away after a woman kicked her and then Luna bit the woman. Luna is a registered service dog trained specially to alert people when Theresa is having a seizure. The $160 fee to get Luna released is a substantial amount of Theresa’s monthly income.
Local
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein vetoes homeless camping ban
Sofia Dinka
The Dobbs Building in Raleigh houses the North Carolina Utilities Commission, among other agencies.
NCSBE
Local
Who is on the NC Utilities Commission? How do they decide on Duke Energy’s rate hikes?
Will Michaels, NC Local
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
BIG funded facility in Rochester, NY
  1. North Carolina is now taking applications for boating infrastructure grants
  2. Final impact report released for Wilmington's harbor dredging project
  3. New Hanover County's newest library opens this week
  4. State approved New Hanover County’s choice for elections director
  5. 2026 Summer 3-Day Pledge Drive
  6. UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy
  7. Sunday Edition: America at 250 — Red, White, and a Little Blue
  8. WECT INVESTIGATES: Wilmington officials spend $30,000 on DC trip
  9. Eastern North Carolina could see extreme heat over the Independence Day weekend
  10. State budget will defund IOLTA, leaving many poor North Carolinians without civil legal support.
  11. Community Spotlight: A closer look at veterans’ services in the Cape Fear
  12. New Hanover County DA's youth program wraps with another successful mock trial
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Ocean City Jazz Festival
  1. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
  2. Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
  3. Commentary: First in Freedom: Gary Trawick
  4. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
  5. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
  6. Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
  7. Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies
  8. Commentary: The American Revolutionary War & the Two Scotlands - Alan Sturrock
  9. New art gallery and supply store on Castle Street offers art for everybody
  10. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Summer at CAM
  11. Commentary: Shannon Gentry “What does public service mean?”
  12. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 5th Annual Trash'n Fash'n Show
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National News
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks at the Reagan Library on Sept. 9, 2025, in Simi Valley, Calif. Barrett discussed and signed copies of her new book, Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.
  1. Supreme Court financial disclosures reveal how their books add to their income
  2. Appeals court denies Trump's request to halt removal of his name from the Kennedy Center
  3. Family of Nolan Wells, Black teen found dead off Mississippi island, retains lawyer Ben Crump
  4. Inspiration for Trump's arch was sparked long before the design was first approved
  5. Do you know where your birth certificate is? Journalist warns of new voting barriers
  6. This factory was severely short on workers. Then it offered flexible work
  7. Questions over AI campaign parodies rise as regulations struggle to control it
  8. Ohio entrepreneur wants to bring 'farm-to-table' concept to clothing industry
  9. Coastal communities spending millions to fight onslaught of seaweed
  10. In Massachusetts, the season's first blueberries help scientist track climate change
State News
Vehicle emissions produce nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and soot, which are regulated by the EPA. But efforts to get around these regulations are less strict than they once were.
  1. Trump pardons Hendersonville mechanic, formerly convicted of violating the Clean Air Act
  2. Stein signs budget law, enacting raises across state government, teachers
  3. Davie County passes one-year data center moratorium
  4. High overnight temperatures are increasing heat risk in the Carolinas
  5. Randolph commission appoints library trustees amid pushback
  6. UNC Health purchases Westgate Shopping Center as it seeks to build new hospital in Asheville
  7. Through anti-displacement project, Asheville hopes to prevent existing residents from being priced out
  8. Greensboro History Museum wants to take your portrait
  9. Electric grid upgrades planned across four counties
  10. What you need to know about drought in North Carolina
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Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies - July 19th, 2026
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