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Officials estimate less than 1% of course sections will be eligible for Workforce Pell. NC Local looks at how that's impacting North Carolina community colleges.
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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.
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- State budget falls about $2 million short to cover NHCS salaries and bonuses
- New Hanover County could re-enter affordable housing sector, as a low-interest lender
- North Carolina Governor Josh Stein vetoes homeless camping ban
- North Carolina is now taking applications for boating infrastructure grants
- Who is on the NC Utilities Commission? How do they decide on Duke Energy’s rate hikes?
- Final impact report released for Wilmington's harbor dredging project
- New Hanover County's newest library opens this week
- State approved New Hanover County’s choice for elections director
- UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy
- Sunday Edition: America at 250 — Red, White, and a Little Blue
- WECT INVESTIGATES: Wilmington officials spend $30,000 on DC trip
- Eastern North Carolina could see extreme heat over the Independence Day weekend
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Northchase Library Opening
- Commentary: Freedom Ain’t Free - Jamir Jumoke
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
- Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
- Commentary: First in Freedom: Gary Trawick
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
- Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
- 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
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National News
- No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills
- Waymo called the cops on teen riders, raising privacy concerns
- A federal panel advances Trump's proposed arch, despite unanswered questions
- Thousands of TPS holders close to losing work permits after SCOTUS ruling
- TPS work permit loss could deepen healthcare staffing shortages
- How white nationalist group Patriot Front funds its rallies
- Corrections officer and prisoner talk about life after prison
- Investigation continues into the death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells
- In private call, Education Dept. tried, but failed, to reassure disability advocates
- Trump's arch clears another hurdle, setting up a big debate: Do height limits apply?
State News
- Grandfather Mountain hiking trail damaged by Helene reopens
- New law expands paid parental leave for teachers and state employees. Here's what we know so far
- Forsyth residents relying on crisis services for mental health, report shows
- The things Hurricane Helene carried away — and the woman trying to return them
- UNCSA alumni receive multiple Emmy nominations
- Meet the wildlife cinematographer filming Asheville's bears for a global audience on the BBC
- The Tennessee Valley Authority's new draft energy plan moves the public utility even further away from renewables
- Elkin City Schools launches survey for superintendent search
- Lexington weighs request tied to major economic development project
- Trump pardons Hendersonville mechanic, formerly convicted of violating the Clean Air Act
