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The city of Wilmington launched its big restructuring this week, after a number of departments heads have been pushed out in recent months.
The Newsroom
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WHQR's Ben Schachtman and Rachel Keith dig into our recent candidates forum for the New Hanover County school board. Five Republicans and six Democrats are running for four seats in each party.
More Local News
- Sunday Edition: Notes on a Scandal
- Brunswick County embroiled in new DEQ rule that slows development
- Under public pressure, New Hanover County school board candidate drops out
- NCDHHS reverses course on assistance cuts for rural homeless people
- New Hanover County Democratic Party calls on candidate to withdraw over relationship with sex offender
- Primary 2026: Preliminary election results from the Cape Fear region
- Wilmington harbor-dredging project: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers faces community concerns and state objections
- Departure of top City of Wilmington staff continues as HR director resigns
- New Hanover County's early voting turnout surpasses numbers from 2022, the last midterm election primary
- Long-time Cape Fear physician: ‘Early colorectal cancer is highly curable, late stage is not’
- Sunday Edition: “We should always have each other’s backs.”
- Former Wilmington DEI director alleges wrongful termination, systemic racism, and other issues in city government
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Anna Lena Phillips Bell
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Beth Ann Bryant-Richards
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Kelly Zullo
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: The cast of "To Kill A Mocking Bird"
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Nancy King, artistic director of Opera Wilmington
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Techmoja Dance & Theater Company's Kevin Lee-Y Green and Michael Sherrod
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Steve Vernon
- Commentary: Alan Sturrock
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Rachard McIntyre and Randx Nieves
- "Unique: A Rachard McIntyre Retrospective" Fourth Friday Reception
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Why it took 60 years for a Vietnam vet to get the Medal of Honor
- Seeing the need, more cities and states are stepping up to help provide child care
- Wheelchair curler Steve Emt's path from drunk driver to three-time Paralympian
- Out of work and with 2 teens, this mom may lose food stamps under Trump's changes
- He was detained for 104 days. A year later, he's still fighting for the right to free speech
- With Noem out, North Carolina hopes to get FEMA funding
- Scotland, Connecticut: The town with six ZIP codes
- ISIS-inspired suspects charged after foiled New York protest attack
- Alexander brothers convicted of sex trafficking in Manhattan federal court
- Water restrictions hit home in California
State News
- North Carolina leaders launch Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education
- As deadline looms, DHHS includes 'every single thing and the kitchen sink' in Medicaid funding ask
- Winston-Salem weighs tax increase to fund firefighter raises
- Judge dismisses case against U.S. citizen accused of assaulting Border Patrol agents in Charlotte
- Greensboro readies lights-out program for birds' spring migratory season
- Students, parents and staff speak against potential Randolph school closure
- Deportations and voluntary departures rise in Carolinas immigration court
- Driver charged with second-degree murder after car crash kills Forsyth County sheriff's deputy
- Greensboro Fire Department presents its annual report
- 'No future beyond our reach': N.C. A&T celebrates 135th anniversary
