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Genesis Espinoza Sierra looks through photos of bullet holes in her brotherÕs car at their familyÕs home in Wallace on April 17, 2026. Edilberto Espinoza Sierra was shot and killed by the Wilmington Police Department in the early morning hours of March 8 following an incident in a downtown Wilmington parking garage. Espinoza Sierra was incorrectly identified as a suspect before he was killed and now his family is seeking answer and accountability.
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Praying for Justice, Part II: How one family is contending with police’s use of deadly force
Aaleah McConnell, Madeline Gray
Earlier this year, 21-year-old Edilberto Espinoza Sierra was killed by law enforcement officers in a downtown Wilmington parking deck. WHQR's Aaleah McConnell digs into the decision not to charge officers involved in the shooting and the family's ongoing search for justice.
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Citing possible investigation, NC elections board declines to name allegedly dead voters
Ryan Oehrli
Sledge Forest. Courtesy North Carolina Coastal Land Trust.
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One appeal over Hilton Bluffs development in Sledge Forest resolved, another continued to the fall
Benjamin Schachtman
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North Carolina Film Office
  1. Ask a Journalist: What’s going on with North Carolina’s film grant program?
  2. Sunday Edition: Meet the Press
  3. DSA members are building benches for Wave stops. The slogans caused some complaints.
  4. Wilmington Fire Department taking applications for firefighter recruits
  5. "A sense of peace": Wilmington native and painter Barbara Bear Jamison on art and inspiration
  6. Residents voice concerns at public hearing for Martin Marietta's Castle Hayne quarry expansion proposal
  7. Wilmington City Council members respond to WHQR's reporting on morale at City Hall
  8. Checking on The Endowment’s $22-million nursing pipeline grant yields some data, but little discussion
  9. Brunswick County wildfire near Shallotte 65% contained, according to N.C. Forest Service
  10. Solomon Towers residents cite persistent issues, WHA says improvements coming through redevelopment
  11. New Hanover County Board of Elections approves early voting schedule
  12. Living Hope Day Center faces imminent closure with no interim location set
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Cavalleria Rusticana Poster
  1. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cavalleria Rusticana
  2. "Wings of Hope" - Opening Reception Friday, July 24
  3. Commentary: Freedom Ain’t Free - Jamir Jumoke
  4. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Northchase Library Opening
  5. Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
  6. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
  7. Commentary: First in Freedom: Gary Trawick
  8. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
  9. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
  10. Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
  11. Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies
  12. Commentary: The American Revolutionary War & the Two Scotlands - Alan Sturrock
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National News
  1. Tennessee farmers pivot to other crops as looming federal ban on hemp approaches
  2. Preliminary results of an independent autopsy of Nolan Wells' body are inconclusive
  3. After deadly shootings, police experts question how well ICE officers are vetted
  4. People are watching the Reflecting Pool like reality TV. What does that say about us?
  5. Independent autopsy 'inconclusive' on cause of death for 18-year-old Nolan Wells in Mississippi
  6. Her son was killed by ICE at a traffic stop. She says she's still waiting for justice
  7. What forecasters expect this hurricane season, as Tropical Storm Bertha edges along
  8. States want to bring Medicaid behind bars. Federal changes make that harder
  9. Trump has campaigned more so far in 2026 midterms than he did at this point in 2018
  10. Morning news brief
State News
Developer Drew Nations addresses the crowd at a community information session in Stokes County
  1. Stokes data center developer submits new rezoning application
  2. Alamance commission approves extra $7.3M for school projects
  3. North Carolina Health Care Affordability Commission holds its first meeting
  4. State budget provision ends local inclusion requirements in public contracting
  5. Four litters of North Carolina red wolf pups born in the wild this year
  6. Greensboro to close parts of South Elm Street for pedestrian plaza
  7. 'Less fishing, more catching,' as nonprofit installs artificial reefs for habitat in Lake Norman
  8. "Original 8" Winston-Salem firefighter who helped integrate the department dies at 104
  9. No funding for Asheville-to-Salisbury rail line in NC budget
  10. Two women arrested during Operation Charlotte’s Web seek over $2.5 million in damages
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