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2026 Summer 3-Day Pledge Drive
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UNCW Upperman family pulling future scholarship funds over UNC System’s equality policy
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The nation's capital may be the focal point of the 250th Independence Day celebration, but people all across America have plans to mark the occasion, from boisterous public parades to quiet personal reflections on history.
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Sunday Edition: America at 250 — Red, White, and a Little Blue
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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
The City of Wilmington's main offices at the Skyline Center, formerly the Thermo Fisher building.
  1. WECT INVESTIGATES: Wilmington officials spend $30,000 on DC trip
  2. Eastern North Carolina could see extreme heat over the Independence Day weekend
  3. State budget will defund IOLTA, leaving many poor North Carolinians without civil legal support.
  4. Community Spotlight: A closer look at veterans’ services in the Cape Fear
  5. New Hanover County DA's youth program wraps with another successful mock trial
  6. A look at North Carolina's HOP program, one year after its end
  7. North Carolina homeless camping ban passes both chambers, heads to governor's desk
  8. Tech helps boaters slow down for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, though new federal protections unlikely
  9. UNCW marine mammal stranding program investigating causes of dolphin mortalities this year
  10. Letter to the Editor: Residents weigh in on replacing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge
  11. Local government officials are discussing public business behind closed doors. Is that legal?
  12. Wilmington Police Department says hostage situation resolved, suspect in hospital with self-inflicted gunshot wound
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
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
Charlie Taney, the great-great-grandnephew of the man who wrote the Dred Scott opinion, and Lynne Jackson, Scott's great-great-granddaughter, speak at an event at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill on June 30.
  1. Heirs of 'odious' 169-year-old Supreme Court ruling see modern parallels
  2. As climate change damages streets and highways, the road ahead may be expensive
  3. How a tiny fleck of gold changed American history
  4. Commemorative passports featuring Trump draw both delight and ire
  5. Trump administration accuses Smithsonian museum of 'extreme political activism'
  6. The U.S. men's run at the World Cup ends with a 4-1 Round of 16 loss to Belgium
  7. Extreme heat on Independence Day will be America's new normal, experts say
  8. Supreme Court lets Texas restrict minors' access to app stores for the time being
  9. Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE
  10. Under Trump, spouses of U.S. citizens face policy changes in the immigration system
State News
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  1. Winston-Salem police issue first youth curfew citations
  2. State legislators end funding for community college student success initiative
  3. Philharmonia of Greensboro names new conductor
  4. Charlotte’s hot streak continues, but how hot depends on where you live
  5. As Asheville swelters, a city plan to reduce heat inequity through tree planting is still taking shape
  6. Volunteers find plastic pellet pollution at Lake Brandt
  7. Yadkin Riverkeeper has a new leader
  8. NC Senate approves new hemp regulations, expresses frustration with House's lack of vote
  9. Meetings about Gaston County Schools funding raise questions about transparency
  10. ‘Nothing but bad news’: Buncombe officials voice frustration, confusion over new state tax law
Brad Heller and the Fustics STNL! performance on air July 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and July 4th at 9:00 p.m.
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Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies - July 19th, 2026
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