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Board members David Perry, left, and Judy Justice, right, on dais in July 2025.
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NHCS board adopts ethics policy, votes down resolution on new way to store student data
Rachel Keith
On Tuesday evening, the New Hanover County school board voted 5-2 to approve a new board ethics policy. Libertarian member David Perry and Democratic member Dr. Tim Merrick dissented, arguing that some of the provisions in the new policy were either vague or could be used as a punitive measure against a member in the future. The board also voted down a resolution on a new way to store student data, brought forth by Perry.
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NC teachers descend on Wilmington to attend conference on 'Harbors of Democracy'
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The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge from downtown Wilmington.
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NCDOT rejects public-private partnership for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge project
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On July 27, Brittany Kosch, a former exceptional children teacher at Anderson Elementary, was found not guilty of assaulting her kindergarten student, who is autistic and preverbal. The second case alleging she assaulted another child was dismissed.
  1. Not guilty: Former Anderson Elementary teacher cleared of assaulting autistic student
  2. NHCS board extends superintendent contract, cancels public hearing on LifeWise Academy
  3. Wilmington Health urology department set to close end of August
  4. WHQR Presents ... From a Poet's Point of View: Poets Keep Receipts
  5. Public comment deadline on competing plans for New Hanover County hospital beds coming up
  6. Meeting planned for environmental officials to discuss clean-up at Navassa Superfund site
  7. Sunday Edition: Benches and Trees and Film Grants, Oh My!
  8. Two funding requests in limbo with the City of Wilmington
  9. Former New Hanover County elections director petitions state court to review and overturn her termination
  10. Wilmington event commemorates the death of Allison Jackson Foy, invites families of the missing and murdered
  11. NHCS board committee advances policy changes on public records, ethics, and academic contracts
  12. Wilmington said competing bidder for Front Street Bridge contract withdrew. The story is more complicated
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
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  1. Commentary: John & The American Dream - Gary Trawick
  2. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Dreams Center for Arts Education
  3. Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
  4. "A sense of peace": Wilmington native and painter Barbara Bear Jamison on art and inspiration
  5. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cavalleria Rusticana
  6. "Wings of Hope" - Final Reception Friday, August 28
  7. Commentary: Freedom Ain’t Free - Jamir Jumoke
  8. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Northchase Library Opening
  9. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
  10. Commentary: First in Freedom: Gary Trawick
  11. Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
  12. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
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Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, attends a hearing with the House Select Subcommittee on January 6th in January 2026 in Washington, D.C.
  1. Judge reluctantly dismisses case against Oath Keepers militia group over Jan. 6 riot
  2. Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's Democratic primary for Senate
  3. Progressives see biggest win yet in Michigan, while Trump flexes power over GOP
  4. Morning news brief
  5. Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
  6. MLS named LAFC co-owner Larry Berg as its next commissioner. Here's what to know
  7. Authorities arrested a man with ammo and apparently monitoring security at Trump golf course near LA
  8. Officials have confirmed that an immigrant in ICE custody at Delaney Hall has died
  9. Conservation project protects stretch of Maine's Magalloway River from development
  10. After years of delays, alleged victims in Camp Lejeune trials may see progress
State News
2024 Super Tuesday Primary - Early Voting in Durham
  1. Gov. Stein says he'll veto early voting reduction, election changes
  2. Ross votes no on defense spending bill, cites SAVE Act and removal of amendment for Camp Lejeune victims
  3. Rep. Chuck Edwards drops reelection bid days after ethics committee recommends censure
  4. Annual Wyndham Championship starts in Greensboro
  5. After heavy lobbying, NC House decides against vote on hemp product ban
  6. Wake County Schools faces another $17.6 million in budget cuts
  7. Overdose death rates in Appalachian counties remain higher for years after flooding, study shows
  8. A 524-unit apartment complex planned for Swannanoa floodplain begins to move through city review
  9. Forbes ranks N.C. A&T as America's leading public HBCU
  10. Greensboro, Randolph officials take steps to address data centers
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