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SparkNC is a non-profit that provides students with knowledge and skills for the technology industry. New Hanover County has four ‘Spark’ Labs at SEA-TECH High School, Communities in Schools of Cape Fear, Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern North Carolina, and New Hanover High, whose official ribbon cutting is slated for next month.
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Primary Election 2026: Rebecca Trammel is pursuing an unaffiliated campaign for NC Senate District 7On this edition of The Newsroom, we're speaking with Rebecca Trammel, a nonprofit founder, community organizer, and advocate for public education funding who aims to run as an unaffiliated candidate for North Carolina’s Senate District 7. We asked about her decision to run with major party support — and where she lands on some contentious state-level policies.
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- Grand jury issues numerous indictments against alleged Southport shooter Nigel Edge
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- Wilmington advocates react to Avelo shuttering ILM base, cutting ties with ICE
- Ghost Bikes: Memorials to cyclists killed on the road
- NHCS board asks state for more EC funding, superintendent says that won't fix the district's financial issues
- Wilmington City Council unanimously opposes NCDOT's Independence Boulevard expansion project
- Pender County got scammed. Now what?
- City of Wilmington explores building a new homeless shelter
- Pender County manager shares new details about $650k scam
- Sunday Edition: Stories from the Year to Come
- Re-Education Nation: A Limited Series WHQR Podcast
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- "Unique: A Rachard McIntyre Retrospective" Fourth Friday Reception
- Commentary: Gary Trawick
- Commentary: Bob Thompson "Longfellow and the Bells"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Angel Major and Cas Hyman
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Marva Mapson Robinson, director of the Williston Alumni Community Choir
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Say I Don’t Know"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Alex Hill of City Ballet
- WHQR Now presents Tercel
- Holiday Programming 2025
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Meghan McDonald, education and outreach manager for the Wilmington Symphony
- "Upcycled and Deconstructed" Fourth Friday Reception
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Dan Brawley, director of Cucalorus Film Festival
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- How the USPS made sure new Muhammad Ali stamps pack a punch
- Candidates have legal standing to challenge election laws, the Supreme Court rules
- Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
- New analysis on U.S. economy. And, MN prosecutors quit over DOJ probe into Good widow
- The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
- Former federal prosecutor talks about Minnesota ICE shooting probe and Trump's DOJ
- NASA set to bring astronaut (and the rest of Crew-11) home early for medical reasons
- Unhoused women on Skid Row face dire health outcomes. This doctor wants to change that
- How the feud between Trump and Minnesota is impacting the probe into the ICE shooting
- Morning news brief
State News
- NC joins initiative to expand access to education, jobs after incarceration
- 'Beyond embarrassing': WS/FCS school board power struggle continues
- One person dead after security incident at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
- Widow of Camp Lejeune Marine: Battle with U.S. government over compensation for toxic water exposure is "cruel"
- NC Board of Elections approves Guilford County early voting sites, despite concerns
- Cone Health expands its urgent care in Burlington
- New work requirements for Medicaid, SNAP will cost NC millions
- Elon University opening full-time law school at Queens University as institutions merge
- New outdoor venues are coming this year to two areas devastated by Helene floodwaters
- Randolph commissioners could vote on new bylaws for dissolved library board next month
