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The Spring 2024 Pledge Drive is On!
CoastLine
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A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World: Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water, is the newest book from nature writer and New York Times bestselling author David Gessner. His daughter, Hadley, is an undergraduate at New York University. They join us to explore what climate science tells us about the prospect of a hotter, drier, more storm-prone, less livable planet by 2063, the year she turns 60.
The Newsroom
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In honor of Sunshine Week — an annual event focused on government transparency and reporters who work to hold governments accountable for being open to the public — WECT, Port City Daily, and WHQR took a look at warrants and domestic violence protection orders. WHQR also took a closer look at a new policy aimed at giving New Hanover County school board members first crack at public documents — something that definitely isn't in keeping with the spirit of Sunshine Week.
More Local News
- It's WHQR's Spring Pledge Drive!
- Firearm confiscated from Laney student, New Hanover County Sheriff's Office investigating incident
- Wilmington Police Department seizes Port City United vehicle as part of Houston Moore investigation
- "What were you thinking?" Tensions flare over proposed tax hike at Leland council meeting
- City of Wilmington and New Hanover County talk trees for NC Arbor Day
- NHCS set to ask county commissioners for an additional $4.5 million
- A closer look at Leland's significant proposed tax increase
- New Hanover County commissioners grants rezoning for affordable housing in Castle Hayne
- Sunshine week: The complicated process of domestic violence protection orders
- Sunshine week: A closer look at warrants in a 5-county region
- New NHC school board policy doesn't align with the spirit of public records law
- Tumultuous rental market in Wilmington sees 10% rent drop since summer of 2022
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Cinematique Presents: One Life
- Cinematique Presents: Perfect Days
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Kim Lebby
- WHQR's new arts reporter interviews Lumbee singer-songwriter Alexis Raeana
- Back to the 80s: WHQR Birthday Bash
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Theater Awards
- Passages: A portrait of Cuba and passenger trains in the American South: work by Christina Beam and Karen Healy
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Best Foot Forward
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Jr
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Caterina Jarbora Recital
- Cinematique Presents: Zone of Interest
- Cinematique Presents: The Taste of Things
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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WHQR is celebrating 40 years on the air this year during our Spring Pledge Drive.
Port City Politics
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First up on this episode, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on two cases coming out of North Carolina this week — one dealing with the dubious 'independent state legislator' theory, and the other with affirmative action for colleges and universities. Then, a messy story about how the culture wars are playing out at UNCW — and beyond. And, NHRMC President Shelbourn Stevens is, quite abruptly, out of a job.
National News
- Morning news brief
- Federal probe into why a cargo ship hit a Baltimore bridge is its early stages
- Why a town on the front line of America's energy transition isn't letting go of coal
- Political and economic turmoil in Haiti cause humanitarian crisis to grow
- For Baltimore-area residents, bridge collapse means longer commutes and uncertain prospects
- In Florida, there's détente in the battle between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis
- An Arizona lawmaker announced she was getting an abortion. Here's what happened next
- A former State Department employee speaks out against Biden's support for Israel
- How two mothers bonded in the wake of a Nashville school shooting
- The mayor of Baltimore on what comes next for his city
State News
- Where do tourism tax dollars go? Buncombe Co. eyes recent Outer Banks case
- SparkNC program brings high tech courses to high schoolers, and it’s looking to expand
- House education panel recommends changing how NC grades public schools
- Legendary glass artist Dale Chihuly returns to Asheville
- Will Trump's pick be the NC Republican Party's new chairman?
- NC voucher expansion shakes up testing for all students
- A surprise about the impact of North Carolina's photo ID law
- Project led by North Carolina A&T aims to connect underserved and small farms across the state
- Durham Public School plans to provide universal free meals — and more districts could too
- In a warming climate, pests are on the rise, park staff warn visitors