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Courtney McNeil, a ‘mediation specialist’ with Port City United, New Hanover County’s community safety department, was arrested on Thursday and effectively fired shortly thereafter. In court, Judge J. Corpening, who helped push for the creation of PCU, harshly criticized McNeil, laying the potential dissolution of the already-troubled department at his feet. District Attorney Ben David, who was present at the hearing, told WHQR he “cannot support” the violence interrupter program.
The Newsroom
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The affordable housing crisis is national in scope, but it’s uniquely painful in the South because of low wages and surging demand. So what are some creative solutions to this rapidly growing and intractable problem? Backyard cottages? Flipping hotels into rental housing? Or building out job training programs? We asked smart people in the housing space what they consider the most effective strategies to improve housing with help from the New Hanover Community Endowment.
More Local News
- A look NHCS's Endowment requests, past and present
- Brunswick County Commission rejects request for two more elections employees
- NHC school board passes snap motion to limit flags, displays in classrooms
- Novant NHRMC “pleased” with B rating for safety and quality
- Cape Fear Memorial Bridge will reopen Wednesday night, ahead of schedule
- Registration open for new NHC alerting system
- CFR: The Wilmington crime lab lawsuit updates
- New Hanover High School lockdown lifted, suspect arrested
- Leland town council to vote on new budget in two weeks
- President Joe Biden visits Wilmington to announce funding to replace lead pipes
- A closer look at NHCS parents' groups, and the significant differences in their fundraising capacity
- Editor's Note: Questions about Woody White's rebuke of DEI elicit muted responses, and a little snark
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Little Women
- STNL! Featuring: The Benny Hill Ensemble
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Rissi Palmer and September Krueger
- Comedian Meghan Cook on her origins in stand-up, and advice for aspiring comics
- Cape Fear Conversations: Health Equity
- Docutime Film Festival celebrates its 20th year
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Grahamland Amusements
- Cinematique Presents: The Beast
- Cinematique Presents: Problemista
- Cinematique Presents: Wicked Little Letters
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Dorothy Gillespie documentary
- Robert Bellamy, aka ScaleHamHawk da Poet, talks about his work, his muse, and his name
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week Ben joins us to talk to us about a particular budget request from the Wilmington Fire Department and then, Kelly joins us to give a sneak peek into her upcoming Newsroom episode.
Port City Politics
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On this episode, we dig into the complicated world of cannabanoids and drug laws. Plus, the latest on the civil suit filed by the former director of the drug lab once run by the Wilmington Police Department, and a trip down the rabbit hole of North Carolina's notoriously opaque Grand Jury system.
National News
- Rep. Mike Levin on why Democrats wrote to Biden urging action on the southern border
- Washington's ferry system is seeing the impact of decades of underfunding
- Arkansas's new statues at the U.S. Capitol are of Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash
- What did Trump say? Explaining the former president's favorite talking points
- Photos: Campus protests continue, police make arrests and clear encampments
- As corporations buy up rentals, more tenants struggle to reach landlords about issues
- State Department report criticizes Israel, but doesn't make conclusions on law of war
- Republicans running for governor of West Virginia focus on anti-transgender stances
- What 'Pop Culture Happy Hour' thinks of Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tart movie 'Unfrosted'
- Biden campaign says stance on Middle East isn't led by politics
State News
- FAFSA still causing delays in students receiving financial aid offers
- Mark Robinson suggests he's being politically persecuted amid probe of wife's nonprofit
- Whooping cough crosses county lines in WNC; Transylvania confirms outbreak
- NC Senate votes to protect Jockey's Ridge amid regulatory dispute
- North Carolina environmental committee delays vote on groundwater standards for toxic chemicals
- Federal appeals court sides with Charlotte Catholic High in gay teacher firing case
- Protestors hold rally encouraging UNC-Chapel Hill faculty to withhold grades
- NC House passes expanded antisemitism definition with bipartisan support
- In Republican runoff, state auditor candidates offer contrasting visions for watchdog agency
- Fact Check: Is GOP superintendent candidate right on claims about school safety?