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Last week, a Columbus County magistrate was placed on indefinite suspension after he denounced the Whiteville Police Department on Facebook. WHQR spoke with Ben Rappaport of the Border Belt Independent, who covered the story, on the magistrate's pending removal hearing.
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
- NC Black Film Festival award winner Chris Everett talks "Wilmington on Fire" and its forthcoming sequel
- New Hanover County needs more foster families
- Community Advisory Council says it's been largely ignored by NHC Endowment, asks for more engagement
- NHC students win state history prize for project on Wilmington's 1898 coup and massacre
- CFR: What's going on at NHRMC?
- "The end of Port City United”: Judge excoriates PCU violence interrupter facing drug and weapons charges
- Wilmington deputy city manager had DUI dismissed, expunged. DA looking to refile charges
- How to: Building an accessory dwelling unit in Wilmington
- 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
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Cinematique Presents: Challengers
- Rock, Paper, Stitch
- 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
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
- Arrests at the U.S. border fall in April, bucking usual spring increase
- Trump lost Minnesota twice. Here's why he's making an effort in the state this year
- This week in science: baobab trees, lizard-inspired building and stretching eyeballs
- Biden blocks the release of recordings of his classified documents interview
- The brown pelican crisis of 2024 is here
- UAW president Shawn Fain's swagger has helped unionize the deeply anti-union South
- As antisemitism grows, it's easier to condemn than define
- Texas inmates are being 'cooked to death' in summer heat, lawsuit alleges
- Another hotter-than-normal summer lies ahead for the U.S., forecasters say
- A new book celebrates author Kazuo Ishiguro and singer Stacey Kent's collaboration
State News
- Canton paper mill has prospective new owner, but Pactiv Evergreen ‘still on the hook,’ mayor says
- Wawa’s first store location in North Carolina has officially opened
- Alamance-Burlington budget proposal cuts vacant positions, avoids layoffs
- UNC-Chapel Hill to 'take action' against protesters who participated in recent campus demonstrations
- ‘Big milestone’ as NCDOT awards contract for I-26 Connector through Asheville
- With smaller budget surplus, NC House looks for other funding for private school vouchers
- Protesters interrupt UNC Trustees meeting, following vote to redirect DEI funding to campus police
- Elon poll shows broad fears of AI interference in 2024 presidential race
- AdventHealth kicks off listening sessions after receiving approval for new Weaverville hospital
- The Army has stepped up its training for tunnel warfare, a dangerous — and growing — form of combat