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Candidate Q&As for candidates running for New Hanover County offices. -
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On today's show, Rachel Keith talks to Duke University assistant professor Dr. Justin Leroy about his new book, The Lowest Freedom — Racial Capitalism and Black Thought in the Nineteenth Century. We discuss American history in the context of prominent Black authors like Wilmington’s own David Walker, along with Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells.
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Arts & Culture
- Floating through art: Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds takes over Cameron Art Museum
- Wilmington musician and entertainer Justin Heter Pan on being "the guy that doesn't want to grow up"
- A conversation with comedian and actress Paula Poundstone
- Comedian Maddy Kelly on her Tonight Show debut, favorite comics, and crafting an 'evergreen hour'
- Turning wood into opportunity: Tyrell Brockington builds the next generation
Beyond the Cape Fear
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Courtesy NCDHHSThe State Laboratory for Public Health will now test for Infantile Krabbe Disease and Guanidinoacetate Methyltransferase Deficiency. -
Kent Nishimura/APVice President J.D. Vance was at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro Monday to rally support for U.S. Senate Candidate Michael Whatley, who is locked in a tight race with former Governor Roy Cooper.
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