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New Hanover County Schools improved on a majority of metrics measured by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Teacher Working Conditions survey, which is produced every two years. Compared to 2022, they also had a higher response rate of 94%, with feedback from 1,772 teachers districtwide.
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On this episode, Rachel Keith sits down with Ray Funderburk III, who recently settled with Cape Fear Community College three years after he was ousted from its board of trustees. Plus, Kelly Kenoyer talks with UNCW economist Mouhcine Guettabi about potential economic impacts of a toll bridge over the Cape Fear River, which is looking increasingly likely.
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- UNCW Faculty Senate officially votes to scrap Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- New Hanover County finalizing details on a two-year food and medication delivery pilot
- Sunday Edition: The Day After Groundhog Day
- Bear aware: Why a black bear was spotted in Wilmington, and what to do if you see one
- Is The Endowment quietly turning down nonprofits if the city and county won't help fund grants?
- UNC Health’s Ernie Bovio on plans for a new hospital in Wilmington
- Are you a teacher or state employee? Here’s what the budget proposal could mean for you.
- Pre-trial motions wrap after second day, Tru Colors case heads into jury selection
- Cape Fear Housing Coalition hosts Wake County speaker on addressing housing crisis
- A joint trial for two suspects in the high-profile Tru Colors case begins in New Hanover County
- What a toll bridge would mean for the Cape Fear region's economy
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Symphony director Liz Scanlon
- Commentary: Kamili Anderson “Gullah Geechee”
- "Taking Flight"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Maureen Lewis, president of the Carolina Beach Mural Project
- Commentary: Patricia Dew “Public Libraries For All”
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Craig Snow of the Cape Fear Chordsmen
- Commentary: Robert Leddy "Wright Brothers"
- MT Bottles on the Wilmington comedy scene, fatherhood, and his approach to making people laugh
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Wilmington Choral Society, "Disaster!" and Bo Webb
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Beth Crookham & The People
- Commentary: "280th Anniversary of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Defeat" Alan Sturrock
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Lee's Surrender"
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National News
- In Georgia, two GOP Trump backers vie to face former Atlanta mayor for governor
- U.S. government to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS settlement
- Can burying power lines help prevent more power outages?
- Minnesota becomes first state to ban prediction markets
- States sue over new student loan limits on certain nursing and healthcare degrees
- The missing men of the American marriage market
- NTSB hearing will probe cause of fiery UPS jet crash that killed 15 in Louisville
- These men voted for President Trump. They have very different views of how he's doing
- 'We're not kids anymore': The DACA generation hits their 30s with an unstable future
- What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don't)
State News
- Stein signs executive order aimed at addressing affordable housing
- Historic Lexington buildings damaged in early morning fire
- NC attorney general sues to block new student loan restrictions
- Mallard Creek HS files appeal after runner disqualified in state championship race
- WS/FCS to ask county to cover state raises, EC and 6-12 teachers
- Stein signs executive order targeting housing, affordability
- Proposed constitutional income tax cap passes NC Senate, fast-tracked in House
- 'Very bittersweet': WSSU mentors hold farewell celebration for Cook Elementary students
- Bill before Congress would eliminate long-standing "remarriage penalty" for surviving spouses of fallen servicemembers
- Greensboro Police Department publicly releases body camera footage of 2025 fatal shooting