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Novant New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s leadership continues to argue that safety and quality ratings are outdated and fail to paint an accurate picture of the current conditions at the hospital. That’s true, to some extent, but getting real answers about whether Novant is escaping the recurring cycle of middling grades remains a little more complicated.
The Newsroom
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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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- 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
- Here are the ‘one-time tools’ New Hanover County used to make this year’s recommended budget work
- Sunday Edition: Editor's notes on Novant's straight C's, NHC Elections Director's response, and NHCSO's Orwellian quote
- Sunday Edition: An Unsettling Story
- Good Shepherd opens The Sparrow, a new permanent supportive housing complex in Wilmington
- NHC school board approves budget and legislative agenda, settles Frank lawsuit
- The Endowment officials give update to New Hanover County commissioners
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"
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad
- Military aircrew in 'stable condition' following midair collision at Idaho air show
- Trump and administration officials address Christian gathering on National Mall
- San Francisco celebrates iconic peace activist Wavy Gravy's 90th birthday
- Bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight
- After deadly floods last year, over 300 Texas summer camps await licenses to open
- New burn bans and Trump's battle with immigration and DEI are impacting forest fires
- Louisiana senator who voted to convict Trump loses Republican primary
- Napoleon Solo holds off Iron Honor to win the Preakness
- Reporter's Notebook: producing a great interview
State News
- Greensboro launches small business opportunity program
- Lake Lure to reopen this weekend after a 20-month recovery
- A break from extreme drought conditions may (or may not) be on the way
- UNCG launching bioindustrial manufacturing program next year
- New NC revenue forecast shows $2.6B in additional revenue than originally expected
- House Ethics Committee confirms it’s investigating Rep. Chuck Edwards for alleged sexual harassment
- In Canton, Gov. Stein calls for more federal funding for water infrastructure post-Helene
- Greensboro’s first pro women’s basketball team debuts this weekend
- NC budget framework would roll back data centers' tax exemption on electricity purchases
- What we know about proposed NC teacher raises
