Frustrated with Cape Fear Community College’s decision to censor the set of a student play this spring, a former student repeatedly sent written requests to address the board, following the college’s policy. After being rebuffed on an apparent technicality, he attended a meeting to speak his piece — but was removed by security.

Recorded live at Leland Town Hall on October 14, WHQR joined Port City Daily, WECT, and The Seahawk to put questions to the three Democrats, one Republican, and one Libertarian running for state House and Senate seats representing parts of Brunswick and New Hanover County.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Climate Leaders are a volunteer group working to raise climate awareness in the city. They’re taking aim at one of environmentalists’ biggest boogeymen: data centers. They hosted a data center-themed trivia night Tuesday evening at Patagonia Charlotte in South End.

Old-growth forests are increasingly rare in the Carolinas. But in Mecklenburg County, you don’t have to travel far to find a mature, biodiverse forest.