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Creating Friendships for Peace works to teach youth from conflict-ridden regions of the world how to unite despite generational hostility. Teens from conflicting territories in Cyprus spent a month in Wilmington learning about the community and building friendships. Left to right: Alena, Minel, Mayra, Ella Peters (volunteer coordinator), Lillie, Madelyn Bell (volunteer coordinator), and Marisia. Other volunteer coordinators Lillie Swindle and Brooke Bolio not pictured.
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Cypriot teens talk peacemaking as they bid farewell to Wilmington
Aaleah McConnell
Creating Friendships for Peace works to teach youth from conflict-ridden regions of the world how to unite despite generational hostility. They launched their program in Wilmington for the first time in 2025. WHQR followed up with the CFP crew this year to meet their new cohort.
Highway marker honoring Mabson
Benjamin Schachtman
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Wilmington gets a highway marker for North Carolina’s pioneering Black lawyer
Jonathan Pattishall
12 loggerhead sea turtles were evacuated from Nest 14; over 100 had already hatched and made it to the sea days before.
All activities on Masonboro Island Reserve are conducted by authorized personnel under NC Wildlife Resources Commission permit 26ST18.
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Scientists and volunteers check up on Masonboro Island's sea turtle hatchlings
Rachel Keith
The Newsroom
  • The Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Media in 1898, and a Kelly Kenoyer retrospective
    This week, on The Newsroom, reporters Sofia Dinka and Kelly Kenoyer dig into the current status of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, after a private company’s bid got rejected last month. While the specifics for the replacement aren't nailed down, a toll bridge is looking more and more likely. We'll look at the history of 1898 with Reporter Rachel Keith and how it was framed by the media at the time. She attended an educator’s summit in Wilmington that made that history come alive. And we'll look at Kelly Kenoyer's top stories in the past five years before she leaves WHQR and Wilmington.
More Local News
  1. WHQR Presents ... From a Poet's Point of View: Poets Keep Receipts Pt. II
  2. State Rep. Jennifer Balkcom is taking U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards’ place on the NC-11 ticket. Here’s what that means for her state House seat
  3. Turning wood into opportunity: Tyrell Brockington builds the next generation
  4. Wilmington set to plant hundreds of trees and inventory thousands more
  5. Economic Update: Jobless growth, de-listings in the housing market and steady economic growth in Wilmington
  6. “They resigned at gunpoint” – Historians reflect on 1898 and the pieces of history worth preserving
  7. City of Wilmington signs historical preservation impact agreement for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement
  8. NHCS board adopts ethics policy, votes down resolution on new way to store student data
  9. NC teachers descend on Wilmington to attend conference on 'Harbors of Democracy'
  10. NCDOT rejects public-private partnership for Cape Fear Memorial Bridge project
  11. Not guilty: Former Anderson Elementary teacher cleared of assaulting autistic student
  12. NHCS board extends superintendent contract, cancels public hearing on LifeWise Academy
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Headshot of Gary Trawick
  1. Commentary: The New Burgaw - Gary Trawick
  2. Commentary: The Darien Scheme Disaster - Alan Sturrock
  3. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cape Fear Museum Opening
  4. Commentary: John & The American Dream - Gary Trawick
  5. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Dreams Center for Arts Education
  6. Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
  7. "A sense of peace": Wilmington native and painter Barbara Bear Jamison on art and inspiration
  8. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cavalleria Rusticana
  9. "Wings of Hope" - Final Reception Friday, August 28
  10. Commentary: Freedom Ain’t Free - Jamir Jumoke
  11. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Northchase Library Opening
  12. Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
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National News
  1. Should the U.S. have a mandatory retirement age?
  2. At Big Bend National Park, bulldozers begin clearing land for border barrier work
  3. No privacy, little downtime: Life aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
  4. As speed cameras spread to more states, so does the backlash from drivers
  5. Mangione pleads guilty in federal court, leaving fate of state trial uncertain
  6. Reports about mental health, supply issues aboard USS Lincoln raise concerns
  7. Sen. Ruben Gallego on handling of USS Lincoln conditions: 'That's not proper leadership'
  8. Fill in the blank on this week's quiz: Rep. AOC is documenting ____ on Instagram
  9. ICE uses controversial program to boost deportations. Here's how it works in 1 county
  10. At Big Bend National Park, bulldozers begin clearing pristine desert land for border barrier work
State News
  1. Drought conditions ease across much of the Piedmont
  2. Women’s flag football is having a breakthrough year in North Carolina
  3. Longer school days ahead for Watauga students
  4. Planning board again recommends denial of Stokes data center
  5. Greensboro, Alamance and Yadkin to consider data center moratoriums
  6. Guilford schools ramp up kindergarten transition support
  7. Davie to stop fluoridating water amid war-related supply concerns
  8. More 'machine gun' pistols seized in Guilford County
  9. NASCAR triple-header coming to North Wilkesboro Speedway
  10. Asheville municipal candidates talk senior issues, displacement at Shiloh forum
Call for Artists in the MC Erny Gallery
Geneva Reid
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