Grace Vitaglione
Grace Vitaglione is a multimedia journalist, who recently graduated from American University. Grace is attracted to issues of inequity and her reporting has covered racial disparities in healthcare, immigration detention, and college culture. In the past, she has investigated ICE detainee deaths at the Investigative Reporting Workshop, worked on an award-winning investigative podcast, and produced student-led video stories.
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During Tuesday’s Wilmington City council meeting, members voted unanimously to demolish two more properties managed by Nine Lives LLC, after worrying evidence of neglect and disrepair. WHQR’s Grace Vitaglione has more.
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After a heated discussion, City of Wilmington council members voted Tuesday to take down the "Black Lives Do Matter: End Racism Now" sign by December 27. Councilmembers Clifford Barnett and Kevin Spears dissented.
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Activists and community members are trying to reach groups that were historically pushed out of politics during this voting season.
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Panelists at a Duke University media briefing held Tuesday said the extremity of anti-abortion policies nationally and the potential for U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley to mobilize left-leaning Black voters in eastern North Carolina may sway what is a normally red region.
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Duke Health said surgeons performed the world’s first partial heart transplant on a 17-day-old infant.
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During Tuesday evening’s New Hanover County school board meeting, there was a heated debate over fees for tickets to sporting events.
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During Tuesday evening’s New Hanover County school board meeting, members engaged in a heated discussion over this year’s school calendar.
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Several school employees reached out to WHQR on Thursday with concerns about not receiving their scheduled payments for the end of the month.
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Offshore wind in the Wilmington area is still in its beginning stages, but looking at projects a little further North may give us an idea of what to expect – particularly here on land. WHQR’s Grace Vitaglione has more.
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WHQR’s recent reporting on offshore wind garnered a lot of feedback — with over a thousand comments on social media. So WHQR’s Grace Vitaglione set up a panel of five experts to dig into some of the top concerns.