Walker Livingston
WHQR InternWalker is a student at UNC-Chapel Hill studying Journalism and English. She has served as a writer and editor for UNC's student newspaper The Daily Tar Heel, where she covered housing and the environment. Her reporting interests center around community, context and public history. Outside of her work, you can find her DJing for UNC's student radio station, running and taking film pictures. Contact her via at wlivingston@unc.edu or on Twitter @wslivingston_.
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For the last several years, many Wilmington-area residents have been at odds with proposed development on the western bank of the Cape Fear River. The area is mainly zoned for industrial use right now, but mixed-use several projects have been proposed. While the county had encouraged projects of that nature in the past, on Monday night commissioners laid out a distinctly different vision: preserving the area. -
On Tuesday, July 23, the New Hanover County Board of Education held a special meeting to discuss the search for interim and permanent superintendent positions. They’ll start holding interviews for the interim position soon — aiming to choose a candidate before the school year starts. -
Over a dozen students and alumni came to the board room to hear what CFCC President Jim Morton and the trustees had to say about the recent reorganization of the marine tech program. That included effectively removing chair Jason Rogers after almost twenty years of leading the program. -
Mayor Bill Saffo introduced a resolution at the Wilmington City Council meeting last night that supports legislation that would force chemical manufacturers to finance clean water efforts, which is currently waiting in committee in the NC House. -
The New Hanover County Planning Board voted last night against an amendment, which would allow development on the Western Bank of the Cape Fear River. The amendment failed in a 3-1 vote, with all present members of the board except for Clark Hipp voting against the amendment.
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Here’s a roundup of the biggest changes — and occasional controversies — in the Brunswick, Pender, and New Hanover county budgets and some of the major towns and cities within them. -
When the budget for FY 2024-25 passed during the mid-June New Hanover Board of County Commissioners meeting, the violence-prevention program Port City United was phased out. This decision left lingering questions about how other groups in the community will carry on the work PCU had been doing. -
This school year, New Hanover County’s preschool programs will not be funded by the federal Head Start Grant — which funds Johnson Pre-K Center. -
This morning, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners passed a $543.1 million budget that avoided both a tax hike and dipping into the county's reserve fund. It’s a win for fiscal conservatives, who saw an 8% spending reduction. But other commissioners were displeased with the result.
