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Paul Lawler is the current President of the Wilmington Rotary Club and former Wilmington City Council member.

On this edition of The Newsroom, we're speaking with Rebecca Trammel, a nonprofit founder, community organizer, and advocate for public education funding who aims to run as an unaffiliated candidate for North Carolina’s Senate District 7. We asked about her decision to run without major party support — and where she lands on some contentious state-level policies.

The forum hosted by WHQR, WECT, and Port City Daily, featured the four candidates running for two seats: Salette Andrews, Judy Justice, Dr. LaShonda Wallace, and Rob Zapple.

In this limited-series podcast, freelance journalist and broadcaster Logan Kennedy sits down with the people on the ground in schools and classrooms, who know firsthand what is happening in public education. The program aims to add context to the constant noise out of Raleigh and Washington, and hear firsthand from the teachers, school board members, advocates, and students in our local schools.

Rhonda's guest is Nancy King, artistic director of Opera Wilmington, who talks about the annual Caterina Jarboro Recital on Feb. 13, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in UNCW's Beckwith Recital Hall featuring lyric coloratura soprano Diana Thompson-Brewer. Rhonda also previews Big Dawg Productions' "White Rabbit Red Rabbit" being staged Feb. 12-22 in the Stein Studio Theater at Thalian Hall.

Longtime WHQR supporter, author, and commentator Nan Graham has been thinking about the causes of and cures for what ails us.

This commentary comes to us from Brunswick County Library Director Patricia Dew. Today, Patricia talks about E-Books and E-Audiobooks.

Retired Navy Captain Wilbur Jones is an author and military historian who grew up in Wilmington during World War II. He was heavily involved in Wilmington earning designation as America's first WWII Heritage City.

Gary Trawick is a retired Superior Court Judge, writer and teller of stories. He and his wife, Jennings, live in Burgaw.