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WHQR is sitting down with all eight candidates for Wilmington's City Council — two incumbents and six newcomers — who are running for three seats. On this episode of The Newsroom, an interview with challenger J.C. Lyle.

WHQR is sitting down with all eight candidates for Wilmington's City Council — two incumbents and six newcomers — who are running for three seats. On this episode of The Newsroom, an interview with challenger Richard Collier.

Rhonda interviews James Christopher of Cool Wilmington, which produces American Craft Walk Wilmington, set for Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 10-5 in downtown Wilmington.

This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators and people with interesting perspectives from around the region. Today’s show looks at The Fourth of July, Juneteenth, and other ideas about freedom From a Poet’s Point of View — it's from Speak Ya Peace NC, a poetry collective and platform that facilitates art and conversations about issues stemming from racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination.

Rhonda previews Fourth Friday Gallery Night on August 22. She also speaks with Techmoja Dance & Theater Company's Kevin Green about the upcoming production of "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf" on Thalian Hall's Mainstage September 5-7.

The chemical GenX has plagued the Cape Fear Region for decades — though we only found out it was in the river eight years ago. Since then, there’ve been myriad fights: for regulation at the state and federal level, for filtration, and for accountability against the polluter. This week, we’ll have an update on the status of this slow-moving crisis in the Cape Fear.

My guests are Rhonda Clerkin, one of the founders of the Cape Fear Art Xchange creative reuse store. I also speak with Wilmington filmmaker David Garrigus whose documentary "The American Constitution" will be shown at a free screening on August 21, 2025, in UNCW's Kenan Auditorium.

Shawna Kenney is an author, essayist, and journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Narratively, PBS/KCET, Business Insider, Brevity, and more.

On this edition of The Newsroom, WHQR's Ben Schachtman and Rachel Keith unpack the New Hanover County Schools' budgetary needs — for the current year, and for longer-term facility needs. It's hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars — and it's not clear right now where all that funding is going to come from.