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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 incumbent Luke Waddell.

On this episode, WHQR News Director Benjamin Schachtman sat down with Derrick Anderson, host of a long-running community affairs show, to talk about The Endowment. From questions about the abrupt departure of CEO Dan Winslow, to the fate of the Northside Co-op grant, to the backstory of why the foundation does so much of its work in private, there's a lot to unpack.

On today's show, a candid sitdown with Spence Broadhurst, who helped steer the hospital sale that led to the creation of The Endowment, served as its first board chair, and has, in his words, acted as a watchdog for its founding documents. We discuss the challenges and debates the board has faced. And we touch on some of the tension around the recent county commissioner vote, which effectively removed him from The Endowment board.

WHQR is sitting down with all three candidates for Wilmington mayor, including the incumbent, and two challengers. On this episode of The Newsroom, an interview with challenger Jonathan Barfield, Jr.

Jacob Biba is a freelance reporter. He's worked for the Asheville Citizen Times, Carolina Public Press, and the Hendersonville Times-News.

Rhonda interviews Beth Carter, organizer of the Island Arts Council's Art in the Yard, September 20-21 in Carolina Beach. She also previews the upcoming theater production of William and Judith and a free ASL Museum Tour at Cameron Art Museum.

WHQR is sitting down with all three candidates for Wilmington mayor, including the incumbent, and two challengers. On this episode of The Newsroom, an interview with incumbent Mayor Bill Saffo.

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 Cassidy Santaguida

Rhonda Waterhouse holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction with an environmental writing focus from UNC Wilmington and an MEd from Penn State University. Her work has appeared in Black Warrior Review, American Submariner, Coastal Review, and storySouth, among others. She is currently writing a memoir about brain injury and the healing power of trees. She writes about science, disability, family, and nature. With their five children now grown, Rhonda, her partner, and their dog greet the sunrise on Wrightsville Beach.

All throughout the northside of downtown Wilmington, there are little markers of the past — a past filled with the sound of metal wheels clattering down the tracks. The Northside was once home to a sprawling railyard and passenger rail station — and it could be the home of passenger rail again.