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Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Karola Luttringhaus and Leigh Kresge

On this edition, The Assembly’s Erin Gretzinger on the rapidly shifting landscape of DEI policy in North Carolina higher education. Plus, WHQR's Nikolai Mather helps unpack the lawsuit between a Pender County newspaper and county officials — and the political context behind the litigation.

Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Nancy King and Thandolwethu Mamba

This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators and people with interesting perspectives from around the region. Today’s show, which commemorates the life of Baba (Father) Malcolm X, is From a Poet’s Point of View — 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.

Rhondas guest is Kenneth Chestnut, who talks about the Ocean City Jazz Fest, July 4-6, at North Topsail Beach.

Sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the grant money will be restored.

The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.

The Pender County Clerk of Court is set to stand trial on several criminal charges just over a week before she goes up for primary elections.

The four members of NASA's Crew-11 mission are heading home from the International Space Station. Their journey is ending a month early due to an astronaut with a "serious medical condition."

After months of uncertainty over the fate of hundreds of homes, FEMA greenlit a small batch of properties for acquisition in Buncombe and Henderson County.