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Creating Friendships for Peace works to teach youth from conflict-ridden regions of the world how to unite despite generational hostility. They launched their program in Wilmington for the first time in 2025. WHQR followed up with the CFP crew this year to meet their new cohort.

George Lawrence Mabson is finally getting some official and long-overdue recognition. On Saturday, a new roadside historical marker will be unveiled in Wilmington that notes the accomplishments of Mabson, who was North Carolina’s first practicing Black lawyer and one of the Port City’s most remarkable sons.

This sea turtle nesting season, there have been over 40 loggerhead nests laid on Masonboro Island. WHQR recently traveled with scientists and volunteers to visit a nest that was laid in June.

Republican leaders chose N.C. Rep. Jennifer Balkcom as the new candidate for Congress, opening a spot for a new candidate for the 117th district in the NC House election.

Tyrell Brockington was 14 when he started with the after-school program Kids Making It. That led him on a lifelong exploration of art, artisanry, and adaptive reuse — and giving back to the community.

A $1.5 million federal grant will allow Wilmington to map and inventory trees in 36% of its land area.

This week, on The Newsroom, reporters Sofia Dinka and Kelly Kenoyer dig into the current status of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, after a private company’s bid got rejected last month. While the specifics for the replacement aren't nailed down, a toll bridge is looking more and more likely. We'll look at the history of 1898 with Reporter Rachel Keith and how it was framed by the media at the time. She attended an educator’s summit in Wilmington that made that history come alive. And we'll look at Kelly Kenoyer's top stories in the past five years before she leaves WHQR and Wilmington.

With mortgage rates on the rise, the housing market nationally – and in Wilmington – is at somewhat of an impasse. Buyers and sellers both want the best deal, and neither are ready to budge. WHQR’s Kelly Kenoyer invited a local expert to the studio to talk about that, and other economic news.

The last week in July, UNC Chapel Hill’s Carolina K-12 program hosted a professional development program in Wilmington called “Harbors of Democracy” for educators across the state. For some of the sessions, they listened to state and local historians on how the media was used to foment violence during the Wilmington 1898 coup and massacre – and to subsequently cover up the truth of what happened. They also learned that some historical remnants from that time are at risk of being lost.

Wilmington city officials signed an agreement to satisfy federal historical preservation requirements for the controversial Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement. At Tuesday’s meeting, city council members agreed to join a Programmatic Agreement (PA).