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Google Maps/WHQRThe Living Hope Day Center is preparing to open a zero-barrier day shelter at a new location. This week, they held a meeting to discuss plans with neighbors – and heard a host of concerns. WHQR Senior Reporter Rachel Keith spoke with Aaleah McConnell, who attended the meeting. -
WHQRQ: Listeners and readers have asked WHQR: Why are county social workers concentrating more efforts on the new downtown library and museum?A: For the last couple of months, the county has directed ‘Getting Home’ staff to focus on the area, and has paid out overtime to provide more coverage.
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Candidate Q&As for candidates running for North Carolina House districts 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, State Senate districts 7 and 8, and U.S. Congressional District 7. -
Candidate Q&As for candidates running for New Hanover County offices.
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Information about the 2026 general elections in southeastern North Carolina: Candidate questionnaires and forums, details on voting locations, and Election Day results. -
Public media is not a perfect system, but it may be the best chance for local journalists in a news ecosystem that is rapidly degrading. WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman makes the case for it in the middle of a pledge drive — when the whole thing seems a little fragile, but also urgently necessary. -
On today's show, Rachel Keith talks to Duke University assistant professor Dr. Justin Leroy about his new book, The Lowest Freedom — Racial Capitalism and Black Thought in the Nineteenth Century. We discuss American history in the context of prominent Black authors like Wilmington’s own David Walker, along with Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells. -
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners issued a letter yesterday to federal representatives, asking for a reassessment of the federal guidelines driving the cost of the bridge, and more financial assistance if those regulations can't be changed. -
On Thursday, New Hanover County Manager Chris Coudriet issued an administrative denial of Charlotte-based Copper Builders’ plans to build a 1,800-unit development in Sledge Forest. The decision, which didn’t involve a vote by elected officials, was based on the developer's plan to provide only one road access point. -
Due to a mold infestation, John T. Hoggard High School has now closed off additional parts of its campus. The New Hanover County Schools district is undertaking remediation and meeting with both staff and parents — who had been growing frustrated. The goal is to get major parts of the campus reopened by the end of September. -
In a last-ditch effort to voice their comments and concerns in-person on the replacement of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, and the option to toll it, dozens of residents from New Hanover and Brunswick counties spoke up at public hearings. WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman sat down and talked with reporter Aaleah McConnell about everything that went down. -
