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Earlier this year, 21-year-old Edilberto Espinoza Sierra was killed by law enforcement officers in a downtown Wilmington parking deck. WHQR's Aaleah McConnell digs into the decision not to charge officers involved in the shooting and the family's ongoing search for justice.
The Newsroom
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On today's show, Kelly Kenoyer discusses her months-long investigation into alleged morale issues in Wilmington City Hall. And Rachel Keith sits down to discuss her recent reporting on the Upperman family’s decision to stop supporting UNCW scholarships over the university’s anti-DEI policy, plus her recent efforts to track the $20 million nursing pipeline grant.
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- Ask a Journalist: What’s going on with North Carolina’s film grant program?
- Sunday Edition: Meet the Press
- DSA members are building benches for Wave stops. The slogans caused some complaints.
- Wilmington Fire Department taking applications for firefighter recruits
- "A sense of peace": Wilmington native and painter Barbara Bear Jamison on art and inspiration
- Residents voice concerns at public hearing for Martin Marietta's Castle Hayne quarry expansion proposal
- Wilmington City Council members respond to WHQR's reporting on morale at City Hall
- Checking on The Endowment’s $22-million nursing pipeline grant yields some data, but little discussion
- Brunswick County wildfire near Shallotte 65% contained, according to N.C. Forest Service
- Solomon Towers residents cite persistent issues, WHA says improvements coming through redevelopment
- New Hanover County Board of Elections approves early voting schedule
- Living Hope Day Center faces imminent closure with no interim location set
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cavalleria Rusticana
- "Wings of Hope" - Opening Reception Friday, July 24
- Commentary: Freedom Ain’t Free - Jamir Jumoke
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Northchase Library Opening
- Commentary: Freedom of Religion - Bob Thompson
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: 16th Annual Ocean City Jazz Festival
- Commentary: First in Freedom: Gary Trawick
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Brad Heller and the Fustics| On Air This Weekend
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: An Evening with Natasha Yvette Williams
- Wilmington native Bianca Shaw on her musical journey and getting 'powerful female creatives' to the forefront
- Soup to Nuts Live! The Little Mercies
- Commentary: The American Revolutionary War & the Two Scotlands - Alan Sturrock
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Smithsonian too focused on 'oppressors and the oppressed,' say House Republicans
- Colorado wildfire victims return to their homes for the first time
- Man accused of setting a fire outside a federal building in New York City
- Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
- How soccer brings a Bhutanese community together in Harrisburg, Pa.
- Amid nurse shortage, a university rolls out the welcome mat for men
- Arizona primaries set the stage for contested fall races in a swing state
- A homeless man was charged with a felony for camping. He's one of the first
- Colorado wildfire victims return to their homes for the first time
- Civil rights leaders call for justice at funeral for Mississippi teen
State News
- 'Less fishing, more catching,' as nonprofit installs artificial reefs for habitat in Lake Norman
- "Original 8" Winston-Salem firefighter who helped integrate the department dies at 104
- No funding for Asheville-to-Salisbury rail line in NC budget
- Two women arrested during Operation Charlotte’s Web seek over $2.5 million in damages
- Surry County enacts two-year data center development moratorium
- Cyclosporiasis cases in North Carolina surge past 500; some Triangle schools to pull fresh produce from lunch menus
- Drought conditions causing too much salt in freshwater for farmers along Albemarle Sound
- NC health officials report over 500 cyclosporiasis cases
- State employees will wait another month for raises — and longer for bonuses
- 'Time is passing': Federal budget cuts have slowed efforts to find missing Vietnam-era troops
