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Over the last month, employees of New Hanover Regional Medical Center have been receiving messaging about new policies under Novant, which finalized its purchase of the hospital from the county early last year. That includes a statement on Novant's 'non-union' policy.
CoastLine
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Matt Sullivan's film production responsibilities have ranged from puppeteering baby bats to icing a female actor's nipples to brushing out the nap on carpet to hide tracks. While he's moved up through the ranks from a nonunion jack-of-all-trades employee to a union department head as Set Decorator, he still sees the precision, discipline, clarity, and intelligence of a Coen Brothers' film as the most rewarding of his career.
The Newsroom
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On this episode of the newsroom, conversations about two very different issues that both challenge our regionFirst, Caroline Morin, director of the LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast, talks about her work, the rise in attacks on her community, and the particular flavor of bigotry in the coastal south. Then, Evan Folds, with the New Hanover Soil & Water Conservation District, gets into our county’s looming landfill crisis, and some innovative ways to solve it.
More Local News
- This week on The Newsroom: Fran Weller gets her own day, Rachel Keith hunts for a missing $10 million study
- Operation Firecracker issued 79 charges, 7 warrants in Wilmington leading into July 4th weekend
- Feds shut down shortfin mako fishing in attempt to rebuild species population
- Marcia Morgan will step into State Senate District 7 race against incumbent Michael Lee
- Olson-Boseman's problems persist, Minnicozzi quits race, Leland's wings clipped
- The civil suit against NHCS is on hold until a three-judge panel makes a ruling
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Liz Scanlon & Dominic Talanca
- The second annual “Read across the County” runs through August and features four books, covering all ages
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Jeremy Summers
- The Vivace International Music Festival is onstage for two-weeks this August at The Wilson Center
- School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is onstage in the Ruth & Bucky Stein Theatre at Thalian Hall
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Abdul Shareef and Mitch Capel
Cape Fear Rundown
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This week, we talk about some upheaval the race for state senate seat 7, the latest court ruling from New Hanover County School District’s ongoing sexual abuse scandal, and why Holly Childs really left WIlmington Downtown, Inc.
Port City Politics
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On this episode, the latest trouble for New Hanover County Chairperson Julia Olson-Boseman, who now must appear before a judge to defend herself from criminal contempt. Plus, a lawsuit's allegations suggest that issues leading to the transfer of the Wilmington Police Department crime lab to the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office were downplayed and kept from the public.
National News
- New evacuations for communities near California forest fire
- FDA temporarily suspends order banning Juul cigarettes
- A 76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton will be auctioned in New York City
- Harris calls for renewing the assault weapons ban after Highland Park mass shooting
- Highland Park suspect's online history reveals a fascination with violence
- New documentary 'Hiding in Plain Sight' sheds light on youth mental health crisis
- Dogs could help sniff out chronic wasting disease on a reservation in Montana
- Experts say the digital footprint of the Highland Park suspect fits into a new trend
- NASA has lost contact with a small satellite called CAPSTONE
- The latest on the investigation into the Highland Park July Fourth shooting
State News
- NC’s ‘Queen of Mariachi’ debuts first album
- Safe spaces then and now in WNC LGBTQ+ history
- From intern to director, Lex Turnbull is determined to keep Asheville's Revolve a thriving community arts space
- Across WNC, reproductive rights supporters take to the streets
- Duke Economist: Gas and food prices likely to rise, but may then fall
- Accused of predatory abuse of power, state senate candidate Jason Minnicozzi withdraws, blaming financial issues
- Photos: Protesters gather in Raleigh after SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade
- Charlotte abortion rights supporters protest decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
- With Roe overturned, SC politicians take steps to implement their Heartbeat Bill
- Duke University economists weigh in on interest rates, inflation, and the NC housing market
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