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After a week occupied with the business of the pledge drive, WHQR’s newsroom is pivoting back to reporting. News Director Benjamin Schachtman catches up on a few stories from this month, with some postscripts and a few lingering questions. -
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.
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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.
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Arts & Culture
- ‘A keen eye for color’: Sydney F. Austin on her artistic journey and finding community
- Floating through art: Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds takes over Cameron Art Museum
- Wilmington musician and entertainer Justin Heter Pan on being "the guy that doesn't want to grow up"
- A conversation with comedian and actress Paula Poundstone
- Comedian Maddy Kelly on her Tonight Show debut, favorite comics, and crafting an 'evergreen hour'
Beyond the Cape Fear
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Courtesy city of GreensboroResidents made at least 15 calls to the Water Resources Department on Thursday about a change in taste. Director Mike Borchers says recently maintenance on water infrastructure impacted pressure levels and caused the release of sediments, which he says is harmless. -
Courtesy Winston-Salem/Forsyth County SchoolsRonald Jason Lucero, a Republican candidate for an at-large seat, was arrested in July and charged with two counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.
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