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In early January, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office announced it was “shocked and appalled” after an alleged drug dealer “exposed a Detective and two deputies to a dangerous opioid drug,” sending the officers to the hospital. The suspect was charged with four counts of assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon — but three months later those charges were dropped, after one of the officers said it hadn’t been an intentional act.
CoastLine
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One photojournalist from North Carolina influenced the civil rights struggle in the United States, enjoyed a friendship with President Richard Nixon, was a member of the first African American press delegation on an official U.S. diplomatic trip overseas, and descended from one of the victims of the Wilmington 1898 coup d’etat. Alexander Rivera, Jr. also lit a fire in the imagination of UNCW History Professor Glen Harris, who wrote his biography: Social Justice and Liberation Struggles: The photojournalistic and public relations career of Alexander McAllister Rivera Junior
The Newsroom
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On today's show, we sit down with New Hanover County Schools district Superintendent Dr. Charles Foust about his reaction to an increase in guns and drugs on school campus. Then, WHQR's Kelly Kenoyer has an exit interview with Marie Parker, who helped right the ship at WAVE as executive director for the last two years.
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Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week we’re going to start off talking to Ben about something that’s been frustrating parents to no end. Then, we talk to Grace about the plans to dredge the Wilmington harbor again, and finally we talk to Kelly about how affiliates get their stories on the air to a national audience.
Port City Politics
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This week, we're looking into efforts to remove Certificates of Need, or CONs, the state regulations that curb competition in the healthcare industry. Plus, Representative Ted Davis puts on a spectacular show of semantics, and CFCC President Jim Morton gets a $38,000 raise — because, of course, he does.
National News
- Is the debt deal changing student loan repayment? Here's what you need to know
- Joy Ryan, 93, is the oldest woman to visit every U.S. national park
- Denver schools adapt to the huge numbers of migrants resettling in the area
- Trial begins for Robert Bowers, accused of killing 11 in a Pittsburgh synagogue
- Thanatologists are trying to recruit a new generation of people to the field
- 'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community
- Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family says
- Leading experts warn of a risk of extinction from AI
- Living Better: What it takes to get healthy in America
- James Comey knows the politics of NY law enforcement. Now, he's writing about it
State News
- How is North Carolina's congressional delegation planning to vote on the debt deal?
- Is rating half of NC elementary schools with an 'F' fair? State officials rethink the model
- Charlotte considers second solar farm to meet its climate goals
- Once again, UNC System President gains new role in choosing chancellors
- Another climate threat: an increase in 'fire weather days'
- GOP state lawmakers set on keeping North Carolina out of voter list maintenance compact
- Listen to the final whistle of the Canton paper mill
- Company behind a digital court filing system in North Carolina now faces a class-action lawsuit
- Who pays for NC schools? State underfunding could shift the burden to homeowners
- Italian EV charger company picks Charlotte for US headquarters
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