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President Joe Biden visited Wilmington today to announce a total of $250 million in funding to replace lead pipes around North Carolina.
Wrightsville Beach Elementary/NHCS
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A closer look at NHCS parents' groups, and the significant differences in their fundraising capacity
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The Newsroom
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On this episode, Ben Schachtman and Rachel Keith sit down with John Biewen and Michael Betts, writers and co-hosts of Echoes of a Coup — the sixth season of the Scene on Radio podcast from Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics. The five-part series takes a deep dive into Wilmington’s 1898 coup and massacre.
More Local News
- Leland town council to vote on new budget in two weeks
- DEQ submits Human Health Risk Assessment on 1,4-Dioxane
- National Bike Month: Vision Zero, and a new tool evaluates media coverage of bicycle and pedestrian deaths
- Nearly every house in Wilmington could be allowed an ADU starting in May
- Checking the record: NCDEQ never held Chemours accountable for missing its 'barrier wall' deadline
- CFR: Interesting housing updates; the future of DEI
- Former CFCC department chair: 'Who's behind the wheel?'
- CFCC employees cited pressure to fabricate information prior to accreditation warning, compliance staff 'nonrenewed'
- A new technology to remove PFAS from drinking water is undergoing a pilot in Wilmington
- The question of Master's pay for North Carolina teachers
- CFPUA could be a guide for how utilities can meet the EPA's new drinking water standards
- Three employees resign following Elizabeth Craver's reinstatement as Pender County Clerk of Court
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- STNL! Featuring: The Benny Hill Ensemble
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Rissi Palmer and September Krueger
- Comedian Meghan Cook on her origins in stand-up, and advice for aspiring comics
- Cape Fear Conversations: Health Equity
- Docutime Film Festival celebrates its 20th year
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Grahamland Amusements
- Cinematique Presents: The Beast
- Cinematique Presents: Problemista
- Cinematique Presents: Wicked Little Letters
- Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Dorothy Gillespie documentary
- Robert Bellamy, aka ScaleHamHawk da Poet, talks about his work, his muse, and his name
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Madafo Day
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
Cape Fear Rundown
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Welcome back to the Cape Fear Rundown. This week Ben joins us to talk to us about a particular budget request from the Wilmington Fire Department and then, Kelly joins us to give a sneak peek into her upcoming Newsroom episode.
Port City Politics
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First up on this episode, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on two cases coming out of North Carolina this week — one dealing with the dubious 'independent state legislator' theory, and the other with affirmative action for colleges and universities. Then, a messy story about how the culture wars are playing out at UNCW — and beyond. And, NHRMC President Shelbourn Stevens is, quite abruptly, out of a job.
National News
- Have you seen this emotional support gator? Wally's owner says he's lost in Georgia
- Apple shows its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since pandemic's outset
- Maryland gets tough on youth crime while trying to help young offenders thrive
- What are college students potentially risking when they engage in protests?
- Blues legend Sugar Pie DeSanto reflects on decades of being on stage
- Hobbyist photographer snaps photo of extremely rare bird in 1st U.S. sighting
- Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discrimination
- After a boom in cash aid to tackle poverty, some states are now banning it
- Which celebrity feud escalated this week? Find out in the news quiz
- Bridge projects across U.S. offer clues to what may replace Baltimore's fallen span
State News
- Native American tribes across the U.S. attend graduation feather ceremony in North Carolina
- BPR Weekly News Round-Up: Buncombe Co. budget, Malvern Hills pool, Indigenous justice
- Slavery by another name: New NC historical marker acknowledges post-Civil War convict laborers
- There's still a final challenge to NC's photo ID voting law. The federal trial starts Monday
- NC Republican congressional candidate drops out just days before runoff election
- More than $480K raised for UNC-Chapel Hill frat party, but who is behind the GoFundMe?
- UNC Chapel Hill social justice hub ‘closed indefinitely’ by administrators after pro-Palestine protests
- Bittersweet joy as Methodists in Charlotte repeal LGBTQ bans
- NC voucher expansion debate highlights starkly different approaches to education spending
- UNC faculty discuss next steps following protests on campus
