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The board members (from left to right - Josie Barnhart, Melissa Mason, Pete Wildeboer, Tim Merrick, Pat Bradford) before the start of the censure on Friday, April 11.
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Two NHC school board members call for censure of vice chair
Rachel Keith
As New Hanover County school board members debated censuring Dr. Tim Merrick, several references were made to potential policy violations by other board members. In one case, this led to a request for censure against Vice Chair Josie Barnhart, and it’s raised questions about how other board members are being held accountable.
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Sunday Edition: Hello, Avelo; Letter to the Editor
Benjamin Schachtman
North Carolina shrimpers have advocated for tariffs on imports for decades.
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The Dive: Some N.C. Businesses Are Actually Happy About Tariffs; Point, Counterpoint...ish
Benjamin Schachtman
The Newsroom
  • Healthy Opportunities Pilot shows cost savings for Medicaid: “It’s a hand up”
    On today’s show, host Rachel Keith talks about the groundbreaking Healthy Opportunities Pilot—one of the first in the country—where some Medicaid recipients get assistance for food, rent and utilities, and counseling for interpersonal violence or toxic stress needs. Service providers helping these people get reimbursements from the HOP program.
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The Terry Benjey Bicycling Foundation h
  1. Pinpointing the most dangerous places to walk and bike in Wilmington
  2. Ukrainians in Wilmington are uncertain about their future
  3. Wilmington man in critical condition after firing shots at law enforcement
  4. Carolina Beach approves plan to become more pedestrian and cyclist friendly
  5. A little background on the perennial Wrightsville Beach parking debate
  6. Here's what happened at the first New Hanover County Education Focus Forum
  7. Federal policy is causing chaos in the affordable housing sphere
  8. Study shows Cape Fear Healthy Opportunities Pilot saves Medicaid money
  9. The Dive: A Wilmington Widow’s Spiked State Appointment; Chainsaw and Consolidations?
  10. Sunday Edition: Grace Note; Sense and Censure
  11. In a packed room, New Hanover County school board member was censured along party lines
  12. Residents ask Wrightsville Beach to implement free parking on weeknights
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
  1. Mahlaynee Cooper, a.k.a. Carrie Assata, on speaking truth, poetic heroines, and her musical side
  2. Doug Benson: From Dead Crow Comedy to Carnegie Hall, podcasting to the 'Mount Rushmore' of cannabis users
  3. From the Mouths of Babes Theatre talks latest project and "documentary theater"
  4. Actor's Arsenal: Ron Fallica talks acting, coaching, and making a professional life in Wilmington
  5. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Brian Whitted & Justin Allen Tate
  6. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Christopher Marino
  7. Commentary: Gwenyfar Rohler – Pete Seeger
  8. Around Town With Rhonda Bellamy: Angelo Galeotti, NC Jazz Festival President
  9. Cinematique Presents: A Complete Unknown - MATINEES ADDED, SHOWS SELLING OUT
  10. Fourth Friday Art Gallery: "A Life in Color"
  11. STNL! Featuring Acisse Jay
  12. Cinematique Presents: 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films
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National News
  1. Harvey Weinstein is on trial, again. Opening arguments start Wednesday
  2. Former Defense Department official discusses Pentagon turmoil, Hegseth Signal chats
  3. Rubio announces overhaul of State Department, including bureau promoting democracy
  4. Democratic lawmakers visit Mahmoud Khalil, others held at Lousiana detention center
  5. Lori Vallow Daybell convicted of conspiring to kill her estranged husband in 2019
  6. Small and rural libraries are feeling the cuts from President Trump's executive order
  7. Supreme Court leans toward parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools
  8. Inside Harvard's lawsuit against the Trump administration
  9. Hegseth is in hot water again over sharing attack plans. But this time it may be worse
  10. Jury finds 'The New York Times' did not libel former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
State News
Invasive Alabama bass first appeared in Lake Norman but have since spread across the entire state.
  1. Invasive Alabama bass threatens NC native bass species
  2. Griffin challenges NC elections board's photo ID rule for Guilford overseas voters
  3. FEMA leaves NC flood-resiliency programs high and dry
  4. North Carolinians can still apply for the SBA loan disaster relief program after deadline extension
  5. Vance County jail struggles to meet NCDHHS’ new staffing order
  6. Q&A: What is the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission? And why is it on the chopping block?
  7. A Wilmington Republican is once again pushing for Chemours to pay for filtration of forever chemicals
  8. Should 'The Andy Griffith Show' be an official state symbol in NC?
  9. A state-funded program helped this 19-year-old finish college
  10. A Greensboro homeowner wants out of the city limits. Will state lawmakers intervene?
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