It’s the latest example of RCFP’s work on behalf of local public media outlets across the country.

According to a study published in February by researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill, the state’s Health Opportunities Pilot (HOP) is lowering Medicaid costs.

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...

The New Hanover County School Board voted 5-2 along party lines to censure Democrat Dr. Tim Merrick. The two-hour meeting was filled with 160 constituents, primarily all supporting Merrick. Republican...

Members of the New Hanover County school board will decide this week whether or not to censure their colleague Dr. Tim Merrick. The proposed censure is based on allegations that Merrick violated polic...

Teacher attrition rates have decreased slightly in New Hanover, which aligns with the state rate of 10%; however, there was a one-percentage-point increase in Pender County, going from 12% to 13%, and...

The $3,000 Howe Scholarship is now open for African-American students pursuing degrees in building arts and sciences. It’s for high school or continuing college students who have attended a public hig...

In mid-March, University of North Carolina Wilmington researchers held a health equity simulation with students, staff, and community members. They’re evaluating whether participants show increased em...

At Tuesday’s New Hanover County School Board agenda review meeting, the board praised the superintendent’s proposed budget submission for county commissioners. They also continued to remove words like...

The Alliance for Cape Fear Trees was set to hire a community engagement coordinator to increase the tree canopy in disadvantaged communities, mainly in downtown Wilmington. This employee would have id...

On Monday, New Hanover County commissioners heard a presentation from Dr. Roger Shew, a Department of Geography and Geology and Environmental Sciences professor, about the future preservation of the F...

On today’s show, Rachel Keith celebrates Sunshine Week, an annual event focused on open government and transparency. In honor of this year’s sunshine week, we’re taking a look at government speech pol...

The last two independent financial auditors have praised the district’s $3.7 million net surplus in Child Nutrition, which oversees cafeteria services. WHQR looked at where that funding comes from and...

The General Assembly has recently changed who gets appointment powers to the Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees — so who is on the board, and how have they managed their only employee, coll...

From AI to OSINT, maps to the sports section, it's a data journalism jubilee.

Some Cape Fear Community College students in the CDL truck driver and electrical line worker 10-week programs have a leg up because of financial support from the Forward Fund. They’re giving out zero-...

Beginner track: How to request data and documents: FOI Tisha Thompson, ESPN Andrew Pantazi, independent journalist Kate Martin, APM Reports

The Trump White House is pushing sweeping cuts to the federal government, including grants for academic research. A significant cut to National Institutes of Health grants ordered by the administratio...

At Tuesday’s meeting, the New Hanover County school board’s five Republican members voted to change the district’s sex ed curriculum; Democratic members Tim Merrick and Judy Justice dissented. The mem...

This school year, New Hanover County saw a significant percent increase in students taking advantage of the North Carolina legislature’s expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship program, which provide...

At Tuesday's agenda meeting, the New Hanover County School Board voted 5-2, with Democrats Tim Merrick and Judy Justice dissenting, to remove all diversity, equity, and inclusion references from the d...

On Monday, New Hanover County Schools' interim superintendent, Dr. Christopher Barnes, sent a statement to the community about how the district will work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Over the last month, the Trump White House has rolled out several new immigration policies, marking a dramatic shift from the Biden administration. Advocates in southeastern North Carolina have voiced...

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education is anticipating some headwinds on next school year’s budget.

Attorney David McKenzie, who sued the UNC Board of Trustees last summer and won a settlement over public records violations, is suing again over UNC’s efforts to hide legal billing records.

The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled.

Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

This spring, New Hanover County Schools are rolling out federally-funded training to help teachers better understand and manage the stress of their jobs. The program, which is based on the insights of...

New Hanover County will mail out new property assessments in about two weeks. The last time this was done was four years ago. Since then properties have increased dramatically in value, which could le...

On Monday, February 17, the New Hanover County Commission heard a presentation from The Endowment CEO Dan Winslow.

On Wednesday, a pedestrian was hit near Laney High School around 2:40 in the afternoon. State highway patrol confirmed that a male high school student was transported to the hospital. The student was ...

Church World Service Wilmington must furlough 20 of its 25-person staff for the next two months. This stems from the Trump administration’s pause on funding for the refugee resettlement program.

The rulings addressed several issues in the ongoing lawsuit between former Cape Fear Community College trustee Ray Funderburk and the college’s board. The judge ruled that questions about meetings wit...

The State Board of Education voted 9-to-2 to request a moratorium on new spending for Opportunity Scholarship vouchers as part of its budget request to the General Assembly.

Local governments are developing lists of what they want the state’s General Assembly to fund in the upcoming fiscal year. WHQR spoke with New Hanover County Schools district leaders about some of the...

On this episode, WHQR News Director Ben Schachtman sat down with reporter Rachel Keith to talk about the work of SYNC — Strengthening Systems for NC Children. Keith joined about 20 other members who, ...

New Hanover County is part of a tri-county grant, Strengthening Systems for NC Children (SYNC), funded by the North Carolina Division of Public Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Branch and UNC I...

A slew of recent White House changes to federal funding has caused confusion for local non-profits — one of them is the Wilmington Office of the Church World Service, which has resettled 360 refugees ...

The City of Wilmington is getting its first HAWK beacon at 21st and Market Street. It’s a pedestrian and biker-activated stoplight set to be turned on near the end of the month. Some neighbors have be...

President Trump recently issued an executive order directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest undocumented immigrants — including parents and children — on school grounds. What wil...

During a work session on Monday, the New Hanover County school board voted unanimously to start contract negotiations with interim superintendent Dr. Christopher Barnes.

The New Hanover County Schools Turnaround Task Force recently convened to discuss a possible Future Center, a hub for preparing students for life after high school, and ways to get families into pre-K.

Pender County Schools declined to comment on a recent email to Pender High teachers, apparently sent by principal Nicholas Paquette. The email informed teachers that they'd be sent home without pay if...

Early in January 2025, the New Hanover County Schools Turnaround Task Force met to give feedback on the district’s budget proposal to county commissioners — a part of the interim superintendent’s requ...

In and around the Cape Fear region, the National Weather Service called for 5 to 6 inches of snow — meteorologists are still tallying the totals — but parts of Wilmington have gotten around 4 inches. ...

At Tuesday’s New Hanover County Commission meeting, members voted 4-1 to issue a proclamation recognizing a "National Day of Racial Healing," with commissioner Dane Scalise dissenting. They also revie...

Now you can look up detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country and compare them to nearby public schools.

For nearly two years, an advocacy group, Love Our Children (LOC), has petitioned the New Hanover County school district to change the policies and procedures surrounding the suspension of students und...

Attorney Craig Schauer, who represents Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, went before a Wake County judge earlier this week without opposing counsel present to get an order bl...