Benjamin Schachtman

Two and a half months after the New Hanover County Board of Elections petitioned the state to remove embattled elections director DeNay Harris, the state has agreed to terminate her.

Authorities have made an arrest in the shooting death of 23-year-old Emir Moore. After an investigation by the Wilmington Police Department and other agencies, 29-year-old Trayquan Maleak Hasty is now facing first-degree murder charges.

June is Pride Month, a commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots that launched the modern queer rights movement. WHQR’s Ben Schachtman spoke with Elena Rosemond, board chair of the LGBTQ Center of the Cape Fear Coast, to get her perspective

Cape Fear Community College recently settled a lawsuit filed by former trustee Ray Funderburk, and WHQR’s Rachel Keith has been poring over depositions from the case, including sworn testimony from top college officials. She joins News Director Ben Schachtman to share what she’s learned about the case — and more broadly, about CFCC’s leadership.

A controversial valedictorian speech at a Wilmington high school prompted questions about ‘dog whistling,’ the art of saying something without quite saying it. What does that mean for journalists covering anti-semitism and other forms of bigotry? And how does that look against the backdrop of a creeping nihilism, where nothing means anything at all?

From this week's Sunday Edition: A battle over new hospital beds is coming this summer, and the county hopes to stay out of it. Plus, unpacking a local leader's quip about 'Joe Blow the ragman.'

On Monday, charges against six people previously indicted as part of an investigation into Cape Fear Escorts were dropped, citing insufficient evidence. The case was announced three years ago in a high-profile release from the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, which included hundreds of charges. One defendant, Christopher Todd Evans, was convicted in federal court and later entered into a plea deal on state charges.

The Eastwood overpass or 'flyover' project addresses a notoriously slow intersection, but residents have voiced concerns over the timing, safety, and efficacy of the $81.4 million project. That includes many who have moved to the area in the seven years since NCDOT held its last public hearing on the project.

On Thursday, jurors returned guilty verdicts for Omonte Bell and Dyrell Green, charged in the shooting death of Koredreese Tyson and Bri’Yanna Williams, and the attempted murder of M’Kayla Walker. Bell and Green were both sentenced to life in prison without parole.

A veteran police chief alleges good ol’ boy corruption, a long-running human trafficking case is quietly dismissed, and prosecutors win a high-profile double-murder case without any physical evidence. Three stories this week illustrate the limits of what we can know about both civil and criminal court cases — and the temptation to use overarching narratives as shortcuts to patch the blank spots on the map.