Kelly Kenoyer is a Host/Reporter at Public Radio East. She covers a range of topics including construction and real estate, urban design, and local economic policies, with a focus on the housing market and residential real estate. Kelly's work has been featured in numerous outlets, including NPR, WUNC (91.5 FM), and Alabama Public Radio.
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By: Kelly Kenoyer
The former zoning administrator for the city of Wilmington has filed suit against the city. She claims the city did not provide just cause to terminate her employment, pressured her to resign, and did so to make way for the city’s reorganization.
By: Kelly Kenoyer
The ban allows private citizens to sue local government if they permit camping on public property.
By: Kelly Kenoyer
The ban allows private citizens to sue local government if they permit camping on public property.
By: Kelly Kenoyer
The funding comes from NC IOLTA, or Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts. Basically, any time an attorney holds money for a client, the interest is
By: Kelly Kenoyer
More than a dozen current and former City of Wilmington staff have spoken to WHQR, describing deteriorating morale in the wake of Becky Hawke's restructuring and terminations of previous staff.
By: Kelly Kenoyer
Dennis LaCaria (City of Wilmington) City Attorney Meredith Everhart and City Manager Becky Hawke at a Wilmington City Council meeting on May 19, 2026 (Madeline Gray / WHQR | WHQR) The Skyline Center in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina, is home to the Wilmington City Hall. (WECT) Budget Director Laura Mortell moves some notes with names and titles around in the "war room," where top administrators developed the restructuring plan. (WHQR/ City of Wilmington) City Manager Becky Hawke addresses all city staff in this January 30, 2026 town hall. She used the opportunity to introduce the planned reorganization. (WHQR/ City of Wilmington) This image from the January 30 employee town hall shows the City Manger's direct reports. (WHQR/ City of Wilmington)
By: Kelly Kenoyer
The Living Hope Day Center is in its last month of operation at the First Baptist Church, and at the end of July, the shelter will close without an immediate replacement.
By: Kelly Kenoyer, Benjamin Schachtman, Rachel Keith
On today's show, Kelly Kenoyer discusses her months-long investigation into alleged morale issues in Wilmington City Hall. And Rachel Keith sits down to discuss her recent reporting on the Upperman family's decision to stop supporting UNCW scholarships over the university's anti-DEI policy, plus her recent efforts to track the $20 million nursing pipeline grant.
By: Kelly Kenoyer
There are new, homemade park benches popping up at bus stops around Wilmington. They were put there by the Wilmington Democratic Socialists of America, and became more controversial after recent social media attention.
By: Kelly Kenoyer
With mortgage rates on the rise, the housing market nationally – and in Wilmington – is at somewhat of an impasse. Buyers and sellers both want the best deal, and neither are ready to budge. WHQR’s Kelly Kenoyer invited a local expert to the studio to talk about that, and other economic news.
