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Kevin Mauer, the Director of Community Engagement for the Cape Fear Collective, on Wilmingtons Creekwood neighborhood, and a joint project with WHQR to help bring the voices of residents forward to tell the story of a complicated and misunderstood community.  Links for this episode: You can find details of North Carolina Attorney General Josh Steins new requirements for the $1.25 billion New Hanover Community Endowment Find the latest, as of broadcast, on the the school reopening process fro...

The Newsroom, which will first air this Friday, February 5th. The Newsroom will air at noon on the first Friday of every month and will be rebroadcast on the following Sunday at 1pm on HQR News 91.3fm. Hosted by Ben Schachtman, Managing Editor of HQR News, the program will be an opportunity for local officials and reporters -- the people who make news and the people who report it -- to talk about the issues that affect our community. According to host Ben Schachtman, "Our goal is to have c...

Lithium Americas advances Thacker Pass project in Nevada Drilling operations at Lithium Americas Thacker Pass property in northwestern Nevada. Credit: Lithium Americas Posted By: Daniel Sekulich February 2, 2021 Vancouver-based junior Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) received final approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the company’s Thacker Pass lithium mine project in northwestern Nevada on Jan. 15. The project, located 100 km northwest of Winnemucca, in the sta...

Musician Jacquie Clay has an important question she wants to ask: “Why not you?” If you have a goal you wish to chase but feel like you’ll never reach it, Clay wants you to think twice. “I feel like a lot of people don’t believe in themselves, and don’t believe that their dreams can come true. Or (they believe) that they have too big of a dream, and (ask themselves) ‘Why should I even try?’” Clay says. “I wanted to take that question but turn it around, and say ‘Why not yo...

Cliff Cash: Comedian who says he’s Half Way There reaches #1 on iTunes (”1on1 with Jon Evans” podcast) #1 Comedian Cliff Cash started out in Wilmington By Jon Evans | January 29, 2021 at 5:30 AM EST - Updated February 5 at 11:34 AM WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Since he hasn’t had many chances to entertain audiences in-person since the pandemic began, Cliff Cash decided to provide an easy way for people to hear his stand-up comedy. He released an album in early January call...

Cancer continues to be the leading cause of line-of-duty deaths among firefighters.

Author Bio Howard grew up in Philadelphia watching the Philly sports teams struggle for championships. He has been investing since 1989 and been a Fool since 2001. Prior to joining The Fool as a contract writer in 2019, Howard worked in the steel business as an engineer for 28 years. When he isn’t writing, he is usually out for a run, or relaxing to the music of the Grateful Dead. What happened Shareholders of lithium miner Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) have endured a w...

COVID-19 and loss of smell: MBFD offers tips to keep you safe in the event of fire COVID-19 Loss of Smell and Fire Risk By Kate Merriman | January 25, 2021 at 8:11 AM EST - Updated January 25 at 8:11 AM MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Many people who have had COVID-19 lost their sense of smell, which can be dangerous if a fire happens at home. Capt. Jon Evans with the Myrtle Beach Fire Department want to bring awareness to the importance of a smoke detectors during this time. “Your most impo...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean...

Mine just south of Oregon-Nevada line may boost Joe Biden’s energy plan Updated Jan 23, 2021; Facebook Share CARSON CITY, Nev. — One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line. But the question of how to extract lithium and whether former President Donald Trump’s Department of Interior rushed a mine through the approval process could be an early test for ...