WHRO News
The festival task force worked for a year to develop recommendations for managing events at the resort.
Local officials were awarded a $20 million federal grant for the project in Aberdeen Gardens and hope it will continue despite President Trump’s planned climate funding freeze.
The base, known as Fort Liberty since 2023, originally was named for Confederate General Braxton Bragg. The Army says it now will be named for a World War II private, Roland Bragg.
Members of the General Assembly are considering efforts to change how some local governments work and how people are elected to those bodies.
WHRO Events

The world changes fast.
Keep up with daily local news from WHRO. Get local news every weekday in your inbox.
NPR News
- Judge declines to block Trump administration's resignation offer to federal employees
- Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered
- The 'Gulf of America' renaming is official — at least within the U.S.
- NPR's Adrian Ma remembers girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, who died in DCA plane collision
- A second winter storm brings cold, rain and snow to millions

Funny Woman, Season 2
Barbara Parker heads to London to take on the male-dominated world of comedy by storm.
Get WHRO Passport
WHRO Passport gives WHRO members access to an extended, on-demand library of quality television programming. Watch full seasons of many current and past series from any computer, smartphone or tablet.
What's Happening at WHRO Public Media
-
Music celebrating Romance.. and Love Gone Wrong
-
-
Join us on WHRO FM 90.3 this Saturday at 1 p.m. for a riveting broadcast of Strauss's opera, “Ariadne auf Naxos,” as part of The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 Saturday matinee series.
WHRO Public Media is pleased to offer a printable TV Guide for our members.