On this episode, bars and gyms get left behind by Governor Roy Cooper’s ‘more cautious’ Phase 2, WAVE Transit gets bad news from Leland and Brunswick County, and a Holly Ridge gym owner claims the local police went too far in trying to enforce state regulations.

We start with Phase 2. For some, this is the long-awaited phase when things start to look a little more like normal. For others, it’s an anxiety-inducing part of a gamble of public health. But for bars, gyms, and some others Phase 2 came with a nasty shock — they wouldn’t be a part of it.

Next, the ‘Brunswick Connector’ bus seems like a good idea. Brunswick County, and Leland in particular, have a growing population that works — and plays — in Wilmington. But just six riders per hour take the route, well below the average for WAVE. Now, Leland has pulled its funding and the county is likely to follow suit.

Lastly, a preview of an upcoming story, looking at a clash between the Holly Ridge Police Department and a gym owner who ignored Governor Cooper’s order and reopened. The owner said police went too far, ‘raiding’ his gym and then coming into his business without permission or a warrant.