Under New Hanover’s fiscal year 2025-2026 budget, the county plans to eliminate positions for roughly 70 active employees and ...

New Hanover County staff are still working to determine which county positions will be cut this year at the direction of ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - New Hanover County’s government implemented their FY 26 budget on July 1st, and though ...

Detectives gathered enough evidence to obtain a search warrant and seized over 11 ounces of methamphetamine, crack cocaine, ...

The future needs of New Hanover High School will be presented to the school board and public next week. Options for the ...

An unnamed brown tabby cat from the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Animal Shelter is looking for his forever home.

The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Vice and Narcotics Division has arrested eight individuals in a targeted operation ...

Property tax bills are expected to increase despite cuts to social services, Pre-K classrooms and the county workforce.

New Hanover County's Office of Diversity and Equity has a proposed budget increase to $708,826, but the final amount depends ...

The commitment would fund the New Hanover County Workforce Housing Services Program. The county is currently under a five-year, $3 million commitment that is slated to end in 2027.