The primary election results are in, with 30,700 ballots cast out of 184,000 registered voters in the county. Top takeaways include a school board member being ousted after ...

Over the past five years, New Hanover County has seen a growing need for licensed foster care homes. While the number of children in foster care has dropped, so too have the number of families that ...

The Hanover School Board approved making April 21 a day off for schools due to that day's redistricting special election.

Two intersections in the county are slated for a change in traffic flow this month as state officials move to curb the risk of serious collisions. The North Carolina Department ...

David Perry, who won election to the New Hanover County Board of Education in 2024 as a Republican candidate, says he is now going to switch to the Libertarian party.

Nearly two dozen residents are intervening in a lawsuit against New Hanover County filed by a developer that was blocked from ...

A Hanover County traffic stop for expired tags turned into a pursuit that ended in a crash in Henrico County. No serious injuries reported.

Hanover County supervisors on Wednesday night issued a statement opposing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan for a detainee processing facility in the county, but local officials ...

The New Hanover County Board of Education has approved a $640,000 settlement agreement with survivors of the Michael Kelly ...

In New Hanover County, the 2026 primary election included a Democratic primary for the Board of Commissioners and a Democratic and Republican primary for the Board of Education. Unaffiliated voters ...

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