New Hanover County News

What looked to be one of the warmer winters in quite some time took a drastic turn early Sunday morning.

Court proceedings are often about whether someone broke a law. But an inquiry scheduled for Monday into the conduct of suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline will focus on whether she has violated a vague legal standard written to ensure that prosecutors are fit for duty.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC Wherever you look this time of year, you can't help but be bombarded by Valentine's Day goodies chocolates, flowers, cards with love poems.

A gap in one Wilmington woman's auto insurance sparked a series of events that landed her in the New Hanover County Jail, and she says her situation could happen to anyone.

Jones County voters could get the final say on a one-quarter of a percent sales tax increase if the commissioners go forward with a plan they discussed at this week's board meeting.

Three educational institutions were put on lockdown Friday morning after reports of a bomb threat at a nearby retirement home.

New Hanover County Commissioner Brian Berger wants the county's clerks to send him bylaws and agendas, both drafts and approved ones, for each external board and committee represented by a county official.

Officials will hold a public event on Wednesday to formally launch efforts to create a comprehensive greenway plan for Wilmington and New Hanover County.

The Ports, Waterways and Beach Commission met Wednesday Feb. 8 to discuss the creation and implementation of a coordinator position that would be an arm of the New Hanover County engineering department.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC County Commissioner Brian Berger has gained a reputation among his fellow commissioners in Wilmington for his tardiness, from being five minutes late to meetings to several hours for a scheduled court appearance.

The New Hanover County Health Department has released the 2011 New Hanover County Community Health Assessment.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY and BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC It's been said before that politics makes strange bedfellows, but redistricting seems to have some politicians feeling even stranger.

The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office is looking for the person responsible for several storage unit thefts.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC Emergency crews shut down River Road around lunchtime Thursday after a crane traveling on the road hit power lines.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC A person driving a moped was involved in a crash with another vehicle Wednesday night.

New Hanover County Sheriff's deputies say they caught a man last night they think may be involved in several other crimes.

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC An unsolved murder case in New Hanover County is gaining national attention for the second time.

Wilmington firefighters are currently responding to a fully involved apartment complex fire at 806 Orange Street, according to New Hanover County dispatch.

Wilmington writer Philip Gerard has been named the 2012 recipient of the Sam Ragan Fine Arts Award, presented by St.

The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded Barnhill Contracting Co. of Tarboro a $9.2 million contract to repair more than 37 miles of primary and secondary roads in Brunswick and New Hanover counties.