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Board of health hires new director
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By Sarah Sullivan
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Phillip Tarte will begin the position of health director for New Hanover County on July 19. Tarte spent the last nine years...
County reports sales tax collections lower by $2 million
Sales tax collection in off in New Hanover County by nearly $2 million, potentially placing a revenue shortfall on a Board of Commissioners that...
Cross-government affordable housing task force sparks budget debate
As housing costs continue to draw concerns across New Hanover County, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners and the Wilmington City Council formed...
Officers ride through park, greet children
Officers with the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office's mounted unit, a new unit that's mainly used in a ceremonial capacity right now, rode through Wrightsville Beach...
Advocates seek to raise awareness of Wilmington’s human trafficking victims
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By Alexandra Golder
Intern
Advocates for victims of human trafficking are seeing signs that the problem is growing in the Wilmington area and said during an...
New Hanover County brings on firm to lobby for beach funds in Washington
With federal funding for coastal storm damage reduction programs threatened, New Hanover County recently introduced the lobbying team that will be working on convincing...
Deluge is slowing as Wrightsville Beach officials closely watch water levels in sewer system
The worst of the weekend deluge may be behind us, Wilmington forecasters said just before 11 this morning.
Although the earlier forecast called for periods...
Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover County declare state of emergency for 6 p.m.
With a day full of heavy rainfall and minor coastal flooding, both Wrightsville Beach and New Hanover County declared states of emergency effective at...
Group home residency limits still up in the air
In an odd turn of events Monday, the New Hanover County Commissioners approved, reconsidered and finally tabled a proposed six-resident limit on group recovery...
Compromise sales tax proposal still hits New Hanover County, Wrightsville Beach, officials say
An effort at compromise on a proposed sales tax revenue distribution in the state legislature would still have a multi-million impact on the New...
