Along party lines, the House of Representatives approved a combination bill that would ban anti-sanctuary city policies and make local officials honor cooperative agreements their county jail warden ...

A woman in the Myrtle Grove area is sounding the alarm after dozens of cars were vandalized in her neighborhood earlier this ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office (NHCSO) is searching for a suspect who stole several items from the New Hanover County Arboretum. According to a representative with ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A well-known former K9 with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office (NHCSO) has passed away. According to a post on Facebook, NHCSO former K9 officer Bane passed away ...

New Hanover County officials are considering eliminating special use permits, a process some say unfairly favors developers. The special use permit process limits public input, with only those ...

Out of more than 8,700 captains from across the world, eight from New Hanover County recently won an international anglers award. The 2025 Annual Angler’s Choice Award is FishingBooker’s ...

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - A well-known former K9 with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office (NHCSO) has passed away. According to a post on Facebook, NHCSO former K9 officer Bane passe ...

Hanover County Sheriff David Hines is pursuing all available legal remedies in order to thwart a public records request seeking the names of his employees. Hines is appealing a ruling issued in ...

After years of proposals, meetings, planning, designing and construction, Hanover officials cut the ribbon on the new home of its municipal offices. On Wednesday evening, April 23, 2025 ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Medical investigators have determined that a county sheriff in northern New Mexico died from the toxic effects of fentanyl and alcohol, according to autopsy results made ...

An autopsy revealed that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Billy Merrifield died from ... His death adds to New Mexico's high rate of opioid-related fatalities.