During the New Hanover County Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, a contract extension was announced for Dr. Chris Barnes.

Thousands of New Hanover County ballots have yet to be processed, which could affect the outcomes of two highly competitive ...

New Hanover County Manager Chris Coudriet has informed county commissioners the county attorney’s office has suggested the ...

New Hanover County has suggested that the local board of elections office retain outside legal counsel after hundreds of ...

The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect involved in a fatal overdose investig ...

According to the county Board of Elections, an estimated 1,500 absentee ballots and 1,900 provisional ballots have remained ...

Five days after Election Day, more than 3,600 ballots remain uncounted in New Hanover County, leaving pivotal local races in ...

WECT News has learned there are more uncounted absentee-by-mail ballots in New Hanover County than first thought.

Thousands of Wilmington-area residents have cast their ballots during early voting or on Election Day. In addition to the ...

Justice, a Democrat, will be returning to the school board after previously serving from 2018 to 2022. Merrick is a Democrat ...

Frustrated county leadership was caught off guard by the number of — and subsequent increase in — the number of mail-in ...

Skip Watkins, a former county commissioner who served from 2014 to 2018, has passed away according to family. FROM THE ...