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New Hanover County has recently finished conducting its Community Health Needs Assessment. The county does this assessment every three to four years. This year, they partnered with Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center and UNC Public Health.
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On Monday, the New Hanover County Commission unanimously approved a resolution to create a Hispanic/Latino Commission.
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Public defenders face an uphill battle, trying to serve hundreds of clients while dealing with relatively low pay. But their work helps keep the court system moving — and can actually save money in the long run. Now, New Hanover County’s chief public defender is gearing up to take on those challenges, and bring those benefits, to Pender County.
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Progress NC put roughly $120,000 into the school board race, sending mailers supporting Democratic candidates and opposing Republican ones. But while the outside spending appears to have given Democrats the fundraising advantage, it didn’t have the desired impact at the polls. It’s also not, as some have claimed, the work of billionaire George Soros.
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The board also discussed their parliamentary procedures, the district's school accountability scores, and the upcoming school year calendars.
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In New Hanover County’s Community Building Plan, there is $1.1 million in funding for community resource coordinators who’ll operate inside schools — and $1.9 million for additional school resource officers or SROs. WHQR asked about these investments — and how the county will track their progress.
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Seven months ago a shooting shook New Hanover County. Now, a teenage sentenced to at least four years in prisonLast summer, a shooting at New Hanover High School sent shock waves through the region, inspiring fear and concern, and turning up the volume on a long-neglected issue. Today, prosecutors in Superior Court said the shooter — now 16 — has taken responsibility for his actions.
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About 42% of the nation’s counties have declining populations — but not ones in the Cape Fear region. That’s according to U.S. Census Bureau data released this week.
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Both storm-related and tidal flooding has been damaging equipment, disrupting operations at the yard, which has been on Eagles Island since at least 1922
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In 2021, more Americans than ever have been dying from opioid overdoses – and those increased rates are showing up in the Cape Fear Region, too. But local medical providers and organizations are trying to reverse that trend.