We are excited to welcome you to Cape Fear Museum's new planetarium! Shows are included with your museum visit but tickets need to be reserved when purchasing admission tickets at our front desk.

The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners held their first October meeting at the Historic Courthouse in downtown Wilmington on Monday, taking several matters into consideration. Details on those ...

View the list of people in the command staff.

Floodplain management aims to reduce flood risk, protect public health and safety, and help communities become more resilient. New Hanover County utilizes corrective and preventive measures to reduce ...

In 1985, the New Hanover County Planning Department and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, conducted an architectural inventory to document the ...

As a commercial producer of agricultural, horticultural or forest products, North Carolina allows eligible producers to apply for tax assessment on the basis of present use, rather than full market ...

New Hanover County has officially sunset its local journeyman program for electrical, plumbing, and mechanical trades. The county no longer issues journeyman cards or administers journeyman exams.

The Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) is a Federally funded program that assists individuals and families who are experiencing a heating or cooling related crisis. A household is considered to be in a ...

Costs are calculated based on under roof square footage of structure, $400 minimum fee $.441 x sq.ft. Minor Accessory, Alteration, Remodel, Renovation, Repair (minor is defined as requiring a single ...

Preserving the past, maintaining the present, and building the future of New Hanover County. Facilities Management is a people and customer-oriented department with several distinct functions. The ...

Real property is defined as "land and everything attached to it, along with the rights of ownership". Attachments, or improvements, can be in the form of houses, outbuildings, decks, piers/docks, ...