County drops homeless ordinance days after overdose in downtown library

NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Under mounting pressure from the community and a regional board with expertise in unsheltered populations, several commissioners had a change of heart on proposed rules intended to kick the homeless community and their belongings off county-owned properties. Commissioners Julia Olson-Boseman and Bill Rivenbark joined Jonathan Barfield in voting to kill the … Continue reading County drops homeless ordinance days after overdose in downtown library