Denise Hines Clerk of Court Forsyth County, NC

05/24/2026

After the recent Callais decision gutted the Voting Rights Act, voters here in North Carolina and across the South have found themselves asking the same question: how does this impact us?

Leoneda Inge of WUNC's "Due South" interviewed me, Representative Valerie Foushee, former Representative Eva Clayton, and Senator Natalie Murdock to help answer this question. You can listen to my interview here:

https://www.wunc.org/show/due-south/2026-05-20/what-dismantling-the-voting-rights-act-means-for-north-carolina-and-the-south

05/08/2026

“Serving as Charlotte’s mayor has been the honor of my life,” Mayor Vi Lyles said. She says she will resign early, effective June 30.

05/08/2026

The Winston-Salem Police Department 2026 Youth Citizens Police Academy registration is now open!

This is a FREE program that gives rising high school freshmen through seniors the opportunity to go behind the scenes of law enforcement, meet officers and specialized units, ask real questions, and gain a better understanding of what policing looks like in our community.

Details:
📅 June 8–12, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Vivian H. Burke Public Safety Center
📌 Application Deadline: June 1, 2026

If you know a student who is curious about law enforcement, leadership, or serving their community, send them our way!

Email:
📧 [email protected]

or register online at :
https://www.cityofws.org/2106/Youth-Citizens-Police-Academy

05/08/2026

City of Winston-Salem University (CWSU) applications open May 1, 2026! 🎓

Want to learn more about your city and what it can do for you? CWSU is an educational program designed to help residents gain a better understanding of your city government and the roles of its various departments. The once-a-year, 12-week course starts August 20, is free of charge, and meets once a week on Thursdays at 6 p.m.

Apply at the link in bio by July 6. Don’t wait, spots are limited!

02/17/2026

Cultivate relationships with people who know things you don't and who have skills you don't.

02/06/2026

Delayed opening: The Forsyth County courthouse will open tomorrow, February 6, 2026, at 9:30am. District civil and criminal courts will start at 10:30am. Superior criminal court will start at 10:30am.

Please check www.nccourts.gov/closings prior to departing for court to learn if there has been a change to the schedule.

02/05/2026

Delayed Opening has changed to a courthouse closure: The Forsyth County courthouse will be closed February, 5, 2026.

02/04/2026

The Forsyth County courthouse will OPEN tomorrow, Thursday, February 5, 2026, following our regular business day schedule. However, please stay alert for any update in the event overnight precipitation necessitates a change to our anticipated schedule.

You may visit www.nccourts.gov/closings tomorrow morning to learn if there will be a delayed opening or other change to our business hours.

02/04/2026

(Read all) The Forsyth County courthouse will be closed Wednesday, February 4, 2026, due to hazardous road conditions.

We encourage filers to use our statewide online filing service, www.nccourts.gov/guideandfile or www.nccourts.gov/fileandserve, to submit documents to the courts. Guide and File is an interview-style questionnaire that helps prepare and file legal documents for a FEW specific case types. File and Serve allows filers to upload and submit prepared documents for any case type.

Alternate Filing Location:
The alternate filing location for the Clerk’s Office during this weather related closing is the Forsyth County Magistrate Office located at 201 N Church Street. You may drop off filings at this location between the hours of 8am and 5pm during any business day the courthouse remains closed during this weather event.

Court Dates:
Court dates for matters that were scheduled to be heard last week or any matters scheduled for any day the courthouse may be closed this week will be rescheduled by the appropriate courthouse agency as soon as the agency is able to do so.

For general court date information or to view any public court record, please use our statewide online court record service, www.nccourts.gov/portal .

Jury Duty:
When this courthouse closes for inclement weather, you are not required to report for jury duty and your service for that day is cancelled. Jurors who were summoned, but not seated for jury duty: your name may be returned to the juror pool database for a later jury duty date.

Phone Calls to the Clerk’s Office (CSC):
The Clerk's Office is able to answer calls remotely. If your call is not answered, we ask for your patience. Only a few clerks have remote phone service. Please note that when calling during this weather related closing, you must select a specific CSC division from the automated recorded greeting to reach a clerk. There will not be a phone receptionist to transfer your call to a specific division if one is not selected from the automated greeting.

Electronically Filed Documents:
Clerks have been working remotely since courts closed due to this inclement weather event to process documents submitted through our statewide online filing service. We will continue to work remotely during this weather event as long as the courthouse remains closed.

Questions about Forsyth County Clerk's Office services may be directed to [email protected]. For general information about North Carolina courts, please visit www.nccourts.gov .

02/02/2026

(Read all) The Forsyth County courthouse will be closed Tuesday, February 3, 2026, due to hazardous road conditions.

Phone Calls to the Clerk’s Office (CSC):
The Clerk's Office is able to answer calls remotely. If your call is not answered, we ask for your patience. Only a few clerks have remote phone service. Please note that when calling during this weather related closing, you must select a specific CSC division to be connected to from the automated recorded greeting. For example, please select criminal, civil, estates, bookkeeping, or special proceedings depending on the case type you're calling about. There will not be a phone receptionist to transfer your call to a specific division if you do not select from the automated greeting.

Court Dates:
Court dates for matters that were scheduled to be heard last week or any matters scheduled for any day the courthouse may be closed this week will be rescheduled by the appropriate courthouse agency as soon as the agency is able to do so.

For general court date information or to view any public court record, please use our statewide online court record service, www.nccourts.gov/portal .

Jury Duty:
When a courthouse closes for inclement weather, you are not required to report for jury duty and your service for that day is cancelled. Jurors who were summoned, but not seated for jury duty: your name may be returned to the juror pool database for a later jury duty date.

Electronically Filed Documents:
Clerks have been working remotely since courts closed due to this inclement weather event to process documents submitted through our statewide online filing service, www.nccourts.gov/fileandserve . We will continue to work remotely during this weather event as long as the courthouse remains closed.

Alternate Filing Location:
The alternate filing location for the Clerk’s Office during this weather related closing is the Forsyth County Magistrate Office located at 201 N Church Street. This is a physical drop-off location only. Your filing will be dated and held for clerks to process. Magistrates are not clerks and cannot provide any information regarding your filing. You may drop off filings at this location between the hours of 8am and 5pm during any business day the courthouse remains closed during this weather event.

Questions about Forsyth County Clerk's Office services may be directed to [email protected].

Thank you for your understanding as courthouse leadership works to keep our community and courthouse staff safe during this inclement weather event.

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