Harnett County is one of the fastest growing counties in North Carolina with approximately 140,000 residents. Harnett's tagline of "Strong Roots, New Growth," describes a county in transition, one that values its rural agricultural heritage while also embracing new growth and industry. Harnett County is optimally located just between North Carolina's capital city of Raleigh and the internationally recognized Research Triangle Park to the north, and the nation's largest military installation in Fort Bragg to the south. The county is also centrally located in North Carolina and is within close proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains and Blue Ridge Parkway, and to the numerous Atlantic Ocean beaches and the Outer Banks. Harnett County also possesses abundant natural resources including nearly 6,000 acres of park land and 26 miles of hiking and walking trails. Harnett is home to Raven Rock State Park and some of the best white water rapids in the region along the Cape Fear River. Harnett County social media sites are subject to the applicable public records laws. Consequently, any communication on Harnett County social media sites (whether by a County employee or the general public) is subject to monitoring and disclosure to third parties. Relevant Harnett County and North Carolina public records retention schedules apply to social networking content. Records required to be maintained pursuant to a relevant records retention schedule shall be maintained for the required retention period in a format that preserves the integrity of the original record and is easily accessible using the approved County platforms and tools. The County reserves the right to remove any comments/postings that (i) contain unprotected speech such as obscenity, defamation, fraud, incitement, and speech integral to criminal conduct, ; (ii) are spam or contain computer viruses; (iii) advocate or depict illegal activity; (iv) target or disparage any ethnic, racial, religious, gender or other type of group; (v) compromise the safety or security of the public; (vi) promote private business ventures, services, or products; (vii) are related to campaigns for public office or promote a political organization; (viii) infringe on copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual property; (ix) are not related to the County or County-related matters; (x) violent or threatening; or (xi) disclosure of confidential, sensitive or proprietary information. Please note that the comments expressed on this site do not reflect the opinions and positions of the County of Harnett or its officers and employees. If you have any questions concerning the operation of this online moderated discussions site, please contact the County department.
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