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Governor Pat McCrory received recommendations from the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today presented by Task Force co-chairman and ABC Commission Chairman Jim Gardner.

RALEIGH – The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Chandra Ransom as the new superintendent at Randolph Correctional Center in Asheboro.

The State Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to be careful as they enjoy the Memorial Day weekend.  The holiday officially kicks off the summer vacation season in North Carolina.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kristie Stanback as the new superintendent at Hoke Correctional Institution in McCain.  Stanback is a 20-year corrections veteran who most recently served as assistant superintendent for custody and operations at Hoke CI.

The State Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of the vehicle in the video accessible at this website:  http://www2.ncdps.gov/index2.cfm?a=000002,003304. 

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice this week notified staff at Brown Creek Correctional Institution of plans to convert the medium-custody prison facility to house approximately 350 minimum-custody inmates and operate it as a part of neighboring Lanesboro Correctional Instituti

Raleigh, NC - Hurricanes and tropical storms regularly threaten North Carolina communities with dangerous flooding and storm surge. But a partnership between the National Hurricane Center, North Carolina Emergency Management and N.C.

The Spring 2016 Highway Patrol Awards Ceremony honored 21 people including a pilot of a medical evacuation team and his cargo -- a trooper who had been shot seven times. Others in the Highway Patrol saved victims of choking, heart attacks, fire and car crashes.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named James W. Speight of Wilmington as Director of Juvenile Facilities Operations. Speight most recently served as director of the New Hanover Juvenile Detention Center in Castle Hayne.

Colonel Bill Grey, commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol and Frank L.

A State Trooper is being credited with arresting a murder suspect wanted in the death of a Durham Store Clerk on April 27, 2016.

As North Carolinians begin making summer plans, Governor Pat McCrory has declared May 15-21 as Hurricane Preparedness Week to remind residents to update their emergency plans and supply kits. Hurricane season officially begins June 1 and runs through November.

State, federal and local law enforcement and public safety agencies joined forces Thursday in Carteret County for Operation Arrow, seeking wanted fugitives and absconders from probation or parole and conducting searches to ensure compliance of high risk offenders on supervision.

Prom night can give teens an expectation of a glamorous night out with their school chums.  For several hundred Cape Fear High School seniors, their Thursday afternoon arrived with a sobering pre-prom safety message thanks to Trooper Deric Reed of Troop B, Fayetteville.

Inmate Steven Haas #0519426 was found unresponsive in his Central Prison cell just before midnight, after an apparent suicide.  He was declared dead at Central Prison’s medical center a short time later.