Press Releases

Community members from the Lumber River council of governments region are invited to attend a public workshop to discuss and identify locations that are subject to damage or loss due to climate hazards.

Community members from the Kerr-Tar, Mid-Carolina and Triangle J council of governments regions are invited to attend a public workshop to discuss and identify locations th

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named April Shoup as the new warden of the Western Correctional Center for Women in Black Mountain.

Piedmont Correctional Institution offender Jacob Green (#1678555) has died after an apparent suicide.

Community members from the Eastern Carolina council of government regions (Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico and Wayne counties), Mid-East Commission (Beaufort, Bertie, Hertford, Martin and Pitt counties) and the Upper Coastal Plain council of government regions (Ed

In 2021, North Carolina’s juvenile delinquency rate decreased, while more youth were detained in secure custody than in 2020, according to a presentation today from officials with the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) has committed funding to the N.C. State Coastal Dynamics Design Lab (CDDL) for the development of five North Carolina community floodprint reports over the next three years.

This annual campaign is aimed at reducing collisions involving teen drivers on our roadways.  Beginning Monday, April 4, and going through Friday, April 8, troopers will step up their enforcement efforts in and around school zones between 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.   

Community members from the Cape Fear council of government regions (Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover and Pender counties) and the Albemarle council of government regions (Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington counties) are invited to attend an o

at the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, located at 3010 Hammond Business Place. 

Offender Semajs Short (#1539014), 24, died after he was attacked in a housing area at the prison by a number of other offenders at 2:14 p.m. today.

Yesterday, ALE special agents concluded a months-long investigation at a Fayetteville bar resulting in multiple arrests for drug and alcohol violations.