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A Craggy Correctional Center offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at Central Prison after hospitalization.

Utility crews continued work Sunday to restore power to about 80,000 customers who were remaining without power after a freezing rain event that toppled trees and power lines in counties along the Virginia border and in the Triad area.

Leaders of the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 2 p.m.

Governor Roy Cooper has submitted a request to President Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a major federal disaster declaration to help with recovery after flooding caused by the remnants of Tro

After a recent homicide and a long history of disturbances, drug violations and countless calls to the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, a Carthage neighborhood should soon feel a little safer.

A Rutherford Correctional Center offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

Over 40 arrests and more than 400 drug, alcohol and weapons charges were the result of a months-long investigation and a two-day roundup, which concluded Thursday.

Leaders of the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 2 p.m. to provide an update on COVID-19 vaccinations in state prisons. Please see below for details on how to join the call.

After a long history of disturbances, drug violations and countless calls to the Surry County Sheriff’s Office, a Mount Airy neighborhood should soon feel a little safer.

A North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

Over the weekend, state and local officials raided two illegal alcohol establishments and seized cash, alcohol, drugs and a stolen firearm.

On January 28, 2021, Superior Court Judge Lori Hamilton signed a judgment for a Chapter 19 Nuisance Abatement action against a Davie County property, 304 Legion Hut Road in Mocksville, N.C.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has obligated $103 million to the State of North Carolina for costs for the COVID-19 vaccine mission.

Leaders of the N.C. Department of Public Safety and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will be available today for a dial-in media briefing at 2 p.m. to provide an update on COVID-19 vaccinations in state prisons. Please see below for details on how to join the call.

A Rutherford Correctional Center offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.