Press Releases

Governor Roy Cooper today shared a list of state government support resources for military servicemembers and their families as thousands of troops from Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune are deployed and redeployed in light of ongoing events in the Middle East.  

RALEIGH -- The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named James Vaughan as the new warden of the Pasquotank Correctional Institution in Elizabeth City.

The Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee (JJAC) will meet on Monday, Jan. 6.

Wilkes Correctional Center minimum custody offender Roger W.

State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking Wilkes Correctional Center minimum custody offender Roger W. Hawkins (#0500925), who was reported missing from his work release assignment this afternoon.

In anticipation for the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the State Highway Patrol is putting safe driving at the top of its Christmas wish list.  

The State of North Carolina and FEMA are announcing more than $15.8 million to reimburse expenses to restore hurricane- and tropical storm-related beach damage. 

RALEIGH - Public Safety Secretary Erik A.

More than $500 million has been approved to reimburse local governments, state agencies and certain private nonprofits across North Carolina with Hurricane Florence-related expenses.  

The state of North Carolina has received a federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance (PA) Category A thru G for 2 additional counties (Bladen and Chowan) in eastern NC bringing the total to 28 counties.

The North Carolina National Guard hosted a change of ceremony for the Adjutant General of North Carolina, at Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, Dec. 16, 2019.

 FEMA and the State of North Carolina are announcing more than $2 million to reimburse the City of New Bern following Hurricane Florence. 

The Department of Public Safety requested the State Bureau of Investigation to conduct an investigation into a shooting involving a probation officer who was conducting an official home visit in Middlesex just before 9 p.m. Thursday.

The State of North Carolina and FEMA are announcing more than $18.8 million to reimburse expenses to restore hurricane- and tropical storm-related beach damage. 

Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited a home in Columbus County that was damaged by Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. The home is being repaired using Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds.