Press Releases

Two new cameras recently added to Civil Air Patrol aircraft in North Carolina are providing a significant improvement to the state’s aerial search capability.

The Federal Government has approved North Carolina’s request to add Bladen and Chowan counties to the disaster declaration for Hurricane Dorian.

Two more North Carolina counties are eligible to apply for federal disaster assistance to supplement state and local Hurricane Dorian recovery efforts. 

A public notice has been posted to the FEMA and North Carolina Department of Public Safety websites describing available FEMA assistance and proposed FEMA-funded actions, including activities that may affect historic properties, threatened and endangered species, critical habitat, or wetlands and

The State of North Carolina and FEMA are announcing more than $54.9 million to reimburse expenses to restore hurricane- and tropical storm-related beach damage. 

The Governor's Crime Commission will meet Thursday, December 5 at 9 a.m. at the commission offices at 1201 Front Street in Raleigh.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that North Carolina has been allocated $206 million in long-term recovery money through the program known as Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR).

Governor Roy Cooper has declared Dec. 1 - 7 as Winter Weather Preparedness Week and is encouraging North Carolinians to plan and prepare now, before potentially dangerous winter weather arrives. 

ReBuild NC, the state’s long-term disaster recovery program, will host two public hearings this week to receive public comments on the state’s draft action plan for using $168 million in HUD Community Development Block Grant–Mitigation funding.

ReBuild NC is seeking public comment on a draft amendment to the state’s action plan for administering federal disaster recovery funding provided to North Carolina through the U.S.

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FEMA and the state of North Carolina are announcing nearly $1.3 million to reimburse Brunswick County for public safety activities following Hurricane Florence. 

The State Highway Patrol will be on the roadways this holiday season looking to stop dangerous driving before potentially life changing collisions take place.  The SHP joins roadway users across North Carolina in hopes of a safe and happy time for giving thanks with family and friends.

ReBuild NC, the state’s long-term disaster recovery program, will hold two public hearings to receive public comments on a draft action plan for spending $168 million in Community Development Block Grant–Mitigation funding allocated to North Carolina by the U.S.

Offender Joshua A. Biby (#0636287) died this morning at Neuse Correctional Institution in an apparent suicide.