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New state partnership to support local planning for community resilience

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.

SHP Announces 2022 Operation Drive to Live

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.   

Criminal Justice Analysis Center Launches New Justice Data Portal

Community feedback sought to identify Cape Fear and Albemarle regions’ community climate hazards

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee Will Meet April 1

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

Offender at Bertie Correctional Offender Dies in Assault

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.

Undercover ALE Investigation Concluded at Fayetteville Bar

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

FEMA Awards North Carolina Grant to Increase Resilience

Matthew Rebuck Named Director of Samarcand Training Academy

In-Person Visitation Resumes at State Juvenile Facilities March 20

The Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will resume in-person visitation at all state facilities starting Sunday, March 20.

Search and Rescue Teams to Gather for RockSAR 2022 Exercise

Search and rescue teams from across North Carolina will gather this weekend in Rockingham to train at the RockSAR 2022 statewide exercise. Ground search and rescue, technical rescue, water rescue and K-9 search teams have been invited to participate. 

Governor Cooper Signs Executive Order Establishing State of North Carolina Joint Cybersecurity Task Force

Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order No. 254 formally establishing the State of North Carolina Joint Cybersecurity Task Force.

Governor Cooper Shares Resources for North Carolina Military Service Members and Their Families as Troops are Deployed in Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Governor Roy Cooper today shared a list of state government support resources for military service members and their families as military personnel based in North Carolina are deployed due to Russia’s unjustified attack on Ukraine.  

Governor Cooper Reminds North Carolinians to Prepare for Severe Weather

RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed March 6-12 as Severe Weather Preparedness Week and is urging North Carolinians to prepare for severe weather that’s common during spring months.

Jamie Bullard Named Warden at Tabor Correctional Institution

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Jamie Bullard as the new warden of Tabor Correctional Institution in Tabor City.Bullard had been the associate warden for custody at the prison since December 2019.