Press Releases

Governor Roy Cooper has signed a State of Emergency declaration and waived weight and hours of service restrictions due to a major power outage on Hatteras Island in Dare County and Ocracoke Island in Hyde County.

WHEN: Friday, July 28, 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Scotland County Emergency Operations Center

1403 West Boulevard

Laurinburg, NC 28352

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Stephanie Freeman as the director of its Office of Staff Development and Training (OSDT).

Approximately 100 state, local and federal officers combined forces this week in Wake County to conduct searches of high-risk individuals on probation or parole supervision and to seek others wanted on outstanding criminal warrants.

The North Carolina House and Senate both unanimously passed memorial resolutions Tuesday, June 27, that honored Correctional Sgt. Meggan Callahan, who died on April 26 after suffering injuries inflicted by an inmate at Bertie Correctional Institution. Sgt.

Nonprofits operating in 13 hard-hit North Carolina counties will get $810,000 to help volunteers rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Roy Cooper said today during a visit to Robeson and Columbus counties.

Nonprofits operating in 13 hard-hit North Carolina counties will get $810,000 to help volunteers rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Roy Cooper said today during a visit to Robeson and Columbus counties.

At three North Carolina prisons, inmates are getting behind the wheel and learning new skills in commercial driving, with aspirations of working as truck or bus drivers after their release from prison

A Tabor Correctional Institution inmate who left his work assignment on Tuesday is back in custody after being captured today at 1 a.m.

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking Ricky Robinson (#0348782), a minimum custody inmate from Tabor Correctional Institution in Columbus County who was

Death row inmate Malcolm Geddie, 70, died Sunday of natural causes at a Raleigh hospital.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed an executive order declaring a Type 1 disaster in Sampson County and the contiguous counties of Bladen, Cumberland, Duplin, Harnett, Johnston, Pender, and Wayne.

Governor Roy Cooper has received the U.S. Small Business Administration disaster declaration he requested to help residents and business owners in southeastern North Carolina recover from the straight line winds and severe storms that struck Sampson County May 29.