Press Releases

The first week in May, Hurricane Preparedness Week, encourages preparedness and education about the dangers of hurricanes and remind everyone to be ready for tropical weather. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30.

After a long history of disturbances, drug violations and numerous calls to the Vance County Sheriff’s Office, a Henderson neighborhood will soon see long-awaited changes.

The State Highway Patrol swore in 16 new troopers at a ceremony held for the 155th Basic Highway Patrol School.

The Department of Public Safety is hosting a hiring event on Tuesday, April 26 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Western Piedmont Community College (Carr Hall) in Morganton.

Updated: Two offenders who escaped from a prison facility in Lumberton yesterday were caught on foot around three hours later by Department of Public Safety searchers. They were sent to a higher custody level facility and will be charged with felony escape.

Friday night, ALE special agents charged 259 people for alcohol, drug, firearm, driving and gambling offenses during a statewide partnership with local, state, and federal agencies. Each district targeted violence and illegal activity anywhere alcohol was sold, whether legally or illegally.

ALE and the High Point Police Department yesterday raided three illegal alcohol outlets which resulted in the seizure of drugs and alcoholic beverages. The investigations stemmed from community complaints of illegal sales of alcoholic beverages in the High Point area. 

Community members from the Mid-East Commission region are invited to attend a public workshop to discuss and identify locations that are subject to damage or loss due to climate hazards. Workshop attendees will also be provided an opportunity to share personal experiences with disaster preparedness and recovery.

Community members from the Lumber River council of governments region are invited to attend a public workshop to discuss and identify locations that are subject to damage or loss due to climate hazards.

Community members from the Kerr-Tar, Mid-Carolina and Triangle J council of governments regions are invited to attend a public workshop to discuss and identify locations th

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named April Shoup as the new warden of the Western Correctional Center for Women in Black Mountain.

Piedmont Correctional Institution offender Jacob Green (#1678555) has died after an apparent suicide.

Community members from the Eastern Carolina council of government regions (Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico and Wayne counties), Mid-East Commission (Beaufort, Bertie, Hertford, Martin and Pitt counties) and the Upper Coastal Plain council of government regions (Ed

In 2021, North Carolina’s juvenile delinquency rate decreased, while more youth were detained in secure custody than in 2020, according to a presentation today from officials with the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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.