Press Releases

Governor Cooper Issues Executive Order to Close Sit-Down Service at Restaurants and Bars and Make State Unemployment Benefits More Widely Available

Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that North Carolina restaurants and bars will be closed to sit-down service and limited to take-out or delivery orders starting at 5 pm tonight, March 17, 2020.

Governor Cooper Requests Small Business Administration Disaster Declaration to Aid COVID-19 Response

Governor Roy Cooper requested that the U.S. Small Business Administration grant a disaster declaration for business owners in North Carolina facing economic losses due to the new Coronavirus, COVID-19. 

Juvenile Fails to Return to Chatham Youth Development Center Following Home Visit in Mecklenburg County

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice reports that a juvenile placed in its custody at the Chatham Youth Development Center failed to return to the facility today following a home visit.

Governor Cooper Issues Executive Order Closing K-12 Public Schools and Banning Gatherings of More Than 100 People

Governor Roy Cooper today ordered all K-12 public schools in North Carolina to close for a minimum of two weeks in response to COVID-19. The Executive Order also bans gatherings of more than 100 people.

Goldsboro ReBuild NC Buyout Meeting Canceled

The ReBuild NC Buyout Program information session planned for March 17 in Goldsboro has been canceled based on COVID-19 precautionary guidelines issued by the state Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Elizabethtown Approved for More Than $5.2 Million to Repair Cemetery

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved more than $5.2 million to reimburse an Elizabethtown cemetery following Hurricane Florence-related damage.

Additional $1.9 Million Approved for New Bern

FEMA and the State of North Carolina are announcing more than $1.9 million to reimburse the City of New Bern for Hurricane Florence-related expenses.

Visitation Temporarily Suspended at State Prisons as a COVID-19 Precaution

The North Carolina Division of Prisons will suspend visitation to all the state’s prisons effective Monday, March 16 to minimize the health risks from the spread of coronavirus.

North Carolina Recommends New Steps to Protect Against COVID-19

Governor Roy Cooper today announced that North Carolina is taking proactive steps to protect the health and wellbeing of our state in the face of growing cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 around the nation and here in North Carolina.

NCDHHS Announces Three Additional Cases of COVID-19 in North Carolina

Two people from Forsyth County and a person from Johnston County have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total of positive cases in North Carolina to 12, including a Durham resident who tested positive in another state.