Press Releases

Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks and Department of Information Technology Secretary and State Chief Information Officer Eric Boyette today visited two schools in Craven County to present boxes of school supplies as part of Governor Roy Cooper’s Third Annual School Supply Drive.

As students across North Carolina make preparations to begin the school year, the State Highway Patrol is requesting the motoring public to keep safe travel a top priority.

WHAT: Convocation for the start of the third year of the N.C. Field Minister Program

WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019

TIME: 10:30 a.m.

An offender at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor died on Aug. 18 in an apparent suicide.

DURHAM, N.C. — The State of North Carolina and FEMA are approving nearly $19 million to eliminate flood risks at certain repetitively damaged properties in North Carolina following Hurricane Florence. 

As students head back to school for the start of another academic year, school safety is a top-of-mind issue for school officials, public safety officials and parents.

WHAT: N.C. Prison Reform Advisory Board Meeting

DATE/TIME: Tuesday, Aug. 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

WHERE: Governor’s Crime Commission, Room 100, 1201 Front St., Raleigh

The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the state Housing Finance Agency that will provide $16.6 million for affordable housing developments in two areas recovering from Hurricane Matthew.

In the wake of multiple recent mass shooting incidents across the country and less than four months since the tragic school shooting at UNC Charlotte, Gov. Roy Cooper and his public safety team convened state leaders in education, public safety, public health and criminal justice today in Greensboro to learn the latest information on initiatives aimed at protecting North Carolina schools from senseless acts of mass violence. 

Representatives from more than 75 North Carolina companies gathered this week on the East Carolina University campus at the Disaster Recovery Contracting Summit to learn how they can prepare to qualify and compete for disaster recovery contracts with state and federal governments.