Governor Pat McCrory praised North Carolina’s Emergency Management team as he welcomed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Craig Fugate and emergency managers, health officials, business leaders and first responders from across the country to Raleigh this morning.
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State and local law enforcement officers and federal agents teamed up last week for a compliance operation focused on violent felons and gang members on probation or parole in Mecklenburg County. Operation Big Game from Feb.
This afternoon Duke Energy notified the emergency management agencies for the state, Brunswick and New Hanover counties of damaged electrical equipment at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant near Southport. The utility declared an Alert in accordance with procedures.
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Governor McCrory on Friday lifted the State of Emergency that was declared in preparation for the winter storm.
Inmate Bernard Sanford #0898557 was found unresponsive this morning in his cell at Maury Correctional Institution, after an apparent suicide. Medical staff responded and attempted to revive him but they were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead by a prison doctor shortly after 4 a.m.
Members of the North Carolina Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team, known as NCHART, rescued a man Monday night who was stranded near the top of Mt.
While roads conditions are improving and power is being restored across much of North Carolina, Governor Pat McCrory urged residents to remain cautious as they venture out.
The State Highway Patrol is investigating an assault that occurred in Rowan County on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at approximately 2 a.m. A state trooper was on routine patrol when two all-terrain vehicles were observed on N.C.
As temperatures remained low with no prospect for thawing until Sunday, Governor Pat McCrory said that safety was still the top concern for him and the state emergency operations team.