Press Releases

DURHAM, N.C. – FEMA and the state of North Carolina are announcing $3 million to reimburse New Hanover County for debris cleanup activities following Hurricane Florence. 

Governor Roy Cooper signed a letter requesting that the U.S.

Two minimum custody offenders who escaped from Morrison Correctional Institution in Hoffman this morning were apprehended while hiding in the crawlspace of a residence in Hamlet this evening.

State correctional officers and local law enforcement are seeking two minimum custody offenders who escaped from Morrison Correctional Institution in Hoffman this morning.

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety’s Division of Community Corrections has named Sheila Moore as the new Judicial Division Administrator for Division Two. 

Gary Thompson’s name has been showing up in some very high-profile places: In fact, on some of the most prestigious lists for a professional with expertise in the Global Positioning System (GPS), the satellite technology that supports everything from mapping apps on your smartphone to weather forecasts and military operations. 

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kristie Brayboy as the new warden of the Morrison Correctional Institution in Hoffman.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Doris Daye as the new warden of the Caswell Correctional Center in Blanch.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (ACJJ) will temporarily suspend operations at the Robeson Confinement in Response to Violation (CRV) Center in Lumberton as a way to assist regional facilities with high correctional officer vacancy rates.

FEMA and the state of North Carolina have approved funding of more than $1.4 million for 24 generators, which will help North Carolina communities become more resilient in the face of future storms and disasters.