Press Releases

State officials will hold a series of 15 community disaster information sessions to provide an update on recovery resources that are available in hurricane-impacted areas of eastern North Carolina.

The North Carolina Helicopter-Aquatic Rescue Team, known as NC HART, is growing with additional aircraft and training for its crews.  

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.