Press Releases

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol would like to cordially invite you to the 141st Basic Patrol School graduation on Friday, August 4th at 10 a.m. The graduation ends 29 weeks of extensive academic and physical training.

Governor Roy Cooper today pressed for faster action to restore power to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. The islands lost power Thursday following damage by a contractor to a critical transmission line from the mainland and local officials have ordered all visitors to evacuate.

Governor Roy Cooper today urged authorities to work quickly to restore power to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands following the major outage that occurred there yesterday afternoon.

Nearly 40 law enforcement officers and support staff from state, local and federal agencies joined forces on Thursday for Operation Summer Thunder, an enforcement operation that investigated gang activity in Richmond County.

Governor Roy Cooper today signed into law Senate Bill 445, a law that reduces the wait time for criminal record expungement for first-time, non-violent offenders.

Nearly 80 law enforcement officers and support staff from state, local and federal agencies joined forces this week for Operation Heatwave, an enforcement operation that served outstanding criminal warrants and conducted compliance checks on high risk and violent offenders on probation and parole

Governor Roy Cooper has signed a State of Emergency declaration and waived weight and hours of service restrictions due to a major power outage on Hatteras Island in Dare County and Ocracoke Island in Hyde County.

WHEN: Friday, July 28, 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Scotland County Emergency Operations Center

1403 West Boulevard

Laurinburg, NC 28352

                                   

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Stephanie Freeman as the director of its Office of Staff Development and Training (OSDT).