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News

Driver transported by air to Chapel Hill after colliding into bridge

From North Carolina State Highway Patrol On Tuesday, March 18, at approximately 12:45 p.m. the North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to a single vehicle ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 4:46 pm

News

Governor, Emergency Management officials urge caution in wake of Idalia

RALEIGH — Governor Roy Cooper and emergency management officials continue to urge caution as Tropical Storm Idalia makes its way offshore. The storm caused some localized ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Thursday, August 31, 2023 2:27 pm

News

Debnam among 43 NC Department of Public Safety employees recognized

From North Carolina Department of Public Safety RALEIGH – The North Carolina Department of Public Safety recognized 43 outstanding employees Nov. 29 during the department’s ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Thursday, December 15, 2022 11:02 am

Crime

NCDPS: Maury correctional offender dies in apparent suicide

MAURY — Maury Correctional Institution offender Bradley Lynn Chavis (#0992910) has died in an apparent suicide. He was found unresponsive around 6:45 p.m. Friday. The ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Monday, November 21, 2022 3:42 pm

Crime

Prison escapee from Robeson CRV captured

RALEIGH – UPDATE: Offender Joshua P. Ostwalt (#1017527), who escaped from the recreation yard at the Robeson Confinement in Response to Violation Center in Lumberton yesterday, ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Thursday, November 10, 2022 3:11 pm

Crime

Search underway for escaped prison offender from Robeson CRV Center

RALEIGH – State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking offender Joshua P. Ostwalt (#1017527) who escaped this afternoon around 3 p.m. from the recreation ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Thursday, November 10, 2022 12:58 pm

Crime

Statewide ALE operation yields arrests, charges

RALEIGH – Thursday night, ALE special agents partnered with local law enforcement in a statewide operation that yielded numerous arrests, charges and the seizure of ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Monday, August 29, 2022 10:53 am

Business

ALE conducts statewide enforcement operation

In the days leading up to and throughout the holiday weekend, ALE special agents arrested 286 individuals on more than 700 charges in partnership with ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Monday, November 1, 2021 1:56 pm

Crime

N.C. prisons study finds better, safer outcomes with diversion program for offenders with mental illness

RALEIGH — New medical research from North Carolina’s prison system supports the use of alternative treatment for mentally ill offenders. Published today in the American ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Friday, October 1, 2021 9:54 am

Beaufort County

Application period opens for rent and utility assistance

RALEIGH – North Carolina’s emergency rental assistance program has opened a second application period for very low-income renters that are experiencing financial hardship due to ... Read more

by N.C. Department of Public Safety, Tuesday, May 18, 2021 2:17 pm

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