NC Dept. of Public Safety

Stein names Smythe as new Public Safety chief

December 13, 2025 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Gov. Josh Stein named Jeffrey Smythe as the new secretary for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety last Monday. “I am excited to announce the appointment of Jeffrey Smythe as the new […]

Audit critical of checks on $112M in Florence funds

December 19, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A new audit report has found issues with the distribution of $112 million in Hurricane Florence funds. The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor’s (OSA) new audit on the North Carolina Department […]

NC House forms Select Committee on Helene Recovery

December 13, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House of Representatives announced a new select subcommittee specific to Hurricane Helene efforts. House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) made the announcement last week and named Reps. Dudley Greene (R-McDowell) […]

NC hurricane agency chief out after grilling by state lawmakers

November 28, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency’s Director Laura Hogshead is no longer with the agency, according to an announcement by Department of Public Safety Communications Director Jody Donaldson on Nov. 20. The […]

Stein says state rape kit backlog cleared

April 17, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Flanked by more than two dozen law enforcement officials, former lawmakers and victim advocates, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced last Tuesday that the State Crime Lab has cleared the state’s rape […]

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NCDHHS secretary having ‘ongoing conversations’ with mayors about stricter COVID ordinances

November 18, 2020 A.P. Dillon and Matt Mercer, North State Journal

RALEIGH — At a COVID-19 briefing on Nov. 12, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services secretary Mandy Cohen confirmed she was having “ongoing conversations” with mayors in the state about implementing stricter COVID-19 ordinances […]

Mass COVID-19 testing of state prisoners completed

August 7, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – State prison officials say 2.1% of prisoners in the state system have tested positive for COVID-19 after a six-week mass testing operation. Of the 29,062 offenders who were tested during mass testing, a […]

NC shuts 3 prisons to combat staff shortages

October 2, 2019 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Three minimum security prisons in rural areas of the state have been temporarily shuttered to address staffing shortages, according to a Sept. 24 North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety press release. “As part […]

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Hurricane fund distribution broke law

June 12, 2019 Amanda Morris | The Associated Press

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Public Safety broke the law and didn’t follow legislative directives when distributing $9 million of state money after Hurricane Matthew hit in 2016, according to a report Monday from […]

Recovering addicts sue rehab boss for unpaid labor

October 11, 2018 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal lawsuit contends the operators of a North Carolina drug rehab program farmed out recovering addicts to work in adult care homes and restaurants and pocketed the wages for the labor […]