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Inmate Bernard Sanford #0898557 was found unresponsive this morning in his cell at Maury Correctional Institution, after an apparent suicide.  Medical staff responded and attempted to revive him but they were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead by a prison doctor shortly after 4 a.m.

Members of the North Carolina Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team, known as NCHART, rescued a man Monday night who was stranded near the top of Mt.

While roads conditions are improving and power is being restored across much of North Carolina, Governor Pat McCrory urged residents to remain cautious as they venture out.

As temperatures remained low with no prospect for thawing until Sunday, Governor Pat McCrory said that safety was still the top concern for him and the state emergency operations team.

In a briefing at Emergency Operations Center Saturday morning, Governor Pat McCrory urged citizens to stay vigilant during the first significant winter storm of the season.

Governor Pat McCrory briefed citizens from the State Emergency Operations Center Friday morning on the response to the latest winter storm impacts.

Ahead of a winter storm that will enter North Carolina Wednesday, Governor Pat McCrory has ordered state agencies to begin preparations for possible treacherous travel conditions.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named two new prison administrators.

A man who had been on the run for 15 years after being charged in a fatal collision near Hickory was apprehended Friday in California, after the FBI located him living under an alias.

Members of the North Carolina Emergency Management’s Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team, known as NC HART, rescued three stranded kayakers Sunday afternoon from the swollen Cape Fear River.