Public Safety

While aerial photos of wildfires can be breathtaking, drones are a flight hazard when crews are fighting wildfires. By law, wildfires are a no-drone zone in North Carolina. N.C.G.S. §15A-300.4 prohibits any person, entity or state agency from using an unmanned aircraft system, i.e., drone, within either a horizontal distance of 3,000 feet or a vertical distance of 3,000 feet from any wildfire within the jurisdiction of the...

If you plan to party this weekend for St. Patrick’s Day, don’t trust the luck of the Irish. The Governor’s Highway Safety Program launched the St. Patrick’s Day “Booze It and Lose It” enforcement campaign Monday to help keep impaired drivers off the road. Motorists can expect an increase in the number of saturation patrols and driver checkpoints by law enforcement across the state through March 17. “Embracing...