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A fire Saturday night destroyed Caudill's historic building. The company released a statement Sunday expressing gratitude to the local fire department and outlined efforts to continue serving customers starting Tuesday.

The Behavioral Evaluation and Response Team was designed to alleviate the stress of 911 calls related to mental health counseling, medication and domestic disputes, to name a few. Just under a year in, the pilot program recently received $700,000 to expand its services.

Appalachian State University is planning to launch its own 911 dispatch center. The move comes as a surprise to Boone officials who spent years consolidating emergency services between the town and county. It's raising tensions and questions over the emergency response implications for local residents.

High Point's 911 emergency call system was unavailable for more than two hours Wednesday. It was a computer server failure that led to the shutdown just…

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper spent much of the day Friday assessing the impact of Tropical Storm Michael, which swept through the state Thursday,…

With Hurricane Florence on the way, local emergency service agencies are urging residents to be cautious. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Services…

One of the services that radio stations like WFDD provide is broadcasting alerts from the National Weather Service. These emergency alerts let listeners…

The current 911 system was built in the 1960s and it's pretty out of date. New technology will connect the state's 117 centers through internet-based…