North Carolina's State Auditor Beth Wood released a statement Jan. 23 apologizing for a hit-and-run accident in December that resulted in her state-owned vehicle partially sitting atop another parked car.
North Carolina’s state auditor, Democrat Beth A. Wood, has been charged with hit and run and leaving the scene of an accident. She was also cited for unsafe movement, according to Wake County arrest records. Wood is scheduled to appear in Wake County Superior Court on January 26th.
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, asked State Auditor Beth Wood about findings from an audit of COVID-19 relief funds. This exchange took place during the Dec. 23, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
By all accounts, Republican State Senator Lisa Barnes, R-Nash, representing Johnston and Nash Counties has a record of public service that is to be commended, even if you disagree with her political positions on healthcare, education, and the economy. Outside of partisan politics, she works with the Coalition for Addiction and Recovery Education, brings faith and...
East Laurinburg became an unincorporated part of Scotland County July 1, due to financial mismanagement and statutory violations. Last fall, N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell urged the North Carolina General Assembly to dissolve East Laurinburg’s charter because he said they “ceased to function as a viable governing unit.” Originally, concerns were raised after an investigation by...
The Local Government Commission is stepping in to help the town of Spring Lake in Cumberland County. The move by the commission, which voted Wednesday, March 23, will avoid payment processing problems, a news release says. A scathing report from State Auditor Beth Wood’s office last week found that a former accounting technician in the...
The Golden LEAF Foundation failed to monitor how $83 million in federal money from the COVID-19 Rapid Recovery Loan Program were used, a new audit finds. The objective of the performance audit, released Wednesday, March 23, by the office N.C. State Auditor Beth Wood, was to determine whether Golden LEAF designed and implemented procedures to ensure...
The state auditor’s office found that Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell bought vehicles and gas masks without obtaining the proper written quotes, in violation of the county’s purchasing policy. The report released by State Auditor Beth Wood said that by not following this policy, the sheriff’s office potentially overpaid for these items, wasting taxpayer money....
Catherine Truitt is concerned the state isn’t doing enough to prepare students to work if they choose not to go to college after high school. As the state’s superintendent of public instruction, Truitt raised her concerns at the Council of State meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1, saying the DPI is tackling the problem in a...
State Auditor Beth Wood’s office found that Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Smith benefitted from using confidential town information in her real estate company’s purchase of a former police station site in 2018 and has referred the matter to the local district attorney. In the report released Wednesday, Jan. 26, the office said it received...
State auditors found that a former finance officer in the troubled municipality of East Laurinburg used town taxpayer money on personal expenses, which resulted in overdrafts of the town’s bank account. East Laurinburg, a town of fewer than 300, could lose its charter due in part to its tenuous financial status, which has seen the...
