Beth Wood

North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for misusing a state-issued vehicle for personal activities. The plea and resulting 12 months of unsupervised probation happened in Wake County court Friday.

Former Wake County Commission Chairwoman Jessica Holmes will become the first Black woman to serve in a Council of State position.

Days after being indicted on charges of misusing state-owned vehicles, State Auditor Beth Wood announced late Thursday that she plans to step down on Dec. 15.

More members of the state commission that oversees local government audits are raising concerns about Elizabeth City's finances.

Four-term Democratic State Auditor Beth Wood told a judge she made a “grave mistake" and should have remained at the scene of the crash.

State Auditor Beth Wood says she regrets the incident that led to her being charged with hit-and-run and unsafe movement. Wood released a statement Monday morning after the charge became public last week.

A Wake County citation says Beth Wood was cited for a collision that resulted only in property damage to a parked sedan. The citation alleges that she failed to give her name, address and other information at the scene and that she drove in an unsafe manner. Wood's office said Thursday she had no comment.

The performance audit by State Auditor Beth Wood's office declared Golden LEAF failed to monitor the federal coronavirus relief funds the General Assembly sent to the foundation in spring 2020 for the foundation's COVID-19 Rapid Recovery Loan Program.

The state auditor's office is preparing detailed audits of six state government agencies in order to comply with a request from state lawmakers. Earlier…