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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A senior official in North Carolina’s emergency management department has been tapped to succeed his retiring director.

Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik Hooks has appointed William Ray as the state’s new director of emergency management, the agency said in a news release.

Ray currently serves as the chief of staff, a leadership role, at North Carolina Emergency Management. He was previously an assistant director and has also served in several emergency response roles at the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, in local government and in the private sector…