50 NC counties and 1 VA county are under alert, including Wake, Cumberland, Durham, Johnston, and Orange counties.

Capitol Broadcasting Company, the parent company of WRAL News, is part of the 2024 class inducted into the North Carolina Media & Journalism Hall of Fame at the University of North Carolina.

WRAL parent company inducted to NC Media & Journalism Hall of Fame 

Compared to pre-pandemic prices, ground beef is up 35%, chips are up 45%, bread is up 57% and a 12-ounce can of soda is up 66%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks trends on common grocery store items.

WRAL Investigates: 'Greedflation' and other drivers behind inflation at the grocery store

A look at inflation at the grocery store

Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan, center, shakes hands with New York University history professor David Levering Lewis before a June 11, 2009, memorial service at Duke University for noted historian John Hope Franklin. Franklin's son, John Whittington Franklin, left, Duke President Richard Brodhead, second from left, and former President Bill Clinton, second from right, also spoke at the service.

John Hope Franklin memorial service