3 NC counties are under alert.

The request is part of a $63.2 million budget request that commissioners will consider. Wake County commissioners on Monday proposed a $49 million increase in funding to the district.

Wake school board votes to ask county commissioners for higher employee pay

It's that time of year when your child will be taking end-of-grade tests or EOGs. What are EOGs and how can you help them be better prepared?

End-of-grade tests: Everything you need to know about these annual exams

Student testing 

The damage and deaths wreaked by these storms in the past 60 years has become legendary in North Carolina's history. Where are the worst hurricanes in North Carolina?

Count down the most destructive hurricanes in NC history

Hurricane Hazel

Miss Raleigh Katherine Elizabeth Southard smiles and waves after being selected as Miss North Carolina 2009 Saturday, June 27, 2009 at Raleigh's War Memorial Coliseum. She'll compete in the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas in January 2010. (Photo courtesy of the Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant)

2009 Miss North Carolina Katherine Southard