Homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods, so purchasing separate flood insurance is crucial in North Carolina, especially in high-risk areas.

Homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods: How to protect your home in North Carolina

Princeville residents weigh options after Hurricane Matthew

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

Athens Drive High School

Benjamin Harrison is inaugurated in a pouring rain  on March 4, 1889 in this photo from the Library of Congress web site. According to the NWS Sterling inaugural weather history, almost 9-tenths of an inch of rain fell that day, and it was about 43 degrees at the time he was sworn in.

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