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 

More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

North Carolina ranks 29th in public pre-K enrollment, new report shows

Durham County budget increases funding for pre-K students

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Dennis Draughon Coverage

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: 'Trying' times for Donald Trump

Friday, April 19, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: In Arizona the court turns 2024 back to 1864

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: The "core" of N.C. public education

Sunday, April 14, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: A little PFAS on the side?

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Our school teachers' revolving door

Thursday, April 4, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Thumpers, Trumpers and the $60 Bible

Thursday, March 28, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Searching for the soul of public education

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: NCAA Bracketology and March Madness, Trump style 

Thursday, March 14, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: The new 'March Madness!'

Monday, March 11, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: The 'choice' for N.C. public schools

Monday, March 4, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Trump's 'dream.' Endorsement or nightmare?

Saturday, March 2, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: The sands time, the cost of neglect 

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Taking the N.C. Supreme Court to school?

Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: 'Do whatever the hell they want,' says Trump

Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Taking a stand at the Berlin Wall. Taking a back seat in Conway, S.C.

Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Is Trump the law unto himself?

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: "Fair" elections? What a concept!

Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: N.C. Health Plan shedding some excess??

Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Driving Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey

Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Old Jim Crow; New Jim Crow?

Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Companies huff and puff to inflate homeowners insurance costs

Friday, Jan. 5, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Chief Justice Newby plays games with N.C. courts

Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Happy New year! 0ut with 2023! In with 2020?

Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Long line of holiday returns at N.C. legislature

Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.