Easter Coverage

Happy Easter from the NICU babies at UNC Hospitals🐰

The NICU nurses at UNC Hospitals brought a little holiday fun to the premature babies and their parents this Easter.

WRAL staff

Easter services to be held Sunday in honor of holiday

It's Easter Sunday, and there are services scheduled throughout the day for worshipers to celebrate the holiday.

Adopting a bunny for easter? Animal rescue founders say to think twice

If you're thinking about adopting a bunny for Easter, the founders of Paisley's Bunny Rescue want you to know exactly what you're getting into.

WMBF

Durham Rescue Mission serves up annual Easter community dinner and basket giveaway

Every child got an Easter basket full of candy and other goodies, while families dined on a meal of barbecue and hot dogs with all the fixings.

WRAL staff

Spring travel season peaks this weekend with Easter, spring break

Millions will be hitting the road or the skies this weekend for the Easter holiday. It's also the peak of spring travel season.

Millions are traveling for the Easter holiday weekend. What to expect at RDU & on the roads

Here's what travelers can expect this Easter weekend.

Kelsey Coffey, WRAL reporter

Easter eggs and Alzheimer's: A tradition with a new twist

My mom's journey with Alzheimer's eventually affected many holiday traditions. One came around Easter: Alicia dyeing eggs with her Nana.

Andrea Osborne, WRAL contributor

'Louie' the raccoon wins Cadbury Bunny Contest

A not-so typical bunny won the 2024 Cadbury Bunny Contest. Louie from Miami, Florida, is the first raccoon to take the title.

Non-candy Easter basket ideas for kids of all ages

Coming out of the chocolate and conversation heart (eww) fog of Valentine's Day, it's become clear that holidays may center a bit too much around candy and sweets. Riding on the back of the sugar jolt of Valentine's Day come those chocolate Easter bunnies and eggs laden with yet more goodies.

Jennifer Zelek, WRAL contributor

Easter Egg Hunts in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary

Our Raleigh area Easter Event and Egg Hunt Guide includes Easter egg hunts and events across Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill and the Triangle.

Local farm donates 30,000 eggs for White House Easter Egg Roll

North Carolina-based Braswell Family Farms will be providing more than 30,000 hard-boiled and dyed eggs for the annual event, which took place Monday

Kids soak up White House Easter Egg Roll

Thousands of people are taking part in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll event at the White House on Monday, hosted by President and First Lady Biden.

Adorable newborns at UNC Rex celebrate Easter with bunny ears, tails

Newborns at UNC Health Rex Women's Center Neonatal ICU in Raleigh were feeling festive on Easter Sunday.

Eggs-clusive: White House debuting new Easter Bunny mascot at annual Egg Roll

A new, oversized set of floppy ears will take their place on the White House's Truman Balcony on Monday.

By Betsy Klein, CNN

List of grocery stores and retailers closed on Easter 2023

A number of Triangle area grocery and retail stores will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 9.

Easter Restaurant and Grocery Meals 2023

Many restaurants and grocery stores are offering Easter deals and meals available for dine-in, pick-up or delivery.

'Peep Show' features peep art showcase for Easter-driven fun

A Carroll County, Maryland tradition, the Peep Show with more than 120 unique pieces of artwork using the popular marshmallow treat.

Peeps show: Works of art created from Easter confection

The colorful marshmallow treats are the building blocks for construction at this special springtime event.

NC farm donates 30,000 eggs for Monday's annual White House Easter Egg Roll

North Carolina-based Braswell Family Farms will be providing over 30,000 hard-boiled and dyed eggs for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Find local Easter egg hunts, meet the bunny

Wondering where and when to catch the Easter Bunny and fill up those baskets this spring? Our Easter events database is updated for the 2023 season with fun events across the region.

Kids enjoy traditional White House Easter Egg Roll

One of the oldest traditions at the White House, the Easter Egg Roll, returned to the South Lawn on Monday.

With 18,000 eggs from NC, Easter Egg Roll returns to White House

Thousands of North Carolina eggs will be the main attraction at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, which returns Monday for the first time in two years.

Churches gather in-person for Easter celebrations

There was a full room at World Overcomers Christian church on Easter Sunday. Something Pastor Andy Thompson said he hasn't seen in two years.

'Now they know:' David Crabtree shares the story of Easter among Ukrainian refugees in Poland

"If the refugees have hope, I must have hope too," says Pastor Piotr Czerwinski, whose Polish congregation has taken in Ukrainian refugees and American journalists trying to share their story.

David Crabtree, WRAL anchor/reporter

Somber Easter Sunday service held in Poland for Ukrainian refugees

A message of hope in the middle of a war. David Crabtree's final day in Poland was spent at a church in Warsaw welcoming refugees from Ukraine.