Clean water, better roads and raises for teachers are among the priorities Republicans in the NC House want to address in the new state budget.

Double-digit raises for teachers, some other state workers: See what's in the first draft of new NC budget

State budget

A WRAL Weather Alert Day has been issued for Saturday, when our southeastern counties go under a Level 1 risk for severe weather.



Level 1 storm risk threatens weekend events, including Durham Bulls and Dreamville 

Severe risk April 1, 2023

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two Army helicopters crashed in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, causing several casualties, military officials said.

Casualties reported after Army helicopters crash in Kentucky

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Lee County High School was closed on Wednesday because of an anonymous threat made against the school. SanLee Middle School and Southern Lee High School also received threats Wednesday.

Students will pass through metal detectors at Lee County schools, reopening after threats

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The Durham Bulls return Friday, March 31, starting their season with a game against the Norfolk Tides.



Durham Bulls host Norfolk Tides for season opener Friday 

Bulls Beat Stripers 5-3

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Haiti Coverage

The death toll in Haiti has surpassed 1,200 after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the country. 



Samaritan's purse heads to Haiti as death toll nears 1,300 

More Than 700 Dead After Haiti Earthquake 

Crews estimate Sunday's cargo plane is carrying 31 tons of emergency relief supplies from Samaritans Purse.  



NOW MANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES WERE GOING TO BE HELD OUTSIDE. A >> THE DEATH TOLL IN HAITI HAS SURPASSED  700 AFTER THE 7.2 EARTHQUAKE HIT THE COUNTRY. THEY LOADED A CARGO PLANE HEAD OF SUPREME COURT PLEASE AND HEADED TO HAITI. >> THEY ARE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THOUSANDS OF HOMES DESTROYED AND PEOPLE DISPLACED. THAT IS WHERE THIS COMES IN. THEY LOADED A CARGO PLANE AND HEADED TO HAITI FOCUSING ON THREE THINGS IN THIS EMERGENCY RESPONSE. ONE IS TEMPORARY SHELTER, CLEAN WATER AND THE THIRD IS MEDICAL CARE. WE HAVE A TEAM OF 13 PEOPLE THAT CAN COVER THOSE THREE AREAS. >> THERE IS A HISTORY OF CREATING CLEAN WATER AFTER DISASTERS. CREWS HAVE QUICKLY FOR VILLAGES IN NEED OF WATER THROUGH FILTRATION UNITS. >> THE WATER FILTRATION, WE HAVE TWO WATER UNITS AND IT WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WATER FOR AT LEAST 7,000 PEOPLE A DAY. >> LOOKING AT THE DAMAGES, WE'RE TOLD THE EARTHQUAKE HAS PUT A STRAIN ON HOSPITALS AND BLOCKED ROADS THAT COULD CARRY MAJOR SUPPLIES. THAT IS WHY THEY DEPLOYED A MEDICAL TEAM TO CONDUCT HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND HELP CONSTRUCT TELL PRAYER HOUSING. >> ROLLS OF PLASTIC TARP, UV

Samaritan's Purse headed to Haiti to help earthquake victims 

Rescue efforts are underway after a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday, killing at least 304 people and injuring at least 1,800 others as buildings tumbled into rubble.

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Rescue efforts underway after powerful earthquake in Haiti

Rescue efforts in Haiti after earthquake

More than 100 Haitian migrants were deported Thursday, six weeks after Hurricane Dorian leveled Abaco and Grand Bahama in the northern Bahamas with a devastating wallop that struck the Haitian community especially hard.

Bahamas resumes deportations of Haitian migrants weeks after Hurricane Dorian levels islands

Members of a church youth group from Raleigh got home safely on Thursday morning after a trip to Haiti.

Friends, family embrace youth group back from Haiti

Raleigh church group back home after being stranded in Haiti

Raleigh church group returns from Haiti

Eighteen of the 35 members of Raleigh's White Memorial Presbyterian Church youth group are expected to return from Haiti on Wednesday night. 

Raleigh mission group on the way home from Haiti

A group of 36 Triangle residents will cut short their mission to Haiti after a weekend of riots rocked the island nation's capital city.

Raleigh mission group will return early from Haiti

Volunteers from White Memorial Presbyterian Church

Twenty-eight members of the White Memorial Presbyterian Church youth group, along with eight adult chaperones, left Raleigh-Durham International Airport last Friday for Haiti.

Raleigh church group hunkered down in Haiti

Groups on religious and medical missions found themselves embroiled in street violence in Haiti, where drivers rioted over a planned hike to the government-set price of fuel.

Triangle mission groups share stories of riot scare in Haiti

A group on a medical mission trip was supposed to return to North Carolina on Saturday, but because of political unrest, their flights were canceled and there's no getting in or out of the country.