Approximately 790,000 acres of North Carolina farmland are foreign-owned. WRAL Investigates why proposed legislation to prevent national security risks from countries like China, Russia, and North Korea could potentially hurt farmers.


 Foreign governments buying NC land - WRAL Investigates its impact on farmers and national security.

Students are reported for possession of non-firearm weapons about 20 times as often as they are for firearms. But schools are still relatively safe places, and many crime statistics in schools have been improving for years, experts say. 

Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools 

School lockers 

Delvin Ferrell was the teenager killed in a stabbing on Monday at Southeast Raleigh High School. Friends will remember Ferrell with a balloon release on Wednesday evening.

'We are forgiving': Family of 15-year-old stabbed to death at Southeast Raleigh High School grieves loss, holds no ill will

Family of 15-year-old killed at Southeast Raleigh High School plans balloon release 

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HealthyStart Coverage

HealthyStart addresses the root causes of sleep disordered breathing by promoting proper growth and development of the jaw and airway. 

Oral appliance may be the key to ending bedwetting

Ashley Mann : Spotlight : HealthyStart Oral Appliance

Your dentist can evaluate your child for sleep disordered breathing and may recommend an oral appliance therapy system called HealthyStart as a solution. 

Is your child a bed wetter? A dentist could help

Ashley Mann : Spotlight : Bed Wetter

The American Academy of Otolaryngology estimates that 10 percent of children snore regularly and that up to 4 percent of the pediatric population suffers from obstructive sleep apnea. 

Oral device can give your tiny sleeper a good night's rest

Ashley Mann : Spotlight : Pediatric Sleep Disordered

Specialized oral devices can help straighten teeth in children as they are coming in, eliminating the need for braces.

Oral appliance helps straighten your child's teeth without braces

Ashley Mann : Spotlight : Straighten Without Braces

If left uncorrected, speech impediments could become a permanent habit that lasts a lifetime. 

HealthyStart Coverage

Oral appliance may be the key to ending bedwetting

Is your child a bed wetter? A dentist could help

Oral device can give your tiny sleeper a good night's rest

Oral appliance helps straighten your child's teeth without braces

Cat got your kid's tongue? An oral appliance could fix speech impediments