Our experts on parenting, frugal living and the best that the Triangle has to offer have scoured their sources and shopped the stores (and the internet) for the best suggestions for your holiday giving. No matter the age or interest, you'll find gift ideas here.

WRAL 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

Health care experts from the NC Navigator Consortium will answer your questions about who is eligible under Medicaid expansion, what it covers, how to apply and much more during a live, call-in event on Dec. 5.

Medicaid and more: Navigators answer questions to get you the best health coverage

Medicaid expansion in North Carolina will begin Dec. 1, 2023

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Hyde County Coverage

In the middle of Hyde County, you'll find the largest lake in the state of North Carolina.



Largest lake in NC at-risk due to invasive carp species 

Lake in Hyde County

A wildfire in Hyde County across nearly 2,000 acres is burning a unique type of soil used for carbon offset, but now that carbon is getting dumped into the atmosphere.

MCCAIN, STEVE JOBS AND RICHARD TRUMKA, WHO SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE A F L C I O YOU MIGHT BE SPENDING SOME SMOKE IF YOU'RE HEADING TO THE OUTER BANKS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, A WILDFIRE IN HYDE COUNTY ACROSS NEW ACROSS NEARLY 2000 ACRES IS BURNING A UNIQUE TYPE OF SOIL USED FOR CARBON OFFSET. >> BUT NOW THAT CARBON IS GETTING DUMPED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY IT THAT WAY COULD BE MUCH WORSE. WRAL'S CLIMATE CHANGE REPORTER LIZ MCLAUGHLIN HAS MORE. >> SMOKE AND SMOLDERING AS NEARLY 2000 ACRES CONTINUE TO BURN IN HYDE COUNTY. THE LATEST BLAZE OF WHAT'S TURNED OUT TO BE A SCORCHER OF A YEAR. >> WE HAVE MORE WILDFIRES THIS YEAR. IT'S ONLY JUNE THEN WE HAD ALL OF LAST YEAR. >> THE NORTH CAROLINA FOREST SERVICE HAS BEEN FIGHTING THE FIRE SINCE A LIGHTNING STRIKE IGNITED THE PITRE BLAND ON JUNE 19TH. AFTER PUMPING MORE THAN 170 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER FROM NEARBY LAKES. THE CONTAINMENT AREA IS HOLDING STEADY NOW BURNING DOWN INSTEAD OF OUT EVERYTHING. SHE GOES DOWN AS THOUSANDS OF TIMES. IT'S MORE IT'S CONSUMING UP AND SPOKE UP IN THE AIR. >> THAT SMOKE IS A CARBON DUMP FROM THE EMBERS OF POQUOSON LANDSCAPE BURNING IT CAROLINA RANT. >> NATURE TOURISM SITE WITH 10,000 ACRES DEDICATED TO OFFSET CARBON BECAUSE OF THE SOILS, UNIQUE ABILITY TO STORE CO 2, THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY CARBON WITH WITH THE BAR. >> BUT EXPERTS SAY THIS FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE IF CAROLINE RHEA. CHAD STARTED HYDROLOGY RESTORATION EFFORTS MONTHS AGO. >> IF THEY WERE NOT HOLD WATER AND THERE WAS NO WATER THERE, IT WOULD BURN. >> 10 PLUS SPEAK UNDERSCORING THE URGENCY OF RESTORATION IN THIS AREA AND DRY CONDITIONS THAT INCREASE WILDFIRE RISKS AS MILLIONS PLAN TO LIGHT UP THE SKY. THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

Wildfire burns at Hyde County carbon credit farm

A Hyde County wildfire is slowly burning through thousands of acres of peat soil that sequesters carbon. That CO2 is now being released into the atmosphere, but hydrology restoration efforts by Carolina Ranch has helped mitigate the fire's impact on the environment.

Wildfire in Hyde County continues to burn heading into the July Fourth weekend

Smoke from smoldering fire in Hyde County

The Department of Transportation's Ferry Division is assisting with evacuations from Ocracoke Island as the possible impact from Hurricane Isaias approaches.

Ferry system assisting in Ocracoke Island mandatory evacuation

Ocracoke-Cedar Island ferry

I set my alarm for 3 a.m., just like the good ol' broadcast days when I was working with Renee Chou. I got up and drove three hours to Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County.

Bill Leslie: Amazing Mattamuskeet 

Mattamuskeet Lodge

Bill Leslie woke up early to drive three hours to Lake Mattamuskeet in Hyde County to watch the sunrise and see thousands of migratory birds. His trip did not go as expected -- but he met some interesting characters along the way.

Bill Leslie explores Hyde County 

Bill Leslie disocvers beauty in Hyde County 

The body of a missing fisherman has been found after a boat capsized in the Pamlico Sound.

Officials recover body of one of two missing fishermen in Pamlico Sound

Growing at Europe’s Subsidized Farms: Pollution

Have you heard of the story of the church in Hyde County with an extra amount of divine intervention? Scott Mason, our Tar Heel Traveler, has the remarkable story.