Expect a letter in the mail from Wake County's real estate tax evaluation after the value of homes in the Triangle has skyrocketed. WRAL Investigates why you could soon be paying substantially more taxes than your next-door neighbor. 

On WRAL at 6: Why you could pay substantially more taxes than your next-door neighbor. WRAL Investigates home tax re-evaluation. 

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

If you are planning to ship holiday gifts this year, be sure to check this list of shipping deadlines from the United States Postal Service, UPS and FedEx so all your packages arrive on time.


Deadlines for 2023 holiday shipping with USPS, FedEx, UPS

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Kerr Drug has a new $25 prescription transfer coupon in their sales ad for 6/26. 

Kerr Drug has a new $25 prescription transfer coupon in their sales ad for 6/26. There are limitations so be sure to read the fine print. For instance, these coupons can't be used for a prescription paid in part or in full by any government health care  program. Coupon expires 8/13/11. 

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Residents in a Garner neighborhood are recovering after an EF-1 tornado hit their street on Sunday causing extensive damage.

EF-1 tornado rips through Garner; residents help pick each other up

House damaged from tornado that touched down in Garner Sunday

New documents obtained Monday by WRAL News indicate when construction could begin on the new Apple campus at RTP. The […]

Apple at RTP: Construction could begin by 2026, docs show

Apple making big impact in the Triangle before it even arrives

Departing UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz will make more than $1 million at Michigan State University, according to his contract.



UNC chancellor will make $1 million at Michigan State, contract shows

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A downed tree took out a power pole Monday morning at the intersection of Hillsborough Street and Park Avenue near downtown Raleigh.

Car crushed by tree, 1,000 without power near NC State

Downed tree on Hillsborough Street

A couple from North Carolina has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 

NC couple arrested in connection to Jan. 6 insurrection

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Gov. Roy Cooper joins United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to highlight the historic $1.09 billion S-Line passenger rail grant that will connect riders between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia.

$1 billion passenger rail connects Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia

Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

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Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

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Donor-fueled collectives that raise money and funnel it to college athletes through name, image and likeness opportunities they facilitate probably won't go away entirely if NCAA President Charlie Baker's proposals for paying athletes become reality. But changes will be inevitable.

If college athletes can earn NIL money from the schools, what becomes of donor-backed collectives?

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South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has found a way for her team to avoid early season upsets despite losing all five starters from last year's Final Four squad.

South Carolina, UCLA, NC State lead the way again as top 10 teams in women's AP Top 25 unchanged

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Freshman guard Zoe Brooks turned in the second triple-double in school history and the No. 3 North Carolina State women beat Liberty 80-67 on Sunday.

Brooks' triple-double helps No. 3 NC State women top Liberty 80-67

NC State beats Liberty 

Paige Bueckers scored 26 points to lead No. 17 UConn over No. 24 North Carolina 76-64 on Sunday in the Hall of Fame Women's Showcase. 