New Year's Day Coverage

10 effective tips to stick to your New Year's resolutions

Discover 10 key tips to ensure your New Year's resolutions endure: set realistic goals, prioritize, plan, share, track progress, be patient, stay positive, build habits gradually, seek support and adapt as needed. Achieve success and celebrate the journey!

Kaila Curry, Audience Engagement Producer

The ancient roots of New Year's resolutions: A journey through time

Explore the ancient roots of New Year's resolutions, from Babylonian promises to Roman rituals. Trace the evolution through history to modern self-improvement goals.

Kaila Curry, Audience Engagemnet Producer

On cam: WRAL asks citizens 'What do you want for Raleigh in 2024?'

As we step into 2024, WRAL News wanted to know: What do you want to see for the city of Raleigh in 2024?

These New Year's twins were born in different years

A set of twins born overnight on New Year's Eve in South Jersey don't share the same birth date or even the same birth year!

NBC News Channel

Take a Hike: Parks in Raleigh, across North Carolina plan 'First Day' hikes

Ready to get back on track? Start 2024 with a First Day Hike. Here are easy options to get outside within about an hour from Raleigh.

WRAL Staff

New Year's hours for grocery and retail stores: Multiple stores closed on Jan. 1

Many grocery stores, drug stores, malls and major retail chains have special holiday hours for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Here is a list of hours for our local stores including some that are closed all day on January 1, 2023.

Durham Rescue Mission hosts New Year's men's luncheon

Saturday, the Durham Rescue Mission hosted a special New Year's lunch for all the men living at the mission's men's campus.

Welcome to the world: Meet the first local babies born in 2022

Cape Fear Medical Center Labor and Delivery welcomed the first baby of 2022 just six minutes after the ball dropped at midnight.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Getting a boost for the new year

Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

Thousands gather for Fayetteville's first NYE celebration in over a decade

For the first time in more than a decade, Fayetteville will hold a city-run New Year's Eve event downtown to ring in 2022.

Keenan Willard, WRAL Eastern NC reporter

Happy Mars New Year!

The Spring Equinox on Mars marks the beginning of a new year on Mars and a busy time for arrivals at the red planet.

Tony Rice, NASA Ambassador

Welcome to our New Year's babies!

Hospitals across the state are welcoming their first babies of 2021. As joyous families send photos of their bundles of hope for a better year, we will collect the photos here so we can welcome them to the world!

List of grocery & retail store hours and closings for New Year's Day

Many grocery stores, drug stores, malls and major retail chains have special holiday hours for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Here is a list of hours for our local stores including some that are closed all day on January 1st.

7 ways to celebrate the new year with kids this year

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day typically brings big celebrations across the Triangle. There's First Night in downtown Raleigh and First Day Hikes at parks across the region, among lots of other celebrations. Those are on hold for this year. But there are other ways to mark the turn of a new year (finally!).

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

Winter Break Guide: Here's how to keep the kids busy for the next two weeks

Here are some ways to stay busy and stay safe when even virtual school is shut down.

Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Go Ask Mom editor

One man's resolution to get fit and healthy beat the odds of typical New Year's goals

62-year-old Juan Hernandez fought back against inherited health risks of high blood pressure and high cholesterol and has maintained that dedication for nine years.

Triangle residents talk about their New Year's resolutions for 2020

It's a new year and that means people are making resolutions and setting goals for the year ahead.

Traditional Fayetteville New Year's Day meal a big hit again

Thousands of people turned out Wednesday for a cherished tradition in Fayetteville, The New Year's Day Black-eyed Pea Dinner.

Daredevils start 2020 with polar dive in Wendell

A group of daredevils braved the cold weather on Wednesday and started their new year with a plunge into the water at Mystery Lake Scuba Park.

Pope slaps woman's hand

Video shows the Pope slapping the hand of a woman who had grabbed him.

Daredevils start 2020 with icy cold polar dive in Wendell

A group of daredevils braved the cold weather on Wednesday and started their new year with a plunge into the water at Mystery Lake Scuba Park.

Mandy Mitchell, WRAL reporter

New Year's babies born at Fort Bragg, Camp Lejeune

Some of the first babies of 2020 were delivered at Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune on Wednesday.

Jessica Patrick, WRAL digital journalist

New Year's traditions from around the world

Ecuadorians burn away past bad luck and scare away future bad luck by burning a paper- stuffed scarecrow outside of their homes. Find out what other cultures do to celebrate the new year.

Big debate: The next decade is here. Or is it?

As 2019 draws to a close, an old debate has arisen again. Does the new decade begin on Jan. 1, 2020, or must we wait until 2021?

Tony Rice, WRAL contributor/NASA ambassador

New Year's hours for grocery & drug stores

Many grocery stores and drug stores have special holiday hours for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Here is a list of hours for our local stores including some that are closed all day on New Year's Day.