50 NC counties and 1 VA county are under alert, including Wake, Cumberland, Durham, Johnston, and Orange counties.

Capitol Broadcasting Company, the parent company of WRAL News, is part of the 2024 class inducted into the North Carolina Media & Journalism Hall of Fame at the University of North Carolina.

WRAL parent company inducted to NC Media & Journalism Hall of Fame 

More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

North Carolina ranks 29th in public pre-K enrollment, new report shows

Durham County budget increases funding for pre-K students

A hunter signs a donation form for a deer he dropped off at Pearce’s Custom Processing on Nov. 9, 2019. The plant contributes donated venison to the NC Hunters for the Hungry program, which serves as a link between hunters and nonprofit food pantries to provide meals for people in need. Photo by Nathan Klima.

Hunters for the Hungry seeks deer donations to turn into food