We’re also following how new federal funding could help make local communities safer and hearing from a local blind woman who says an Uber driver intentionally abandoned her at the wrong location. Plus, we’re one-on-one with a PhD student at UNC who was involved in a story that was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

On WRAL at 7: Rain totals are trending higher ☔ Which days we could see the heaviest rain

North Carolina is a hotbed for hurricanes. Here are the best tips and facts for hurricane season in NC.

Hurricane season begins June 1. Here's what every North Carolina resident needs to know

Hurricane Season in NC

It's that time of year when your child will be taking end-of-grade tests or EOGs. What are EOGs and how can you help them be better prepared?

End-of-grade tests: Everything you need to know about these annual exams

Student testing 

Decades of neglect allowed vines to creep over the tombs and graves in a small Beaufort County town's all-black cemetery. But a community effort to honor the dead is helping  to restore the cemetery in Belhaven, off the Pungo River.

<p>Decades of neglect allowed vines to creep over the tombs and graves in a small Beaufort County town's all-black cemetery. But a community effort to honor the dead is helping  to restore the cemetery in Belhaven, off the Pungo River.</p>

Black Bottom Cemetery comes to life

More On This

Black Bottom Cemetery 1

Black Bottom Cemtery 2

Little Eva sings

Little Eva in "The Loco-Motion"

Little Eva's grave

Black Bottom Cemetery 3