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 

Compared to pre-pandemic prices, ground beef is up 35%, chips are up 45%, bread is up 57% and a 12-ounce can of soda is up 66%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks trends on common grocery store items.

WRAL Investigates: 'Greedflation' and other drivers behind inflation at the grocery store

A look at inflation at the grocery store

FILE -- Rep. Joe Crowl­ey (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 13, 2018. Crowley’s perch atop the vaunted Queens County Democratic Party did not prevent his primary defeat, ending the tradition of a party boss in Queens, and possibly all of New York. (Al Drago/The New York Times)

Crowley’s Loss Heralds an ‘End of an Era’: Last of the Party Bosses