2 NC counties are under alert, including Chatham County.

We’re also following how a dog and her puppies are doing after being zipped inside a suitcase and abandoned. Plus, how a woman is recovering after being cut out of her car, smashed into a school bus. Watch WRAL NEWS at 11 and search for these and other stories on WRAL.com.

On WRAL at 11 : Showers & storms moving out, but our break won’t last long. When our next system arrives to dump more rain on us

The first store will open Thursday in Kill Devil Hills, with additional outlets planned for Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Wilson and Goldsboro by the end of 2024.

Wawa in NC: 10 stores by end of 2024; 🥨 90 stores in 10 years

Wawa

As the number of juvenile offenders climbs, the state is looking at alternatives crowded detention centers to make sure young people already convicted of crimes can turn their lives around. 

Education, skills and rehab focus easing burden on NC juvenile justice system

Inside the juvenile justice system

People swim amid haze from wildfire smoke at Orchard Beach in the Bronx on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Air pollution warnings were in effect across Canada and the United States, including New York City, where residents were advised to limit outdoor activity on Wednesday. (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times)

Swaths of North America Are Shrouded Under Unhealthy Air