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

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Republican lawmakers agreed on Friday to expand the child care tax credit so that it benefits more low-income Americans, a move intended to win back the support of Sen.Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). (Al Drago/The New York Times)

A Middle-Class Tax Cut? Americans Aren’t Buying It