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

FILE-- Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Environment subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 26, 2018. A Washington consultant and onetime lobbyist for foreign governments played a central role in attempting to set up a trip to Australia by Pruitt while the consultant took steps to disguise his role, new documents released in 2018 show. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)

Pruitt’s Coziness With Lobbyists Includes Secretly Buying a House With One