WRAL 5 On Your Side's Keely Arthur obtained an email from an associate dean that showed the administration had concerns about what employees were being exposed to more than a decade ago.

Records reveal concerns over NC State's Poe Hall go back decades

NC State University's Poe Hall

Triangle residents who are fans of thrills and themed attractions don't have to travel far to experience some of the best.

Guide: Amusement parks within driving distance of Raleigh

New Carowinds rollercoaster nears opening date

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From replaced flooring and furniture to new playground equipment, a group of kids received the gift of a more home-like feel.

Paint, carpet, playground: Volunteers spruce up children's home for Christmas

Volunteers at Central Children’s Home of North Carolina

Greg Gulley runs a non-profit that's been working in Ukraine for decades helping set up programs for orphans. Now, he's been making sure all the orphanages he partners with have food, water and fuel. 

HIGH-DEFINITION. YOUR NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, WRAL NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COME HOME. >> NOW AT 5.30, THIS RALEIGH MAN HAS HOPED ORPHANS IN UKRAINE FOR DECADES NOW HE'S WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET SUPPORT AND SUPPLIES TO THEM AS THEIR COUNTRY IS AT WAR WITH RUSSIA. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY IS NON-PROFIT PUTS ON CAMPS AND PROGRAMS AT ORPHANAGES IN THE CHERNIHIV REGION WHICH BORDERS RUSSIA WRAL'S. MATT TALHELM SPOKE WITH HIM AND THE STAFF MEMBER THAT THEY HAVE IN UKRAINE TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED TO KEEP THESE CHILDREN SAFE. QUITE A STORY. MATT. >> IT REALLY IS DEAD. HE IS STILL ABLE TO SEND MONEY TO TRANSFER IT TO THOSE STAFF MEMBERS. THEY'VE ESCAPED TO A SAFER PART OF WESTERN UKRAINE. THEN THEY SEND THAT MONEY ON TO THOSE ORPHANAGES THAT ARE CUT OFF AS RUSSIAN FORCES ADVANCE INTO THEIR COUNTRY. >> A UKRAINIAN FLAG FLIES ON THE FRONT DOOR OF THIS HOME IN NORTH RALEIGH. SOME SWEET FACES. I TELL YOU WHERE GREG ONLY MANAGES NEW LIFE MINISTRIES FROM THIS BEDROOM CONVERTED INTO AN OFFICE. THE MENTORS FROM HIS TRAVELS LINE, THE SHELVES ALONG WITH THIS PHOTO OF GOALIE AND THE ORPHANS HE MET IN EASTERN EUROPE IN THE LATE 90'S. WE'RE JUST TREATING THEM AS THEY SHOULD BE TREATED. AS YOU KNOW, HUMAN BEINGS. >> THAT ARE VALUED AND LOVED IN ALL OR SPECIAL. RIGHT. THAT'S HOW HIS NONPROFIT GET STARTED PUTTING ON CAMPS AND PROVIDING SUPPLIES TO SEVERAL ORPHANAGES IN UKRAINE. BUT THEY'RE UP AT 7 OR 8 IN THE MORNING. SO THAT'S >> 12:00AM TO 02:00AM HERE. THOSE HOURS HAVE BECOME LONGER IN THE WEEK SINCE RUSSIA'S INVASION. I MEAN, IT'S HORRIFIC. I MEAN, I'VE NEVER IMAGINED OR SEEN. YOU KNOW, ANYTHING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY SINCE JUST 2 MONTHS AGO, GOALIES TEAM TOOK THESE ORPHANS ON AN ICE SKATING OUTING IN PIZZA PARTY TO CELEBRATE THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. STILL IN THE SHADOW OF THE >> IMPENDING DOOM OF THIS WAR. THIS INVASION. >> WE KEPT WORKING NOW. THEY NEED BASIC NECESSITIES. IT WAS MEDICINE FOR ONE ORPHANAGE. >> IT MEET. THEY NEED TO MEET FOR ANOTHER ORPHANAGE GOALIE STAFF AND UKRAINE INCLUDES SPENT TO BUY RAW NOVA. HE CALLED HER HI SAT TEST STILL TO MAKE PEOPLE EAT. SO SHE COULD SHARE WITH US WHAT IT'S LIKE AT THE ORPHANAGES RIGHT JUICE. >> AROUND TELLS US THEY'RE WORRIED MOST ABOUT FOOD AND FUEL SUPPLIES THE REALITY OF WAR SETS IN WHEN AN AIR RAID SIREN CUT OUR CALL SHORT. >> DID YOU EVER IMAGINE THIS HAS HAPPENED? AND THAT IS JUST THE REALITY OF WHAT WE DID. CHECK BACK IN. SHE IS OKAY, BUT THEY'VE GONE THROUGH SEVERAL OF THESE AIR RAID SIRENS JUST TODAY ALONE AND THE CITY WHERE SHE IS AND NOW THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ALL THE ORPHANAGES AND THOSE KIDS ARE STILL SAFE. THEY'RE USING ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION THROUGH. >> WHATSAPP TO COMMUNICATE BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED THAT RUSSIANS ARE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE AND MONITORING THE MESSAGES WE DO HAVE A LINK TO GALLESE NONPROFIT WITH THE STORY AT WRAL DOT COM. YEAH, OUR VIEWERS ARE PROBABLY STEP UP AFTER SEEING THAT STORY. AMAZING THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND SO MUCH HELP IS NEEDED.

Raleigh man helps Ukrainian orphans in warzone 

A Raleigh man who's helped orphans in Ukraine for decades is working around the clock to get support and supplies to them now that their country is at war with Russia.



Raleigh nonprofit working to help Ukrainian orphanages amidst war 

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His legs crossed, his collared shirt damp with sweat, Rev. David Cotton sits in a cushy chair in the lobby of Casa Providencia, Panama's first ever special needs orphanage.

'An impossible project': Raleigh residents open first special needs orphanage in Panamá

Today, with its walls covered with the orphans' artwork, Casa Providencia is the largest component of Heart's Cry Children's Ministry, an adoption agency set on enabling local Panamanians to adopt the nation's parentless children. 

Raleigh natives driving force behind orphanage for special needs children in Panama

Raleigh residents driving force behind orphanage for special needs children in Panama

Eddie Mutebi is still struggling to believe the fairy tale that saw him go from African orphan to ambassador for Wake Technical Community College. 