We’re also following students' first day back at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School, days after a classmate is murdered on campus, plus where a missing man was found dead, and the new state auditor.
Watch WRAL-TV at 4 p.m., and search for these and other stories on WRAL.com.

On WRAL at 4: We’re tracking patches of rain creeping into our weekend ☔ We’ll outline the driest hours

Approximately 790,000 acres of North Carolina farmland are foreign-owned. WRAL Investigates why proposed legislation to prevent national security risks from countries like China, Russia, and North Korea could potentially hurt farmers.

On WRAL at 6: Foreign governments buying NC land: WRAL Investigates its impact on farmers and national security.

Students are reported for possession of non-firearm weapons about 20 times as often as they are for firearms. But schools are still relatively safe places, and many crime statistics in schools have been improving for years, experts say. 

Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools 

School lockers 

Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger is endorsing Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in the 2024 GOP primary for North Carolina governor. But he says he doesn't plan to make an endorsement in the presidential primary.

Why NC's most powerful Republican is endorsing a candidate for governor, but not president

Sen. Phil Berger

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