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Temperatures are turning up. How long we enjoy a stretch of dry and warm weather

On WRAL at 11 : Temperatures are climbing and the clouds are moving out ⛅️🌞 How long we enjoy a stretch of dry and warm weather

The 2023 fall fun database lists more than 50 pumpkin patches, haunted houses, hayrides, corn mazes and fall fun in Raleigh and around the NC Triangle area.

From pumpkin-picking to hayrides: Your 2023 guide to fall fun in Raleigh NC

Fall fun guide: Your 2023 guide to fall fun in Raleigh NC

Leaf peeping begins in October in the North Carolina mountains and spreads across the state through November.

Best dates and times to see the fall leaves

The Raleigh City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday to approve rezoning land on Louisburg Road just north of Interstate 540 for a mixed-use development.

<b>RALEIGH, N.C.</b> — The Raleigh City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday to approve rezoning land on Louisburg Road just north of Interstate 540 for a mixed-use development.

Council members also approved a master plan for the 402-acre 5401 North project, which will include up to 2,250 single- and multi-family residential units, 1.6 million square feet of office and commercial space, a middle school and a community park.

Councilman Thomas Crowder was the lone vote against the plan.

Matthew Burns

Raleigh rezones US 401 site for mixed-use project

The state is getting closer to closing the Interstate 540 loop around Raleigh.

4 years of construction nearly complete; three-fourths of I-540 loop around Raleigh will be done this year

The federal government will shut down if Congress doesn't reach a funding deal by midnight Saturday.

Government shutdown would have significant impact on Triangle, NC State economist says

Impacts to be felt across Triangle of potential goverment shutdown 

A homicide investigation is underway in Wilson County after a 5-month-old baby boy died.


5-month-old baby boy dies in Wilson County, homicide investigation underway

5-month-old boy dies in Wilson County

A Johnston County sheriff's deputy was terminated from his job this week for choosing to fire shots over following department policy in the attempt to catch a car thief.

Johnston deputy fired 5 shots at suspect; fired from his job. 'You utterly failed,' sheriff says

Christopher Adcock

A swath of wooded land hides a few dozen graves marked with fallen and broken headstones -- and potentially hundreds of unmarked graves, some of which belonged to men and women once enslaved on that very land.

Not forgotten: Unmarked graves of enslaved families discovered in woods of Johnston County

Descendants help clean up overgrown cemetery where unmarked graves hold enslaved families in Johnston County.

Get the latest WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast whenever you need it, including the DUALDoppler5000 and the 7-Day Forecast.

WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast

Chris Lea and the WRAL team have highlights from dozens of high school football games in the area on Football Friday.

Football Friday: Week 7

Nightly N.C. Education Lottery drawings during the 11 p.m. News.

Evening Pick 3 Pick 4 and Cash 5

Tuesday and Friday Mega Millions Drawing.

Mega Millions Drawing

Nick Stevens and NCHSAA record holder T.J. Thorpe are back in studio to guide you through eight of the best games from across the state.

HSOT Live The Show: Week 7

Studio Show

Videos

NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan explained the school's decision to vote for ACC expansion in adding Cal, Stanford and SMU.

NC State AD: 'Came to a different conclusion' after changes to ACC expansion proposal

NC State Wolfpack takes the field

For the first time ever, ESPN College Game Day has arrived in Durham early this morning. Lines started forming to get a front row seat of the show at 4:00 this morning, with many students and families eagerly awaiting a once in a lifetime opportunity to see some familiar faces up close!

ESPN College GameDay Arrives at Duke University 

Students surround set of ESPN College GameDay at Duke

Bunn native Tarik Cohen talks exclusively with WRAL

Cohen eager to return to the field after three years of hardship

Tarik Cohen

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Brooks Koepka could have used a board to pound Saturday in the Ryder Cup. Jon Rahm didn't need one, and he doesn't know what caused all the fuss.

Rahm says Koepka criticism was over something that wouldn't register on 'Jon anger' scale

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Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher was a linebacker for the Wolfpack from 1975 to 1978 and still holds the school's record for most tackles in a single season.