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The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

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The blooming of the WRAL Azalea Garden has been a constant symbol of the return of spring.  

WRAL Azalea Gardens: Everything you need to know for your visit

WRAL Azalea Gardens

The collapse of the Bonner Bridge had a ripple effect on the economy at the Outer Banks, as it shut down the one roadway leading to the island.

It's like a ghost town. Almost just nobody here. Hatteras Island is hurting. Just ask Danny Sharp what the loss of the Bonner Bridge did to the island economy. I've been laid off. So it's been pretty hard on me. In October. A dredge smashed into the Bonner bridge. It ripped apart a 360 ft section taking with it. The Island's lifeline. Do you feel real isolated? I really do. Hotels sit nearly empty this day. Only one person is staying where Melody Hicks works. Winters are usually slow but not like this. It's meant less hours, less pay, but we get through it. Even the island's most popular tourist attraction isn't doing much attracting the number of visitors to the Cape Hatteras lighthouse is half what it was a year ago. It's pretty bad. It's really dropped. I've really seen a big difference. Unemployment is at its highest winter level in more than five years without tourists. Island stores have laid off workers. The question everybody is asking is, when will the bridge reopen? Well, if the weather cooperates, the Department of Transportation says the end of February crews work seven days a week, they're repairing the bridge in an inlet that can be rough and dangerous. Everyone prays for good weather knowing a late February reopening is critical. It's very critical because of our spring fishing season. The surf fishing season will begin in March and April and it's critical that we can get people over and back across the Oregon in the bridge at their convenience. Convenience is in short supply. The only way to get to the island is by ferry. It takes two hours to get through and used to. I could get there in like 40 minutes. 45. I'm hoping that it won't take too long, but it'll be sort of an adventure. You know, an adventure. Many tourists just don't want leaving Hatteras Island businesses nearly empty. How anxious are you for that bridge to open up again? Everybody down here people hope there's a light at the end of the bridge. Praying tourists will soon be just a short drive away. Carol Sp wr LTV. Five News. The Outer Banks.

Oct. 1990: Bonner Bridge collapse affecting economy at Outer Banks

Bonner Bridge collapse

On Oct. 13, 2000, WRAL made history by broadcasting the entire 5 p.m. newscast LIVE in HD from the State Fair.

Throwback Thursday: WRAL's first live HD newscast transmitted from NC State Fair in 2000

Scott Mason at the NC State Fair, Oct. 13, 2000

A look back at coverage from the 1995 story of Stephen Bullis, who was convicted for mailing two pipe bombs to what was then the BTI building near North Hills.

31 year old Steven Bullis leaving the Federal Court building today after pleading not guilty, he was formally arraigned on charges that he named his wife with a mail bomb last summer. This was the scene outside the B. T. I building last july 500 people evacuated after an explosion on the building's fifth floor. Seriously injured in that blast was Tracy Bullis a manager at B. T. I. The bomb had been addressed to her at first speculations ran wild. Was the bombing linked to the one in Oklahoma city? Or was it just another act of the Unabomber? Several days later, police announced the shocking news. Tracy's husband. She reportedly told police that Stephen had been reading books at home on how to make a homemade bomb. Court papers also revealed that Tracy told her husband away Before the bombing, that she increased her life insurance for accidental death to $192,000. Stevens says he's not guilty but reportedly admitted last summer that he got an additional $100,000 policy on his wife and also to having an extramarital affair run away. Okay. Toting them around, I guess Good morning. Mhm. Tracy bullets took the stand today and relive the nightmare of how a bomb blast tore off two fingers and a thumb on her left hand. Last july, she explained to jurors that she and her best friend judy Harrison had been trying to open up a package when the bomb went off, she said, I saw metal and wires at that. I knew it was a bomb. There was a delay long enough for me to turn my head and push it away. Then it exploded. Tracy adds I heard judy screaming and I started screaming because I wanted to know I was still breathing. It felt like a hot wind like I was getting hit everywhere judy Harrison shown here being comforted moments after the bomb blast is Tracy's best friend today, she told George she was at work with Tracy when the bomb went off, she says I saw a red flame and her dress caught on fire and she was trying to put it out. All I could do was scream, I couldn't do anything. Nearly a half hour after the explosion. Tracy was taken to an ambulance and then to wake medical center to be treated during its cross examination. The defense tried to shift the attention on the bombing and onto the possibility that someone had been trying to frame steven. Defense attorney Gail Adams question Tracy about her sister, Liz Bergeron and her husband in an attempt to show that Liz who could no longer have Children. Wanted custody of Caitlin testimony also revealed that Tracy's sister had accused steven of molesting his daughter. Those charges were later dropped. Are you here in support of Stephen? Not hardly are you related to Tracy but testifying in his own defense yesterday, bullets said he was shocked when first notified of the bombing and feared the worst. After learning his wife was injured but safe, he felt relieved he broke down on the witness stand yesterday when he testified about the first time he saw his wife following the bombing. He said in tears, they brought my wife out, she's always more worried about me. She looked at me, she said, I'm okay, I lost my hand but I'm okay. But the prosecution says it is not OK. That steve Bullock is the defendant who wanted to kill his wife because of gaining a significant amount of insurance money after her death, having an extramarital affair and a strained marriage. Stephen bullets showed little reaction after the verdict but defense attorney spoke on his behalf of course we are disappointed about the verdict that the jury has spoken and we just have to live with that and we'll just take it from there. Michael Hall, Stephen Bull is reacting to this verdict. We couldn't see any reaction is pretty devastated by he's always maintained his innocence from the start. Tracy Boulis is also devastate. She lost fingers on her left hand during the blast and her family has been ripped apart lisa Bergeron Tracy's sister. Throughout the trial defense attorneys tried to prove that bullets was framed by his sister in law lisa. The defense claimed that Bergeron wanted steven and Tracy out of the way so she could have custody of the couple's five year old daughter Caitlin. But jurors say the prosecution proved bullets guilty beyond a reasonable doubt information collected from the residents which included some wires and some insulation from bomb one. The fingerprint from bomb to it was last july when Stephen bullets mailed a pipe bomb to his wife. Tracy at the building Assistant U. S. Attorney john Bennett thanked law enforcement authorities today for the way they quickly investigated the case and solve the case and most of all want to thank the men and women of the United States Postal inspection service, who labored for hours and hours and hours and hours to do this to put this together to put it together professionally and well.

Vintage WRAL coverage from Raleigh office building bombing in 1995 

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Beauty and kindness: Hidden history of WRAL's Azalea Gardens

CBS This Morning with Harry Smith and Kathleen Sullivan in the WRAL Azalea Garden

WRAL-TV first went on the air 65 years ago today. We look back at the building's muddy groundbreaking and the historic flip of the switch.

GROUNDBREAKING IN RALEIGH. >> Reporter: THIS IS FRED FLETCHER. FRED FLETCHER WAS SPEAKING AT THE FUTURE SITE OF WRAL. I KNEW HIM TOO WELL.>> THIS IS A HAPPY OCCASION. >> Reporter: THE OCCASION WAS GROUNDBREAKING. WRAL GROUNDBREAKING. OCTOBER 1956. >>  THAT FIRST TURN OF THE SHOVEL WHICH SOON LEADS TO GREATER THINGS. >> I DIDN'T EVER HAVE A DREAM THAT RALEIGH WOULD BE LIKE IT IS TODAY. >> I REMEMBER THE DAY WE SIGNED ON. >> Reporter: DECEMBER 15th 1956. AT A TEMPORARY SITE. WHILE CREWS BUILT OF THE MAIN STUDIO. THE TEMPORARY SITE WAS A GARAGE. >> WE STARTED AS NBC. THERE WERE TWO CAMERAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GARAGE. WE STARTED BROADCASTING. THE BIG TRANSMITTER AND THE LIGHTS. IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THAT.>> HAPPY TO SEE THE STATION GETTING STARTED AT THIS TIME.>> IT REALLY WAS A HISTORIC EVENT. RALEIGH WAS BEGINNING TO EMERGE.>> EVERYTHING MUST HAVE A BEGINNING. >> YOU REALLY DID NOT KNOW HOW TELEVISION WAS GOING TO DO. NOBODY HAD ANY IDEA THE TRIANGLE WAS GOING TO BE A TOP 25 MARKET. FASTEST GROWING IN THE UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: THEY WEREN'T THINKING THAT DURING THE GROUNDBREAKING. THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT THE WEATHER. >> THE RAIN POURING DOWN ALL AROUND.>> IT WAS SO ROUGH.>> >> Reporter: WITH DOROTHY COLLINS.>> A SINGER FROM THE TV SHOW THE HIT PARADE. I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT THE COMPANY HAS ACCOMPLISHED. WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.>>>

WRAL-TV celebrates 65 years

WRAL-TV celebrates 65 year

If you lived in the Triangle in the 1960s and 70s, you probably already knew that a large wrestling ring, drawing in legends like Andre the Giant and Ric Flair, was once part of WRAL's studio.

Piledrivers and suplexes: When wrestling legends took over the WRAL anchor desk

Wide World Wrestling at WRAL

The WRAL graphic designers have created a few coloring sheets, perfect for relaxing as an adult coloring book, or for kids who just want to have fun coloring something new. 

Bored at home? Get creative with these WRAL coloring sheets

WRAL coloring sheets

In the 1980s WRAL made a music video featuring iconic people and places from the Triangle during that era. How many familiar faces and places do you recognize?