The WRAL Severe Weather Center is keeping a close eye on air quality. We have team coverage to show you how it’s affecting people in the area.

On WRAL at 4: Air quality Code Orange: The health concerns that smoke from Canada is causing and how long it lasts

Tim Tinnesz, Head of School at St. Timothy's School, shares some advice for upcoming graduates.

Advice for graduates: Understand it's but a step toward your greater purpose

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In the wake of tragic and traumatic events, feelings like stress, anxiety, grief and depression are natural. Here is a list of crisis counseling and county-by-county resources in North Carolina, as well as nationally. These resources are available for you -- just call. 

Get Help: County-by-county guide to mental health and crisis resources in NC

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Sometime around 1991 several winters had passed with a near complete absence of such seasonal precipitation.

Sometime around 1991 several winters had passed with a near complete absence of such seasonal precipitation.

Our local TV weather  forecaster, one Greg Fishel, publicly lamented the absence of such seasonal precipitation on the evening news broadcast !

Those of us down at the International Handyman Headquarters heard his lamentations and acted to relieve his suffering with our own warm weather field expedient improvised snowman and snowball fight .

We fear his pain may not have been completely diminished but we did our best!<br />

Happy 30th Anniversary Greg!  It seems like only yesterday you first graced our local TV screens!

From TJ in Raleigh

Air quality is slowly improving in the Triangle after the first Code Red alert day in more than a decade.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires impacts NC air quality; schools move activities indoors

Hazy days ahead

Four people were killed Wednesday and one person was hospitalized after a head-on crash on N.C. Highway 690 in Moore County

4 people killed, 1 hospitalized after head-on crash on Moore County highway 

Four people killed in Moore County crash

Wednesday is a WRAL Weather Alert Day due to the poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires, but rain moving into the area could help.



WRAL Weather Alert Day: Rain moving into Triangle could improve air quality 

Futurecast Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Gov. Roy Cooper is expected to sign the bill. Mobile betting in North Carolina could begin as soon as Jan. 8.

Online sports betting in NC could start as soon as January after House's approval

NC State tops UNC 30-27 in double-overtime finish

Denny Dalton is facing criminal charges for alleged sex crimes with students.

Erwin high school teacher facing sex charges for alleged crimes with students

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

WRAL WeatherCenter Forecast

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings are held at 3 p.m. daily. They can be seen as live or on-demand video.

Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 Drawing

The bill would allow betting on professional, college and other sports on phones or other electronic devices.

NC lawmakers take final vote to legalize online sports gambling

Kilauea, the second largest volcano in Hawaii, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, U.S. Geological Survey officials said.

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, is erupting

The New York City skyline is barely visible. 

Hazy sky in New York City

Videos

N.C. Lacrosse Coaches Association has announced its boys' lacrosse all-state team

N.C. Lacrosse Coaches Association releases boys' lacrosse all-state team

Boys Lacrosse: Charlotte Catholic vs. Hough (May 9, 2023)

N.C. Lacrosse Coaches Association has announced its girls' lacrosse all-state team

N.C. Lacrosse Coaches Association releases girls' lacrosse all-state team

Girls Lacrosse: Wake Forest vs. Broughton (Apr. 13, 2023)

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV GOlf League have agreed to unify.

'I thought it was a joke': Golfers, golf fans react to PGA Tour's merger with LIV

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The N.C. Soccer Coaches Association announced that HighSchoolOT managing editor Nick Stevens has been named the organization's Media Representative of the Year for the 2022-2023 school year.

HighSchoolOT managing editor Nick Stevens named soccer media representative of the year

HighSchoolOT Honors Award Show

The board considered two other names -- Paramount Parkway HS and Parkside HS -- but went with the more obvious one. Of Wake County's municipalities, only a few have no high school bearing its name, Morrisville included.