Episodes
Jan. 9, 2024
WRAL Weather Alert Day: Power outages, damaging winds, heavy rain in the forecast for Jan 9
A WRAL Weather Alert Day has been issued as our team of meteorologists is forecasting a storm to move through with heavy rain, damaging winds, and possible power outages. WRAL's Kat Campbell joins Ali Ingersoll to discuss the...
Jan. 8, 2024
NC schools grapple with new parents’ law
North Carolina schools are grappling with how to comply with a controversial new law designed to expand information available to parents of public school students. It includes provisions that opponents say will out transgende...
Jan. 5, 2024
A precious resource in energy-independence could be mined in North Carolina
The demand for lithium is surging. It's the metal used to make everything from phones, to electric cars to pharmeceuticals. Now a Charlotte-based company is looking to extract it in our state. WRAL Climate Change Reporter Liz...
Jan. 4, 2024
Flu is on the rise in North Carolina
Hundreds across the Triangle are sick with a rise in COVID-19, RSV and the Flu. North Carolina hospitals have already put stronger visitor restrictions in place. WRAL Health Reporter Grace Hayba explains the impact New Year's...
Jan. 3, 2024
Six-year-old killed in Cary and local man arrested
Chelsea Donovan lays out details of the sad story of a six year old girl being hit and killed by a driver police say was speeding down Walnut Street in Cary.
Jan. 1, 2024
Is NC Gov. Roy Cooper keeping campaign promises?
The new year brings a new edition of the WRAL Promise Tracker — our annual progress report for Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. WRAL State Government Reporter Travis Fain offers updates on whether Cooper is making good on them hea...
Dec. 29, 2023
What's ahead for NC politics in 2024
NC Capitol reporter Travis Fain looks ahead to the 2024 election cycle in North Carolina. He discusses top races, how the state could change from recent redistricting, and how the Presidential election could impact voter turn...
Dec. 28, 2023
2024: Another hot year in the forecast for North Carolina
2023 brought its share of wild weather--a busy hurricane season in an unusual weather pattern, near-record heat and a tornado in December. WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell talks about what was behind this year's trends and wal...
Dec. 27, 2023
An interesting year: 2023 in NC Politics
NC Capitol reporter Travis Fain takes a look back at the most impactful--and most intriguing--events in North Carolina politics in 2023.
Dec. 26, 2023
The power of play in the workplace
If you love what you do for a living, it doesn’t feel like a job. Right? Well, this isn’t always the case. As we get older, and become more set in our ways, it’s easy to forget that much of our creative thinking processes gre...
Dec. 25, 2023
Top PolitiFact NC fact-checks of 2023
Man-made tornadoes, beached sharks, Mount Rushmore and North Carolina legislators all have one thing in common: They were subjects of some of our most popular PolitiFact fact-checks of 2023. WRAL PolitiFact North Carolina rep...
Dec. 22, 2023
Woman feeds people on Christmas in downtown Raleigh for the 20th year
Mary Brown has an army behind her, an army of volunteers and people who donate their time and food to feed people in downtown Raleigh on Christmas day at City Market. She fills in the gaps when many organizations that help pe...
Dec. 21, 2023
Raleigh’s lost castle that once housed Meredith College
Downtown Raleigh is full of parking lots – but you never know when a plain-looking parking lot is hiding some amazing history. Did you know that there once was a castle on the former campus of Meredith College? In today’s epi...
Dec. 20, 2023
Damaged windshields; who is responsible?
There’s a good chance it has happened to you. You’re driving down the highway and something flies off a truck and hits your windshield cracking it. Windshield repair companies say business is booming. As our population grows,...
Dec. 19, 2023
Amanda Lamb's next chapter
It's rare in the television news business for a station to be able to tap into the expertise of a reporter who has cultivated sources and instrinsic knowledge of a community for nearly thirty years. Amanda Lamb is just that r...
Dec. 18, 2023
How ‘high-dosage’ tutoring is reversing learning loss in NC
Individual and small-group tutoring sessions are helping North Carolina students catch up after falling behind during the Covid-19 pandemic. But the federal funding that pays for the tutoring is nearly gone, and it won’t be c...
Dec. 15, 2023
Oakwood 24: A 24-hour walk/run to raise money for people in recovery from addiction
For Jon Frey, recovery from his alcohol and drug addiction six years ago involved more than just a program, it involved a committment to overall health, a committment to fitness. Frey credits Healing Transitions, a program fo...
Dec. 14, 2023
Taxes in Wake County are expected to go way up after a recent property evlauation
For the past year, assessors have been evaluating 450,000 residental and commercial properties in Wake County to prepare for new property taxes in early 2024. The last evaluation in 2020 resulted in a 20% hike in taxes. They ...
Dec. 13, 2023
Ira David Wood III is finishing his 50-year run in a timeless Triangle tradition, "A Christmas Carol"
Tonight, "A Christmas Carol" begins its 50-year at performance at DPAC in Durham. This will be Ira David Wood III's last show after creating it and playing Scrooge since he was 27. His son will be taking over the role. My gue...
Dec. 12, 2023
A tornado touches down in Garner leaving destruction in its wake
An EF-1 tornado with winds as high as 110 miles per hour touched down in Garner Sunday. It hit just seconds after the warning was issued. Amazingly, no one was injured, but the tornado damaged homes, cars, and uprooted trees....
Dec. 11, 2023
Big-money NC education contracts raise vetting questions
Lawmakers recently set aside millions of dollars for a pair of education projects that are raising some eyebrows. The companies receiving the money didn’t compete for the contracts, and the state agency that has to implement ...
Dec. 8, 2023
UNLV shooter has ties to North Carolina
Three people were shot and killed at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The gunman was killed in a shootout with police. Witnesses have identified the as a former professor with ties to North Carolina. He was a tenured pr...
Dec. 7, 2023
Child in Wake Forest poisoned with lead from a popular snack
Imagine your child is sick and you don't know what's wrong. Then a routine blood test at the doctor's office reveals she has lead poisoning. A Wake Forest couple recently experienced this nightmare. After testing everything i...
Dec. 6, 2023
Wake County School Board hears from parents who are concerned about safety after student is fatally stabbed
Tuesday night was the first Wake County School Board meeting since a 14-year-old student was stabbed to death at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School last week. Several people related to the students involved say that the sch...