Updates From Veteran’s Affairs: VA Hits Seven-Year High in Housing Homeless Veterans
Durham, N.C. — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced this week that it has permanently housed 51,936 homeless veterans across the country in Fiscal Year 2025, marking the largest number of veterans housed in a single year since 2019. This national milestone had a significant impact here in North Carolina....
As measles case confirmed at RDU, doctor says best defense is vaccine
The recent confirmation of a measles exposure at Raleigh-Durham International Airport has people talking about holiday travel and staying healthy. The disease can be deadly and has already impacted communities across the country this year. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a case of...
GOP leaders to hungry North Carolina kids: ‘Bah, humbug!’
As hunger surges in North Carolina, GOP-backed cuts to SNAP and food bank funding are stripping food aid from kids and families while billionaire wealth soars.
Cape Crooners spread holiday joy hall to hall at local nursing home
NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — The Cape Crooners pass hall to hall around Trinity Grove nursing home to spread a little bit of Christmas cheer to the resident seniors. Jim Bader is the tenor for the quartet. “I like seeing the reactions on the seniors and so I like...
Friends Notice An Odd Box In North Carolina Park, Then Realize Something’s Alive Inside
Two friends were walking through Wooten Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, when they noticed something strange in the parking lot: a clear plastic box sealed tightly with a lid. At first, it looked like an ordinary container, but something about it felt out of place, as if that box was hiding a secret that needed to be...
NCCU issued clean financial audit by State Auditor for first time in 3 years
This is the first clean audit the university has had since fiscal year 2022.
Holiday Lights Spectacular: Raleigh neighborhood transforms into winter wonderland for a good cause
Thousands of lights, towering inflatables, and festive displays now cover nearly every home along Winter Song Road in Raleigh's Bedford at Falls River neighborhood, turning the street into a holiday destination for families across the Triangle.
Suspect extradited from Missouri for ‘jackpotting’ ATMs in northcentral Pa.
Mifflinburg, Pa. — A 42-year-old man accused of "jackpotting" and stealing more than $100,000 from ATMs in north central Pa. was extradited and arraigned Tuesday in Union County. Antoni Jesus Garcia-Cordoba, of Raleigh, NC was extradited from Boone County in Missouri and was arraigned on Dec. 16 in front of District...
Raleigh man facing felony charge in crash that killed 76-year-old pedestrian
A Raleigh man faces multiple charges after he allegedly fatally struck a woman this month while driving impaired. Michael Kenneth Bielinski, 71, is charged with felony death by motor vehicle, driving while impaired and failure to maintain lane control in the Dec. 1 crash, court records show. After originally being...
Measles outbreak reaches North Carolina with 1st confirmed case
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The measles outbreak has now moved into North Carolina. Health officials confirmed a passenger with the virus traveled through Raleigh airport on Dec. 10, but the largest outbreak remains in South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 138 confirmed cases in South...
