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MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Interstate 40 in Wake County has reopened following a five-vehicle crash Monday morning, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said. According to NCDOT, the crash happened on I-40 East past Exit 285 just after 8:30 a.m. near Raleigh-Durham International Airport. Just before 10:30 a.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After being in place for more than three months, water restrictions in Raleigh will be lifted next week, city officials said. The City of Raleigh implemented Stage 1 water restrictions on April 20 after the supply at Falls Lake, the city’s primary drinking source, dropped to 84% amid drought cond

CLAYTON, N.C. — A driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries after crashing a vehicle into a medical office building in Clayton Wednesday afternoon. The Clayton Fire Department responded just before 1 p.m. to a report of a vehicle that struck the North Carolina Heart & Vascular building at 2076 Veterans Parkway, Sui

North Carolina’s severe thunderstorm watch stretched into the early hours of Wednesday, running until 1 a.m. and putting Raleigh, Durham and a wide swath of central North Carolina on alert for lightning, gusty winds and sudden downpours. The watch has now expired, but the safety takeaways from a noisy night are worth k

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - State health officials have launched a new tracking dashboard as North Carolina cyclosporiasis cases top 700. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has recorded 718 cases since May 1, including 157 in the past week alone. Wake County has the highest total in...

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Heavy rain turned a routine summer night into a serious flood risk across the Raleigh-area Piedmont, with a flash flood warning blanketing five counties overnight into early Wednesday. The concern was not remote creeks in the woods but the places people use every day, including small streams, city streets, highways, un

Starting Sept. 1, City of Raleigh customers who pay utility bills with credit cards, debit cards or many popular digital wallets will see something extra on their statements: a new 3% processing charge. The move lands right as the city’s latest budget kicks in, a spending plan that already nudges property taxes and uti

Raleigh is set to lift its water restriction on Monday after experiencing significant rainfall this month, the city of Raleigh said Wednesday. Why it matters: Water restrictions have been in place since April , after much of the state went into severe drought to start the year . Driving the news: July's rainfall has ta

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Communities pulled together Wednesday as they cleaned up following severe storms that caused widespread damage, knocked out power, and claimed a man’s life. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the Ferguson home on the 51-hundred block of Barton’s Enclave Lane...