Raleigh NC

NORTH CAROLINA — A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for southeastern Wake County and Johnston County in central North Carolina until 10:30 p.m. EDT, as a severe thunderstorm was located near Zebulon, roughly 16 miles east of Raleigh, at 9:46 p.m. and moving south at 30 mph. Radar indicates the storm is capab

Volunteering with animals has a funny way of making a few hours disappear. You arrive expecting to help with one small task, and before long you are invested in whether a nervous dog finally relaxes or whether a recovering animal gets through another good day. Across North Carolina, volunteer programs...

Crews have started widening a 1.5-mile stretch of Covered Bridge Road in Archer Lodge, kicking off a two-year construction project that will bring daily lane closures, brief traffic stoppages, and occasional overnight and weekend work to one of the town's busiest corridors. The $12.3 million project stretches from west

CARY, N.C. (WNCN) — Wake County public schools continues to battle with air conditioning outages, leaving students in hot classrooms during record highs this week. Parents this week have voiced concerns about classrooms reaching temperatures in the 80s because HVAC units broke down. The district is allowing students to

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The vibrant atmosphere of the 17th Annual African American Cultural Festival will fill downtown Raleigh over the Labor Day weekend. Celebrating its rich cultural heritage, the festival this weekend is set to attract an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 attendees over two days of community, music, art, a

A hail of gunfire tore into a home and two parked vehicles in Northeast Raleigh late Thursday night, sending nearly 20 shell casings scattering across the road near Beacon Crest Way while the people inside the house escaped injury. At least three male suspects fired from a distance and fled on foot before officers coul

New apartments built in Raleigh have gotten smaller over the past decade, even as renters are paying hundreds of dollars more each month to live in them. Raleigh's average new apartment size fell by 21 square feet since 2016, landing at 930 square feet, while the average apartment rent in the city climbed to $1,683 a m

VARINA, NC — A school bus driver was cited after a Wednesday morning crash sent the bus into J&S New York Pizza at Varina Station. Town officials said the bus first hit a box truck before slamming into the restaurant around 7:30 a.m. Three people were injured in the...

It’s time to stop ditching the leaves at the curb. Raleigh will start weekly yard waste pick-up after the city ended its complaint-prone loose-leaf pick-up program. The lime green yard waste bins will be picked up weekly starting on Monday, Sept. 8. A homeowner’s collection day will remain the same. This change coincid

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Thirty years ago this Saturday, Hurricane Fran roared ashore and began a destructive journey that would change the landscape of North Carolina from the coast to the capital in Raleigh and beyond. Fran made landfall around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 1996, just three days...