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25 in ’25: BJ’s announces newest location for the Garden State
BJ's Wholesale Club has announced two new store locations and one is in New Jersey. The new spot will be the Garden State's 25th location of the membership-only warehouse club. The announcement also includes the 10th BJ's location for North Carolina. “We are excited to deliver the unbeatable value our...
Red Springs woman charged in deadly shooting of Shannon man in Robeson County, deputies say
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — A Red Springs woman was arrested Wednesday night, hours after Robeson County deputies say she shot a man in the early morning hours. Heather Lynn Talley, 37, is being held at the Robeson County Detention Center on a secure bond, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of 21-year-old Nicholas […]
Space X rocket lights up ENC skies
ROBERSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Early Thursday morning, Eastern North Carolina skies were illuminated by a celestial event. At approximately 5 a.m., Deborah Rogerson witnessed a bright light streaking across the sky from her workplace in Robersonville. “My initial thought was, what in the world is that?” Rogerson said. She quickly captured the moment on her phone.
National conference convenes education leaders around ‘future-focused schools’
Hundreds of education leaders from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., last week for Successful Practices Network’s (SPN) 2024 Future-Focused Schools Conference. The three-day conference discussed a shifting education landscape, changing student and employer needs, and successful strategies being implemented across the nation — including in North Carolina....
9 stores pay fines for overcharging customers, officials say
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Standards Division collected fines from nine different stores in several counties for price scanning errors. (Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines) The stores that the NCDOA is collecting fines from are in Alamance, Forsyth, Hertford, Mecklenburg,...
Red, white, and brown? Lawn tips for a hot and dry July Fourth
How droughts are changing lawncare and soil guidance, products. More than half of North Carolina, including Wake County, is currently under moderate drought conditions. Crops are cooking and lawns across the state are browning, as July Fourth backyard barbeques get underway. Grady Miller, a turfgrass management specialist and professor at...
North Carolina's Latino population is growing — but not its recent voter turnout
WAKE COUNTY, N.C. — When Josahandy Avila thinks about the 2024 presidential election, the word “excitement” does not come to mind. As a first-generation Mexican American, her family is directly affected by state and federal immigration laws, and she’s concerned about reproductive rights. But at the presidential level, she’s still undecided — she is leaning toward President Joe Biden but is potentially open to a third-party ticket.
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