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Watchdog report critical of NC school lunch junk fees
WRAL 5 On Your Side looks into hidden fees in your child's school lunch payments. The cost of school lunch can depend on how you pay. At least 19 school districts in central North Carolina use some sort of school lunch payment processor that charges a fee. Fees for adding...
D.G. Martin: Take steps to help favorite candidates succeed
Have you decided how you are going to vote in the upcoming election? Even if you have decided between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, there is more to do before you can do your duty on Election Day. There are more offices that will need your vote: secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner, insurance commissioner, state senator, state representative,...
Bentonville Battlefield receives $100,000 restoration grant
The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources has been awarded a $100,000 Battlefield Restoration grant from the National Park Service to produce a cultural landscape report to guide the restoration of key portions of the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site in Johnston County. “At historic sites, we often ask ourselves to consider what the land witnessed. This generous grant from the National Park Service will help us to more deeply understand and share the story of this incredibly significant battlefield as more than...
Armyworms ravage lawns in North Carolina, experts advise quick action
INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. (WBTV) - Homeowners across the region are battling a destructive insect infestation - armyworms. These green worms, in their larval stage, can devour lawns in a matter of days. Heather King, a resident of the Crismark community in Indian Trail, discovered the brown patches characteristic of armyworm...
New Jennette’s Pier lighting helps protect wildlife
Along coastal Carolina’s beach towns, parks and residential areas, there’s a building movement to reduce artificial lighting that negatively impacts wildlife. The North Carolina Aquariums are proud to be joining an ever-growing movement of migration to Wildlife Friendly Lighting, which often shine an amber hue. In Nags Head,...
Don’t Leaf Trash Behind: Join The NCDOT Fall Sweep In Sept.
Raleigh, NC – As the leaves begin to turn, the N.C. Department of Transportation is excited to announce its Fall Litter Sweep from Sept. 14-28. This biannual event invites residents to roll up their sleeves and help clear roadside litter, keeping North Carolina’s roadsides beautiful. The Fall Litter...
Volunteers hitting ground running ahead of North Carolina elections
With the Democratic National Convention underway and former President Donald Trump in North Carolina, it's clear the state is in play.In 2020, Trump only won by about 74,000 votes over Joe Biden in North Carolina. And in 2024, that margin could be even narrower and could come down to every door knocked.Between now and November, if you live in Cary, Mona Singh may be knocking on your door."When it's for such a big important thing like our democracy nothing else comes close to it," Singh says. She volunteers for the Wake County Democrats every day.For the first time since the...
Rural North Carolina hospitals say recruiting surgeons is key to long-term success
Rural hospitals across the country often struggle to recruit doctors. Recruiting surgeons is even tougher. In southeastern North Carolina, the hospitals in Scotland and Robeson counties are investing in surgical programs that health care experts say are vital to the survival of rural hospitals. Scotland Health in Laurinburg built new...
Robinson unveils public safety plan in race for North Carolina governor
STATESVILLE — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson announced on Wednesday a public safety plan should he be elected billed as focusing on building up police, fighting violence and drugs and keeping criminals behind bars. Robinson's campaign said 30 sheriffs stood with the lieutenant governor at a Statesville news conference as he unveiled his proposal. “We stand behind law enforcement and law and order in this state,” Robinson said,...
Racial Justice Act case in Johnston County could affect every NC prisoner on death row
A Superior Court judge is now considering a case that could impact every person sitting on death row in North Carolina.Hassan Bacote's team of lawyers are challenging his death sentence. He's a Black man who was sentenced to death in Johnston County by a majority-white jury in 2009.That same year, the Racial Justice Act was passed. The law allows capital defendants to challenge their death sentence on the basis that race played a significant factor in decisions to seek or impose the death penalty.Fifteen years later, the court is now looking at whether race played a role in Bacote being...
Gov. Cooper to be one of last speakers before Harris accepts presidential nomination at DNC
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is set to be one of the final speakers before Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night, according to the Associated Press.
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