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The 828 forecast for the upcoming week
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — A week of rainfall has sparked an improvement in Western North Carolina’s drought conditions. According to the National Weather Service, the rain total for the month in Asheville was 8.99 inches (through Sunday morning) and 11.15 inches since June 1, bringing the total for the year to 34.92.
North Carolina Rip Current Alert: High Risk Zones Updated for Sunday
Newport, NC – A heightened rip current threat has been issued for North Carolina’s coastline from Ocracoke northward on Sunday. The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has coordinated with local officials and lifeguards to upgrade the risk levels, warning beachgoers to exercise extreme caution. According to the...
'A Lumbee boy from Prospect': How Republican Jarrod Lowery ended up on the national stage
When Jarrod Lowery was a kid, he never could have imagined someone from the Robeson County community of Prospect — a town with fewer than 1,000 people — speaking at the Republican National Convention. Robeson, which is just south of Fayetteville and east of Pinehurst, was a Democratic...
WCC’s Practical Nursing class pinned at ceremony
GOLDSBORO — Wayne Community College’s Practical Nursing class of 2024 was honored at a pinning ceremony, marking their transition from students to nurses as they successfully completed their program. The pins the graduates received were designed by some of the first graduates of WCC’s Practical Nursing program. Students...
Wayne County wins its first ever state championship
CHERRYVILLE — There were over 90 teams in North Carolina who participated in the 2024 American Legion Baseball season, but only one team came away with the state championship and that was Wayne County Post 11 thanks to their defeat of Wilmington Post 10 by a score of 7-2 on July 24. The state championship win was the first in the over 60-year history of the Post 11 baseball program, and head coach Adam Pate said that the win was due, not only to the...
18 swim sites in eastern North Carolina fail water quality standard tests
WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) — More than a dozen swim sites across eastern North Carolina have failed Swim Guide tests this week after recent periods of heavy rains. Sites that failed to meet the water quality standards include: “This is a direct result of the enormous amount of rain we’ve had over the last week or […]
Thousands of customers were without power in Knightdale
Thousands of people were without power Sunday morning near Knightdale in Wake County.According to the Duke Energy outage map, over 6000 customers were without power at one point.By 11:30 a.m., the number went down to 150.The cause of the outage and the circumstances surrounding the incident have not been released.
Greene County intersection to switch to all-way stop this week
GREENE COUNTY, NC — The intersection of 4th Street and Greene Street in Snow Hill will become an all-way stop later this week. The NC Department of Transportation has decided to make changes to the traffic pattern at this intersection starting on Tuesday, July 30. Crews will begin installing...
Fayetteville's soon-to-come NC History Center collects real stories. Here are two.
As preparations are underway for the construction of Fayetteville's NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction, historians are already at work collecting stories about North Carolina's involvement in the Civil War for one of its collections. The collection aims to tell the story of the state's participation in the war...
Investigators seeking clues in shooting outside Greene County business
MAURY, N.C. (WNCT) – A man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in a shooting incident in Maury Thursday night. Greene County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Maury Supply around 8:20pm Thursday night after a man received a “superficial” gunshot wound to the leg, according to a news release. Investigators said the victim, who […]
Teen hospitalized after near-drowning at Raleigh pool
RALEIGH, N.C. — A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized Sunday after nearly drowning at a pool in Raleigh. According to authorities, officers responded to a reported drowning around 5:23 p.m. at a pool on Schaub Drive. Residents at the apartment complex near the pool saw several people crying at the...
Local Pfizer plant to lay off 60 employees
The Rocky Mount Pfizer plant is laying off 60 employees. N.C. Commerce Department spokesman David Rhoades on Friday provided to the Telegram a copy of a federal WARN Act letter from the pharmaceutical giant. The letter, which was dated Wednesday, stated the company’s intentions to terminate a total of 210 employees at two plants in North Carolina. The Rocky Mount plant and a plant in the Sanford area in Lee...
Pay-What-You-Can Meals on Wheels
Since 2018, Raleigh nonprofit A Place at the Table has provided pay-what-you-wish meal service out of its brick-and-mortar location off West Hargett Street. Starting this October, Table will take to the road with The Travelin’ Table food truck. Organization founder Maggie Kane hopes that a food truck is the...
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