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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...
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 […]
Creative Wellness Community Day features live music, African dance & more
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Arts For EveryBody, a nationwide initiative to bring together artists, civic leaders and community health providers to foster healthier communities, held its “Creative Wellness Community Day” in Winston-Salem on July 27. Winston-Salem and Forsyth County is 1 of 18 communities across the United States...
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...
Vault Visit | Carolina Classic Fair canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
GREENSBORO, N.C. — This year... WFMY News 2 turns 75! So to celebrate... We're opening the WFMY News 2 vault. Winston-Salem city officials announced they were canceling that year's Carolina Classic Fair. They said chances of holding a fair under Phase 2 restrictions wouldn't be realistic. Ben Rowe with...
Police investigation underway on Haig Street in Greensboro
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Police responded to the scene of an incident on Haig Street in Greensboro on Sunday night. WFMY News 2 had a crew there who saw multiple law enforcement vehicles, a CSI van, and crime scene tape blocking off an area. Guilford County Emergency Services confirmed that...
Randolph County Schools suspends teacher accused of indecent liberties
RANDLEMAN, N.C. (WGHP) — A woman who was charged with indecent liberties by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has been suspended from her teaching job. On July 1, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office got a report of sexual allegations and began investigating. Following an investigation, detectives charged 39-year-old Britney Marie Vernon with three counts of […]
2 charged with neglect after children were left alone, 1 hit by car in High Point
HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — The High Point Police Department charged two women with two counts of neglect each after an allegedly unsupervised child was hit by a car Saturday. According to court documents, Monae Antoinette Jeffcoat, 30, of Winston-Salem and Erika Shevonne Hunt, 36, of High Point were each charged with two counts of […]
The Disappearance of Marissa Carmichael
25-year-old Marissa Carmichael was last seen in Greensboro, North Carolina on January 14, 2024. She disappeared after making a distressed call to 911, saying that someone took her cellphone and left her stranded at a gas station. Background. Marissa Carmichael is a resident of High Point, North Carolina, approximately twenty-five...
NCDOT ready to get ball rolling on project to widen NC 150 in Mooresville before 2025
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Plans to widen a pesky stretch of North Carolina 150 in the Lake Norman area have moved up sooner than expected with state officials saying a contractor could be hired for the project as soon as October. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) currently estimates...
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