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1+ week, 5+ day ago (432+ words) Let's do a little time travel." Go back to a cold morning. (It could even be when you woke up this Tuesday morning.) Do you recall smelling your neighbor's fireplace? Maybe you heard a train and thought, "I didn't know we lived by train tracks?!" You can blame temperature inversions in the lowest layers of the atmosphere for activating your senses." A temperature inversion refers to when air just above the surface is warmer than the ground level. You'll often find this on calm, clear and cold mornings in the fall, winter and spring." The clear sky is like a bed without a blanket, so all of the day's warmth can escape back up into space. This leads to quicker and more emphatic cooling at ground level." Meanwhile, above the surface, your temperatures can be several degrees higher." In my…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago (408+ words) Billed as a celebration and introduction of the holiday season, the parade features Triangle-area schools, bands, entertainers and of course, Santa Claus! All the pageantry makes for one of the largest Christmas parades in the southeast. More than 80,000 visitors come downtown for the parade. Why is the Raleigh Christmas Parade held before December? The parade is traditionally held the weekend before Thanksgiving to kick off the holiday shopping season. It's been on Saturday since 1971. The route'encompasses much of downtown and passes by the State Capitol building and the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts before ending at the Raleigh Convention Center and Red Hat Amphitheater. If you want to attend, it's a good idea to get there early! Some arrive as early as 7 a.m. If you can get to the start of the parade early'on Hillsborough Street at the intersection…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago (352+ words) Michelle Mackonochie will join the WRAL-TV evening news anchor team after the start of the new year." Mackonochie " familiar to WRAL viewers after five years as part of the morning news team " will anchor the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts with Dan Haggerty, and the 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Gerald Owens." "There's something truly special about seeing the right person for a role come from within your own newsroom," said Heather Gray, VP and General Manager of WRAL and FOX50. "Michelle's professionalism, warmth and commitment to journalistic excellence represent the very best of WRAL," Gray said. "We're thrilled to see her continue to grow her career right here at home." Starting Jan. 5, 2026, Mackonochie will join a lineup that brings together some of WRAL's most experienced and well-known journalists." Mackonochie says she's looking forward to this next chapter in her WRAL career." "I'm so grateful for…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (182+ words) The annual WRAL Tower Lighting will be held Dec. 3, outside the Western Boulevard studio in Raleigh. It will feature a live, half-hour special of music and holiday cheer across central North Carolina, with towers lit in Raleigh, Durham and Rocky Mount. This year marks the 67th annual lighting of the WRAL-TV tower in Raleigh, a tradition that has grown to include celebrations with towers at American Tobacco Campus in Durham and Rocky Mount Mills. You can see the WRAL Tower Lighting Special live on TV and everywhere you stream WRAL. The tower lighting tradition began in 1959, with Capitol Broadcasting founder A.J. Fletcher reading "A Christmas Carol" to viewers before the tower was lit. Over time, the original tradition was embellished with new ones, including musical performances, aerial video from Sky 5, manufactured snow to set the mood and streaming video to the web…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (165+ words) Imagine returning a rental car in perfect condition, then getting hit with a bill for thousands in damages you didn't cause. Tonight at 6 p.m. on WRAL News, 5 On Your Side's Keely Arthur explains how she helped one North Carolina man fight back. On WRAL at 6 p.m.: Be aware of false charges from car rental companies ahead of holidays Imagine returning a rental car in perfect condition, then getting hit with a bill for thousands in damages you didn't cause. Tonight at 6 p.m. on WRAL News, 5 On Your Side's Keely Arthur explains how she helped one North Carolina man fight back. Evening Pick 3 Pick 4 and Cash 5 Holly Springs police provide update on DWI crash that killed 14-year-old cyclist Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 Drawing State auditor discusses 'logistical nightmare' created by North Carolina's hurricane relief program Dave Doeren looks ahead to Florida State game Belichick…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (383+ words) Through a public records request, WRAL Investigates got the data from the North Carolina Department of Transportation on which intersections in Durham County have the most crashes. Here is the data provided by the NCDOT, for state-maintained roads with the most crashes between Jan. 1 and July 31. The agency counts crashes that are within 150 feet of the intersection: 1. Interstate 40 and North Carolina Highway 55, with 28 crashes 2. I-85 and Avondale Drive, with 25 crashes 3. I-85 and Roxboro Street, with 23 crashes 4. NC 54 and NC 55, with 23 crashes" 5. I-85 and Guess Road, with 21 crashes 6. I-40 and Page Road, with 19 crashes" 7. I-40 and Fayetteville Road, with 19 crashes" 8. I-885 and Holloway Street, with 17 crashes 9. NC 54 and Fayetteville Road, with 17 crashes 10a. I-85 and Hillandale Road, with 16 crashes 10b. NC 147 and Alston Avenue, also with 16 crashes 10c. I-40 and NC 45, also with 16 crashes While the intersections geographically span the county, numbers two and three are right next to each other. WRAL…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (182+ words) Back in May, our WRAL Severe Weather Team released our forecast for a "near-average" hurricane season for 2025. At the time, we pointed to a mix of sea-surface temperature patterns and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) conditions in the equatorial Pacific as the key drivers. (You can see the original forecast here.) We called for 13-15 named storms, 6-8 hurricanes'and 2-3 major hurricanes. So how close did we get?'Pretty close. Overall, the totals landed in the near-normal category. While the Atlantic hurricane season runs through Nov. 30, November is typically the least active month due to increasing wind shear. What really made the 2025 season stand out was how few storms impacted land. Here in North Carolina, Chantal brought flooding and the Caribbean endured major effects from Melissa. But thanks largely to a series of timely dips in the jet stream, most storms curved out…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (100+ words) Bob Caudle, former WRAL weatherman and legendary professional wrestling announcer, has died. He worked at WRAL in the 1960s, where NWA Atlantic Coast Wrestling was taped every week. Former WRAL weatherman and professional wrestling announcer Bob Caudle dies at 95 Bob Caudle, former WRAL weatherman and legendary professional wrestling announcer, has died. He worked at WRAL in the 1960s, where NWA Atlantic Coast Wrestling was taped every week. Evening Pick 3 Pick 4 and Cash 5 Daytime Pick 3 and Pick 4 Drawing Football Friday: Playoffs Round 3 Wilmington building catches fire NC State university leaders discuss possible tuition increases...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (323+ words) Eliza Jacobs, the senior director of product policy at Roblox, spoke with WRAL anchor Ashley Rowe about the platform's safety features and what major change the gaming app is planning to launch." Read WRAL Investigates' story about Roblox Rowe:Now, of course, children will lie and they will change their birthday. So how do you handle that? Rowe: Empowering artificial intelligence to help make sure that kids are the age that they say they are, and adults are the age that they say they are if they're engaging with this platform. I'm curious, do you have children or nieces or nephews that play Roblox? Jacobs: Yes, yes I do. I have a six year old daughter and then lots of kids in my life. And, you know, at her elementary school, I get stopped on the street when I wear…...