Category Archives: Triangle/Local
Find zen in your garden with zinnias
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerMy mother-in-law, Jean Reeves, was smart, hard-working, industrious, caring and pretty. She loved gardening, and taught her equally pretty daughters about vegetables...
Aug 24, 2025
Find zen in your garden with zinnias
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener My mother-in-law, Jean Reeves, was smart, hard-working, industrious, caring and pretty. She loved gardening, and taught her equally pretty daughters about vegetable...
Aug 24, 2025
Hurricane Erin still stirring up dangerous waves while it moves away from the East Coast
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated PressRODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Erin kicked up big waves Thursday along the mid-Atlantic coast and began a slow march out to sea after pelti...
Aug 21, 2025
Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping closer to the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing wav...
Aug 20, 2025
Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated PressRODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - From Florida to New England, people trying to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer along the coast were met with rip current warning...
Aug 20, 2025
Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - From Florida to New England, people trying to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer along the coast were met with rip current warnin...
Aug 20, 2025
Hurricane Erin’s massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina’s Outer Banks
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated PressThere’s a popular T-shirt on Hatteras Island along the North Carolina Outer Banks that says: "One road on. One road off (sometimes)" - poking fun at ...
Aug 19, 2025
Moonflowers offer nighttime beauty in North Carolina gardens
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener I must say from the outset that Melissa and I have never gotten around to planting a night-blooming anything. I have had to do some research on this little number. ...
Aug 19, 2025
‘Naked lady’ spider lilies bring surprise blooms
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerEvery regular co-host on the WPTF Weekend Gardener has discussed with delight, at one time or another, the attributes of the "naked lady" spider lily or Lycoris radi...
Aug 17, 2025
'Naked lady' spider lilies bring surprise blooms
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener Every regular co-host on the WPTF Weekend Gardener has discussed with delight, at one time or another, the attributes of the "naked lady" spider lily or Lycoris rad...
Aug 17, 2025