Category Archives: Triangle/Local
What is a polar vortex? US gets a taste of the Arctic this week
The term "polar vortex" usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region. It is a normal pattern that is stronger in the winter and keeps some of the coldest weat...
Feb 17, 2025
Amazon workers in Garner vote against joining union
By HALELUYA HADERO and MATT O'BRIEN AP Business Writers GARNER, N.C. (AP) - Workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina rejected a proposal to unionize, becoming the latest group of the company's...
Feb 15, 2025
A Vermont border agent's death was the latest violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group
By HOLLY RAMER, PATRICK WHITTLE and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties. Tena...
Feb 15, 2025
North Carolina sheriff to seek state Senate seat now held by powerful Phil Berger
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The longtime sheriff in North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger's home county said Thursday he plans to run for Berger's seat next year. Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, who c...
Feb 14, 2025
Volunteers deliver gifts to widows on Valentine's Day. The project began in a florist's driveway
By ERIK VERDUZCO Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Jillian Myers knows the devastation of losing a husband and feeling alone and empty, particularly on Valentine's Day. Her husband, Jason Myers,...
Feb 14, 2025
Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg and declares, 'Bragg is back!'
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base in North Carolina back to Fort Bragg a...
Feb 11, 2025
Flu season in the US is the most intense it's been in at least 15 years
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of d...
Feb 07, 2025
UNC and Duke Health will build North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Two North Carolina-based university health systems plan to construct the state's first standalone children's hospital - an undertaking that its boosters said will change lives phy...
Jan 28, 2025
Democrats and voting groups say a bid to toss out North Carolina ballots is an attack on democracy
BY GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Copland Rudolph cast a ballot in the November election, just as she has for years, with her vote counting on a long list of North Carolina co...
Jan 26, 2025
Raleigh Police identify injured officer as First Class Officer M.A. Gillick
RALEIGH (WPTF) - The Raleigh Police Department has identified the officer injured in the line of duty as First Class Officer M.A. Gillick. According to an official statement, Officer Gillick remains i...
Jan 23, 2025