Category Archives: Triangle/Local
Ironweed: The resilient perennial transforming North Carolina landscapes
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener We all want resilient plants for our landscape. Frankly we want something that is cost effective. A plant which fulfills that description and expectation is "Ironwe...
Oct 12, 2025
North Carolina state House member charged with sex crimes
HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina state House member has been charged with sex-related crimes involving a teenager earlier this year, court records show.Six-term Democratic state Rep. Cecil Bro...
Oct 9, 2025
Duke researchers receive $15M federal grant to expand AI model designed to predict mental illness
By WILLIAM GIM The Chronicle DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A team at Duke University has secured a $15 million federal grant to expand an artificial intelligence model designed to predict mental illne...
Oct 8, 2025
Battleship North Carolina to honor U.S. Navy and Marine Corps anniversaries
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WPTF) - As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, the Battleship North Carolina is inviting Americans to participate in a significant a...
Oct 7, 2025
Witchy native shrub brings spring bottlebrush blooms and fiery fall color
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener If you have ever wanted to grow your own bottle brushes, then you have come to the right place. The Fothergilla latifolia or F. major or the Dwarf Fothergilla (gard...
Oct 5, 2025
North Carolina governor signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state's Republican-controlled leg...
Oct 3, 2025
Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda
By DNICA COTO Associated PressSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Trop...
Sep 29, 2025
Tropical Storm Imelda forms near Bahamas and is expected to become a hurricane in coming days
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated PressMIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane on a forecast track curving away from the U.S. East Coast early this week. The ...
Sep 28, 2025
Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated PressMIAMI (AP) - Crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday bef...
Sep 27, 2025
Sweet autumn clematis charms, but NC experts say avoid it
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend GardenerI must say that I have rarely written an article about a plant I like but I don’t recommend for WPTF Weekend Gardener listeners. Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clemati...
Sep 21, 2025