Month: February 2019

The Carolina Hurricanes are enjoying the best of times, but they might have to try to continue that with a revamped lineup. A couple of injuries early in the week leave questions about how the Hurricanes will look when they take on the visiting St. Louis Blues on Friday night in Raleigh, N.C. While the Hurricanes put together a recent special stretch, the Blues can claim to be on an even better run with 13…

Floodwaters that turned two Northern California communities into islands were expected to begin receding Thursday as a rain-engorged river finally peaked after swamping thousands of homes, businesses and other buildings. The Russian River in the wine country north of San Francisco crested at more than 46 feet (14 meters) Wednesday night, Sonoma County officials said. The river frequently floods in rainy weather but it hadn’t reached that level for 25 years and wasn’t expected to…

The Latest on winter storms slamming western U.S. states (all times local): 9:30 p.m. A Northern California river that surged over its banks after days of rain has flooded some 2,000 homes, businesses and other buildings. Sonoma County spokeswoman Briana Khan says the Russian River has submerged areas of Guerneville and neighboring Monte Rio, which are described as “islands” because of flooded roads. Sign Up and Save Get six months of free digital access to…

Floods isolate 2 California towns; storm dumps snow in West By HAVEN DALEY and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press February 27, 2019 07:22 PM This is what the ‘island’ of Guerneville, California, looks like Guerneville, CA, along the Russian River, is accessible only by boat after the rain-swollen river overflowed on February 27, 2019. By × Guerneville, CA, along the Russian River, is accessible only by boat after the rain-swollen river overflowed on February 27,…

Dougie Hamilton had two goals and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Los Angeles Kings 6-1 Tuesday night. Teuvo Teravainen added a goal and three assists, Micheal Ferland had a goal and an assist and Sebastian Aho and Jaccob Slavin also scored for the Hurricanes. Jordan Staal finished with three assists. The surging Hurricanes won their third straight and finished their February schedule with a 10-3 record, moving into playoff position. Carolina solidified…

By Gilbert Baez, WRAL reporter Lumberton, N.C. — It’s been nearly two-and-a-half years since Hurricane Matthew carved its way through North Carolina, and there are homeowners who are still trying to get back on their feet from that storm. Some residents are getting a hand up with grant money from Rebuild North Carolina, which aims to restore life into the homeowners property. One of those people is Priscilla Jones, who now takes pride while walking into…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Tom Dundon told ABC11 that the Carolina Hurricanes have not officially been given the go-ahead to host a hockey game inside Carter-Finley Stadium but there’s good momentum. “We don’t have it yet. We are in the running,” Dundon said. Talk about a game inside the NC State football facility surfaced Tuesday morning when a picture was posted on Twitter with cones in the shape of an ice rink on the stadium…

By WXII Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina — A wind speed record was set this week at Grandfather Mountain after the area experienced hurricane-force winds, WXII reported. The park’s weather recording station at the Mile High Swinging Bridge registered a three-second gust of 124 mph at around midnight Monday, breaking the previous record of 121.3 mph, recorded on Feb. 13. In addition, at around 2 a.m., the station detected a gust of 122.3 mph. In all,…

RALEIGH (WTVD) — They may be, in Don Cherry’s words, a “bunch of jerks,” but they’re a bunch of entertaining jerks.The “bunch of jerks” comments coming post-game by the Hockey Night in Canada host after the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Feb. 15. The team broke out, what’s now a traditional, victory celebration in front of fans at PNC Arena. But team captain Justin Williams doesn’t see his team as jerks or…