North Carolina News

The Carolina Hurricanes start their 2025-26 season on Thursday night against the New Jersey Devils. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. ET Thursday at the Lenovo Center. The game airs on ESPN Plus and Hulu. Other WRAL Top Stories The Canes are vying for their eighth consecutive playoff appearance this season under head coach Rod Brind’Amour. They’ll also try to win their second Stanley Cup in franchise history. Carolina won the 2006 Stanley Cup….

Will this be the season the Carolina Hurricanes win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 2006? Fantasy sports company RotoWire ran 100 simulations through ChatGPT of the 2025-26 NHL season. Other WRAL Top Stories The Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup 20 times out of the 100 simulations. The Vegas Golden Knights emerged as the most dominant team in the AI projections, winning the Stanley Cup 42 out of 100 times and reaching…

Doug Warf is leaving the  Carolina Hurricanes, again. Warf started his career in sales and marketing for the team, working his way up from 2000 to 2017. After an interlude, he returned as president of Hurricanes Holding, LLC, in July 2024. Other WRAL Top Stories Just days before the 2025-26 season opener, the team’s owner, Tom Dundon, announced Warf’s resignation. “Doug has a passion for the Hurricanes and our market, and we’re grateful for his time…

By Pat Welter, WRAL sports anchor/reporter Hurricnaes general manager Eric Tulsky doesn’t lack for confidence. If you had his resume you probably wouldn’t either. “I just tend not to worry about things,” Tulsky said. “I do whatever seems best to me and so far, it’s worked out for me.” That might sound like a guy who follows his gut, but Tulsky rose up the front office ranks thanks to his brain. His story is well-documented….

More beachfront homes on Hatteras Island collapsed on Tuesday into the Atlantic Ocean. Dare County leaders said no one was injured among the five Buxton homes that collapsed on Tuesday. Other WRAL Top Stories It brings the total to 17 homes have collapsed during the last five years in the Rodanthe and Buxton area. Photographer Daniel Pullen posted video of a collapsed home on Tuesday to his Instagram page. Photographer Jennifer Koontz of Epic Shutter Photography…

As steady, light rain falls across North Carolina on Tuesday morning, Tropical Storm Imelda will begin pulling away from the East Coast. Imelda, which never made landfall in the U.S., brought waves of rain to the state on Monday. The Tuesday morning commute will stay wet, with the rain becoming more scattered in the afternoon. Damaging winds, flooding and power outages are not a concern with this storm, although the coast will experience rough surf…

WRAL meteorologists are tracking Tropical Storm Imelda, which has formed off the East Coast, and its interaction with a hurricane farther off in the Atlantic. Imelda is forecast to bring waves of rain to North Carolina, mainly on Monday and Tuesday. This tropical system will mainly be a rain event, with damaging winds, flooding and power outages not a major concern. The storm will not make landfall. Other WRAL Top Stories Helpful links: WRAL Hurricane…

WRAL meteorologists are tracking Tropical Storm Imelda, which has formed off the East Coast, and its interaction with a hurricane farther off in the Atlantic. Imelda is forecast to bring waves of rain to North Carolina, mainly on Monday and Tuesday. This tropical system will mainly be a rain event, with damaging winds, flooding and power outages not a major concern. The storm will not make landfall. Other WRAL Top Stories Helpful links: WRAL Hurricane…

Residents and officials up and down the North Carolina coast are breathing a sigh of relief as Tropical Storm Imelda shifts course and is no longer expected to make landfall in the area. However, concerns remain high as officials continue to monitor the storm’s potential impacts, particularly flooding and dangerous rip currents. Other WRAL Top Stories Ahead of the weekend, the Town of Ocean Isle Beach took significant steps to prepare for the worst-case scenario….

WRAL meteorologists are tracking Tropical Storm Imelda, which has formed off the East Coast, and its interaction with a hurricane farther off in the Atlantic. Imelda is forecast to bring waves of rain to North Carolina, mainly on Monday and Tuesday. This tropical system will mainly be a rain event, with damaging winds, flooding and power outages not a major concern. The storm will not make landfall. Other WRAL Top Stories Helpful links: WRAL Hurricane…