A Navy veteran and his wife who lost their home during the summer due to devastation from an EF3 tornado are thankful this Thanksgiving season. Michael Poythress and Debbie Moore have a new home exactly where their own home was thanks to the Twin County Tornado Fund, a collaboration between the United Way and Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce. “They came forward and said, ‘We want to help you buy a new home,’” Poythress said….

A wildfire has burned 750 acres in Stokes County, but recent rainfall has changed the game, helping containment jump to 41%. “The whole situation has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours,” said Jimmy Holt, a Guilford County park ranger with the NC Forestry Service. “This is really a blessing.” Holt said about an inch of rain fell overnight with more expected throughout the day, giving firefighters who have been working since Saturday night a…

Record travel numbers are expected at Raleigh-Durham International Airport this Thanksgiving holiday – but increased numbers combined with severe storms around the country could make for messy holiday travel. More than 286,000 people are expected to pass through RDU this week. The airport is expecting this year’s Thanksgiving travel rush to surpass the record it saw in 2019, beating out pre-pandemic numbers. More than 143,000 people are forecast to pass through security checkpoints between Wednesday,…

Record travel numbers are expected at Raleigh-Durham International Airport this Thanksgiving holiday – but increased numbers combined with severe storms around the country could make for messy holiday travel. More than 286,000 people are expected to pass through RDU this week. The airport is expecting this year’s Thanksgiving travel rush to surpass the record it saw in 2019, beating out pre-pandemic numbers. More than 143,000 people are forecast to pass through security checkpoints between Wednesday,…

A man was arrested and a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed as a wildfire burns in western North Carolina amid the state’s ongoing drought. North Carolina joins a growing list of states grappling with the escalating wildfire. A burn ban is currently in effect for 30 counties, and firefighters from across the region have mobilized to combat the ongoing wildfire in the western part of the state. WMBF reports Duff Swan, 51,…

A man was arrested and a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed as wildfires burn in western North Carolina amid the state’s ongoing drought. North Carolina joins a growing list of states grappling with the escalating wildfire. A burn ban is currently in effect for 30 counties, and firefighters from across the region have mobilized to combat the ongoing wildfire in the western part of the state. WMBF reports Duff Swan, 51, of…