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Overnight closures planned for Durham interstate starting Sunday
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - Motorists are being advised about overnight lane closures on Interstate 85 through Durham starting this weekend. Contractors for the N.C. Department of Transportation plan to clo...
Mar 12, 2026 An aerial view of downtown Durham, North Carolina.
Missing California girl found safe in Washington County
PLYMOUTH, N.C. (NCN News) - A California girl, now 11 years old, missing for six years has been found safe in Washington County, N.C. According to a press release posted on social media by the Washing...
Mar 11, 2026 A California girl missing since 2022 was found in Washington County N.C.
(photo courtesy Washington County, N.C. Sheriff's Office Facebook page)
Durham Police: trail stabbing not random
DURHAM, N.C (WPTF) - Durham authorities have released more details on a Monday daylight stabbing death on the American Tobacco Trail, and say the incident was not random. Police have identified the vi...
Mar 11, 2026
Agreements reached in Duke Energy merger
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NCN News) - Electric utility Duke Energy has reached agreements on a proposed merger of Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress in the Carolinas. Settling parties include the N...
Mar 11, 2026 A Duke Energy lineman works on distribution lines. (photo courtesy Duke Energy)
Chinese Lantern Festival will continue through 2034
CARY, N.C. (WPTF) - The North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival will continue during the holiday season for the next eight years. The Town of Cary has extended the North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festi...
Mar 11, 2026 Cary officials announced the Chinese Lantern Festival will continue during the holiday season through 2036 (file photo)
State zoo's last ocelot dies
ASHEBORO, N.C. (NCN News) - The last remaining ocelot at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro has died. The zoo announced on social media Tuesday (March 10) the passing of its remaining ocelot, Inca. Th...
Mar 10, 2026 Inca, the last ocelot at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro has died. (Photo courtesy NC Zoo)
Travel delays expected afternoons on I-40 near Garner
GARNER, N.C. (WPTF) - Get ready for some delays on Interstate 40 starting Wednesday (March 11) near the Wake-Johnston County line. For the next roughly two weeks, there will be slow rolling roadblocks...
Mar 10, 2026 Durham drivers are bracing for daily closures on Interstate 85 starting Sunday
(ambrozinio / Depositphotos.com)
Raleigh man faces child sex crime charges
**Editors Note: explicit content** RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A Raleigh man has been arrested for what the FBI calls "morally reprehensible" child sex crimes. The FBI arrested Andrew Swenson, 42, of Ralei...
Mar 10, 2026
Otter Pups get chance to splash in the big pool
KURE BEACH, N.C. (NCN News) - A special rite of passage is taking place Wednesday (March 11) for three otters at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Nyx, Baloo and Bodhi will have an opportunity to take t...
Mar 10, 2026 Baloo, in the front, Bodhi on the left and Nyx on the right have reached major milestones to now make the move to the public habitat at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher (Photo Courtesy of the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher)
NC First Lady hosts prisoner rehabilitation tour
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (NCN News) -- North Carolina's first lady hosted several fellow first ladies on a tour of a driver's license restoration clinic and rehabilitative programs offered at a western No...
Mar 10, 2026 North Carolina First Lady Anna Stein (official portrait)