Category Archives: Triangle/Local

Lantana: The sun-loving, pollinator-friendly powerhouse
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener I have grown to love lantana. I never really had anything against it. It's just the fact I haven't had a lot of sun areas in my landscape and lantana can take up a ...
Curtis Media Jul 30, 2025

Record-breaking heat wave scorches Southeast US
By RUSS BYNUM and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Residents in the Southeast U.S. are no strangers to heat in the summertime, but this week's sweltering hot weather set at least o...
Curtis Media Jul 29, 2025

Wiley Nickel exits North Carolina Senate race the day after Roy Cooper announces candidacy
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press CARY, N.C. (AP) - A former congressman will no longer seek an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina next year now that fellow Democrat Roy Cooper is running for...
Curtis Media Jul 29, 2025

Heat advisories and warnings issued for Southeast and Midwest as temperatures and humidity soars
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press It's always hot in the summer in the U.S. Southeast, but even by the standards of Florida and the Carolinas, the steamy heat wave on tap for the region Saturday int...
Curtis Media Jul 26, 2025

Crocosmia: From Sweet Melissa's grandparents to your garden
MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener We have enjoyed growing the very colorful Crocosmia-"montbretia" or "Coppertips"- a summer-blooming flower that reminds me of a miniature gladiola. Crocosmia grows fro...
Curtis Media Jul 26, 2025

Lumbee tribe of North Carolina sees politics snarl recognition by Washington
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Since the 1980s, the Lumbee Tribe has lobbied Congress to acknowledge it as a sovereign nation. There was renewed hope last year when both major party candidates ...
Curtis Media Jul 25, 2025

Livingstone student dragged from his car and punched by Florida officers says he was scared and confused
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press A Black college student shown on video being punched and dragged from his car by Florida law officers during a traffic stop faces a long recovery from injuries that inc...
Curtis Media Jul 23, 2025

North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital set to bring 8,000 jobs to Apex
APEX, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital will be built in a bedroom community near the state capital, the project's health systems announced Thursday, creating a campus ...
Curtis Media Jul 10, 2025

3 potential storm deaths in North Carolina after Chantal, officials say
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - There were three potential storm-related deaths in North Carolina amid flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal, a state official said Tuesday. The state's Department ...
Curtis Media Jul 08, 2025

Family of 4, including 2 children, killed in North Carolina plane crash
SANFORD, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina family of four, including two school-age children, died when their small plane crashed as they flew back from Florida. The National Transportation Safety Board sa...
Curtis Media Jul 08, 2025
