Hurricane hunters have found that #Milton is now a strong Cat 4 storm with winds near 150 mph. The rapid intensification might not be done entirely, and a spike up to cat 5 is likely. #Florida will have high to extreme impacts from wind and storm surge; please listen to local

Meet Poppy. She's a therapy dog offering some much-needed comfort in the mountains of western North Carolina in Helene's wake. More from Julia Kauffman:   wcnc.com/article/life/a…

Big and small business and n the town of Boone lined with dumpsters and generators as recovery efforts are along the way. Watch ⁦WCNC Charlotte⁩ and ⁦Julia Kauffman⁩ for the latest

Incredible to see the effort here at Boone Airport between Samaritan's Purse, the National Guard, and other partners to bring essentials like generators, heaters, and even Starlinks to remote areas cut off due to Hurricane Helene.

It was a pleasure highlighting the hard work at Samaritan's Purse!

A month after Helene, the destruction in Chimney Rock is astounding. Houses ripped in half, businesses swept away, and roads gone. But crews are slowly paving a path forward: Pushing the river back, gutting businesses that survived, & building temporary roads to access homes.

Julia Kauffman reports that in 2023, the county found a system error that gave retired employees with dependents higher contributions than what their policy states. wcnc.com/article/money/…

Greetings on this #Election2024 Tuesday! 🇺🇸 Gearing up for a busy news night. Hope you’ll spend some time with us. We’ll have live election results & expert insights all night, starting at 7! You can find that on our streaming app WCNC+ — on Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV. WCNC Charlotte

NBC News is projecting AG Josh Stein as the next NC Governor. We are standing by for Lt. Governor Mark Robinson’s speech. WCNC Charlotte

BREAKING: Homicide investigation on the 400 block of Arrowhead Drive at the Woodland Apartments. Medic confirms someone was shot and killed. WCNC Charlotte

A few folks have reached out, sharing the same text, which claims to be from City of Charlotte/ParkIt. Julia Kauffman confirmed with the city—this is a SCAM. #CLTnews #charlottenc #scamalert Details here: wcnc.com/article/news/v…

A Charlotte family has lost everything on Christmas Eve. Their house and cars destroyed in a fire earlier today on Harris Ridge Drive… Charlotte Fire Dept. is still on scene working to put the remaining flames out. Thankfully no one was hurt. WCNC Charlotte

RIGHT NOW: Gov. Josh Stein announcing an executive order to protect access to abortions and safeguard women’s privacy. He’s directing agencies to not cooperate with efforts to impose penalties on doctors providing lawful reproductive health care services or their patients. WCNC Charlotte