WTVD

1 injured in Sir Walter Apartments fire in downtown Raleigh

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- One person was injured after a fire broke out at an apartment building housing seniors in downtown Raleigh Monday morning. Firefighters were called to Sir Walter Apartments on ...
WRAL

The deeper history of a city: Why was Sir Walter Raleigh executed?

Shakespeare asked, "What's in a name?" The metaphor works because the details in a name are too massive to put into words. One of the most important parts of Raleigh history is the man it's named ...
NPR

Sir Walter Raleigh's Colony Vanished Over 400 Years Ago. Scientists Are Still Looking

It's one of the nation's great mysteries: The first permanent colony of English settlers in what would become the U.S., founded in North Carolina in 1587 by Sir Walter Raleigh, disappeared three years ...
WTVD

Sir Walter Wally retires, will not give weather prediction in 2023

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Sir Walter Wally will not make any weather predictions for Groundhog Day this year. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences announced Monday that the illustrious ...
The Atlantic

Sir Walter Raleigh of Youghal in the County of Cork

The house at Youghal now belongs to Sir John Pope Hennessy, who, though he believes that Raleigh did as much as any leader of his day “ to render British government permanently difficult, if not more ...