Ashley Talley

Raleigh

Enterprise Executive Producer at WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)

WRAL Enterprise EP, news junkie, traveler, writer, wannabe gourmet chef, beach girl, outdoors lover and general bon vivant.

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Republican voter registrations show growth in rural NC counties around Raleigh

Aug 5, 2024 | wral.com | Ashley Rowe |Mark Bergin |Jamie Munden |Ashley Talley

In downtown Pembroke, across from the train tracks and a stone’s throw from diners and coffee shops, stands the RNC Community Center. Open since 2022, the community hub is one of a handful nationwide, strategically placed by the Republican National Committee to connect with minority voters. Robeson County is a majority-minority county, with 60% of the population Native American and Black, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Does a vice presidential candidate's home state matter in an election?

Jul 24, 2024 | wral.com | Mark Bergin |Ashley Rowe |Ashley Talley

With North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper reportedly on the short list to become Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 presidential election, WRAL News wondered how much a vice president candidate’s home state matters. WRAL News looked back at the 11 presidential elections since 1980 to see whether the winning ticket carried the vice president’s home state.
Saint Augustine's University board seeks dismissal of alumni lawsuit

Jul 2, 2024 | wral.com | Mark Bergin |Ashley Talley

The Saint Augustine’s University Board of Trustees is trying to stop a lawsuit filed by the alumni organization Save SAU Coalition and two former board members. On Monday, lawyers representing the board filed a motion in Wake County Superior Court to dismiss the complaint filed by the Save SAU Coalition and former board members Henry Debnam and John Larkins. The Save SAU Coalition is a group made up of university alumni and other supporters.
UNC Air conducting its own investigation into RDU plane crash

Apr 25, 2024 | wral.com | Ashley Talley |Ryan Bisesi

The plane that crashed on Wednesday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport is part of UNC's air operations. It's the health transport service that takes medical residents, university faculty and other professionals to different locations around the state. The UNC Air Operations medical plane that crashed at RDU around 10:10 a.m. was carrying Dr. Paul Chelminski, an internal medicine physician with UNC Health. Chelminski was taken to the hospital and released Wednesday afternoon.
UNC Health transport service flies doctors across state to ensure expert care

Apr 24, 2024 | wral.com | Ashley Talley |Ryan Bisesi

Doctors take to the air to care for North CaroliniansThe plane that crashed on Wednesday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport is part of UNC's air operations. The health transport service that takes medical residents, university faculty and other professionals to different locations around the state. The UNC Air Operations medical plane that crashed at RDU around 10:10 a.m. was carrying Dr. Paul Chelminski, an internal medicine physician with UNC Health.
Examining the calls for the Raleigh City Council to adopt a ceasefire resolution amid the Israel-Hamas war

Jan 23, 2024 | wral.com | Dan Haggerty |Mark Bergin |Allyson Lorick |Ashley Talley

Hundreds of people are adamant that the Raleigh City Council adopt a ceasefire resolution about the war between Israel and Hamas. More than 200 people showed up Jan. 16 to the city council meeting and many of them spoke, causing the meeting to go until almost 11 p.m.Since October 2023 when the war erupted, hundreds of people in Raleigh have called for a ceasefire resolution.
146 flu deaths so far in NC; flu hospitalizations and COVID-19 rates decrease

Jan 17, 2024 | wral.com | Ashley Talley |Ali Ingersoll |Jessica Patrick

North Carolina's flu death toll stands at 146, including at least seven children, according to data released weekly from the state Department of Health and Human Services. Wednesday's data shows 24 newly confirmed flu deaths in the last week, all adults. About 2 out of every 5 people who have died from the flu so far this season are under 65 years old. State data shows respiratory virus issues make up less of all hospital visits, about 13.5%.
Taylor Swift named Time magazine's Person of the Year: Who else was considered?

Dec 8, 2023 | wral.com | Dan Haggerty |Mark Bergin |Allyson Lorick |Ashley Talley

Time Magazine named pop superstar Taylor Swift as its annual Person of the Year. In the past, other recipients of the recognition include Barack Obama (2008 and 2012), Donald Trump (2016), Richard Nixon (1971, 1972), Mark Zuckerberg (2010), Mahatma Ghandi (1930) and Adolf Hitler (1938). Sometimes the winner isn't just one person: For example, the like the astronauts of the Apollo 8 mission in 1968 and the silence breakers of the MeToo movement in 2017.
The language evolves, but facts are necessary to convince people not to experiment with drugs

Nov 30, 2023 | wral.com | Dan Haggerty |Mark Bergin |Miles Moraitis |Ashley Talley

Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill now have access to free kits that revive someone suffering an opioid overdose and test strips to see what the drugs they are about to take contain. These steps, which assume students are using drugs, are designed to save lives, but prompt the question: Will the tactics work for today’s students? Riley Sullivan, the group’s cofounder and director, believes the kits will actually help reduce drug use on campus.
Understanding cash bail: How does it work?

Nov 16, 2023 | wral.com | Dan Haggerty |Mark Bergin |Ashley Talley |Allyson Lorick

A WRAL News viewer sent in an email asking what it means when a defendant is given a specified bond. Specifically, the viewer asked about Shawn Tobin Locklear Jr., who is accused of shooting two Robeson County deputies after bonding out for a separate 2022 murder charge. “It’s difficult for me to image that he could have posted that much money,” the viewer wrote. Crime suspects typically have a first court appearance, where the judge sets the bail amount.