Tom George
TV News Reporter at WTVD-TV (Durham, NC)
TV News Reporter @ABC11_WTVD | MD guy back East in NC via Hawai‘i - Vegas | @UofMaryland Terp
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4 days ago |
abc11.com | Tom George
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- With the signs lit up red outside the Lenovo Center, Carolina Hurricanes fans were in celebration mode after winning 4-0 over the Washington Capitals to take a 2-1 series lead in Game 3. It's a moment die-hard fans from Raleigh have waited years for. "We went ten years without making the playoffs, and now we're finally here," one fan said. And they're not alone. The game day traffic was a reminder of just how packed a playoff hockey game is.
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4 days ago |
abc11.com | Tom George
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- Thousands of Tar Heels are graduating this weekend, excited to enter the job market despite uncertain times. Unemployment for recent graduates is at almost 6%, the highest its been since 2021. An even bigger number of 41% is considered unemployed or taking jobs outside their field of study. ABC11 talked with four graduating students on UNC's campus about their next moves. Brayden was an economics major as an undergrad.
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6 days ago |
abc11.com | Tom George
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Father Noe Ramirez from Raleigh, who is studying in Rome, got a front row seat to the history - first the death of Pope Francis, the Conclave, and finally seeing Pope Leo XIV become the next pope. "It was just a whole bunch of excitement, a whole bunch of joy, Viva el Papa," Ramirez told ABC11. He and fellow priests from Raleigh watched in person as the smoke came from the Vatican. "First, we thought it was black smoke, but it was white," he said.
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2 weeks ago |
abc11.com | Tom George
WASHINGTON (WTVD) -- As President Donald Trump prepares to mark 100 days in office for his second term, ABC11 was among a select few local news stations at the White House to talk with senior administration officials about the major issues facing the country, including the economy, tariffs, immigration, and Hurricane Helene relief affecting North Carolina Economy and Tariffs The Trump administration is touting its economic record at a time when many still feel uncertain, especially amid...
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3 weeks ago |
abc11.com | Tom George
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- As the Riggs-Griffin case goes back and forth through court, Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs scored a partial victory as she was granted a stay on the ballot cure process that would have impacted thousands of military and overseas voters being challenged by Republican Jefferson Griffin. The stay will allow a federal court to hear Riggs' argument that all votes should be counted in the race.
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From a priest with a front row seat to history to a Peruvian native excited to see the first American pope who also bridges cultures and languages, Raleigh celebrates Pope Leo XIV making history as first pope from the United States @ABC11_WTVD #PopeLeo https://t.co/7An8cjKsYl
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