Latest hazardous weather outlook reports from the National Weather Service, posted at 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, upgraded alerts to a winter storm watch. The winter storm watch will be in effect Saturday morning, Jan. 24, through Monday afternoon, Jan. 26.

A major winter storm is expected to sweep across North Carolina this weekend, bringing a mix of snow, sleet and ice.

Duke Energy serves about 4.7 million electric customers in the Carolinas, with 3.8 million in North Carolina and nearly 860,000 in South Carolina.

Follow live winter storm updates and breaking weather news as snowstorms are predicted to fall across the U.S. this weekend, affecting states as far south as Texas.

North Carolina is bracing for a strong Arctic blast this weekend, bringing cold temperatures and the chance for snow, sleet and ice.

Gov. Josh Stein held a briefing to provide updates as a winter storm approaches North Carolina.

College basketball games across a wide swath of the country are being reshuffled because of an approaching major winter storm. The ACC moved up the start times for three men’s basketball games on Saturday: Wake Forest at Duke,

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — With a winter storm watch issued for nearly all of North Carolina ahead of a widespread snow, sleet, and freezing rain event, state leadership held a news conference late Thursday morning to warn residents about the weekend storm.