/tags/swimming Swimming en-US Copyright Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:08:13 GMT /news/2024-08-02/raleigh-blocks-road-neuse-river-drownings A popular Neuse River access point in Raleigh has been blocked off after a series of drownings there. Fri, 02 Aug 2024 16:08:13 GMT /news/2024-08-02/raleigh-blocks-road-neuse-river-drownings Will Michaels /news/2024-07-25/veronica-fraley-steph-curry-2024-paris-summer-olympics Raleigh's Veronica Fraley will throw the discus in Paris at the 2024 Olympic Games. She joins a long list of Olympians with North Carolina ties that includes Steph Curry, Bam Adebayo and Anna Cockrell. Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:28:06 GMT /news/2024-07-25/veronica-fraley-steph-curry-2024-paris-summer-olympics Josh Sullivan /health/2020-07-20/new-purple-flag-warns-of-jellyfish-stingrays-on-outer-banks-beach Lifeguards on a beach in North Carolina's Outer Banks have posted a new purple flag that is adorned with images of a jelly fish and a stringray.The… Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:01:02 GMT /health/2020-07-20/new-purple-flag-warns-of-jellyfish-stingrays-on-outer-banks-beach Associated Press /health/2016-07-21/health-officials-urge-shock-treatment-for-wake-pools-to-treat-for-parasite Wake County is encouraging its 1,600 public pools to shock treat their water to kill a diarrhea-causing parasite.Twenty cases of cryptosporidiosis have… Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:00:56 GMT /health/2016-07-21/health-officials-urge-shock-treatment-for-wake-pools-to-treat-for-parasite Rebecca Martinez /2015-07-28/during-pool-season-even-lifeguard-numbers-are-taking-a-dive This summer, even the most crowded pools are struggling to hire enough lifeguards, and are cutting hours as a result. In a rebounding economy, teens are opting for higher-paying jobs or no job at all. Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:00:00 GMT /2015-07-28/during-pool-season-even-lifeguard-numbers-are-taking-a-dive Leoneda Inge /health/2014-06-02/heres-what-a-rip-current-looks-like-from-the-beach It’s National Rip Current Awareness Week. Rip currents killed at least seven people along the North Carolina coast last year, according to the National… Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:39:29 GMT /health/2014-06-02/heres-what-a-rip-current-looks-like-from-the-beach Eric Hodge /environment/2013-06-10/state-officials-warn-of-dangerous-rip-currents Safety officials on the coast are trying to make beachgoers more aware of rip currents. Those are the narrow channels of waves that can pull swimmers… Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:16:27 GMT /environment/2013-06-10/state-officials-warn-of-dangerous-rip-currents Brent Wolfe, Avery Kleinman /sports/2012-06-29/raleigh-swimmer-hits-olympic-trials-at-40 The U.S. Olympic swimming trials are underway in Omaha, Nebraska, and several North Carolinians have already qualified for the Olympic team headed to… Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:16:00 GMT /sports/2012-06-29/raleigh-swimmer-hits-olympic-trials-at-40 Isaac-Davy Aronson