We're all rooting for it. The North Carolina State Fair is just as rich in history as it is in food. The fair originally opened in 1853 and was a four-day event. More than 4,000 visited the fair ...

RALEIGH, N.C.— The North Carolina State Fair first came to Raleigh in the 1850s. Back then, dazzling lights, fireworks, giant stuffed animals and wacky fair foods weren't yet on the menu.

The 2024 North Carolina State Fair welcomed close to a million ... the sixth-largest attendance in the fair's history. Tuesday was a record-setting day with nearly 86,000 people walking through ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The 2024 N.C. State Fair finished its nearly ... making it the sixth largest in the fair’s 156-year history. “This was a great fair that was blessed with 11 beautiful ...

The North Carolina State Fair opened on Thursday with tens of thousands of people attending the event. The fair runs until Oct. 27. Sky 5 flew over the North Carolina State Fair on Thursday night ...

“The fair offers an experience unique to North Carolina for all who ... at Gate 9 at the Fairgrounds, the State Farmer’s Market and the N.C. Museum of History.

Polls show a close race in North Carolina. To get a sense of where things stand away from the campaign rallies themselves, an NPR team took on the hardship assignment of a trip to the state fair.

As election day nears, the races loom large over the state fair in North Carolina, where voters are expressing both apathy and anxiety over their... We talked politics at the North Carolina state ...