Highlights for Gilbert Baez

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  New camera showcases WRAL’s bigger, downtown Fayetteville newsroom

  The new WRAL Fayetteville bureau is four times the size of our old office, allowing more room for Fayetteville reporter Gilbert Baez and our dedicated team of journalists who cover local news in and around Cumberland County. For decades, WRAL has had a news bureau in Fayetteville, covering the news of Fort Bragg, Cumberland County […]
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  WRAL-TV Makes “Best of Fayetteville” List for Fourth Year Running

  For the fourth year in a row, the readers of Up and Coming News Magazine in Cumberland County have voted WRAL-TV as the Best TV Station.  And for the second year running, WRAL-TV also won for Fayetteville’s Best Weather and Best Traffic Reporting TV Station. WRAL-TV Reporter Gilbert Baez attended the 17th Annual Up & […]
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  WRAL-TV, Baez Honored by Salvation Army for Hurricane Matthew Coverage

  The Salvation Army of Fayetteville recently honored WRAL-TV for the station’s coverage of Hurricane Matthew, both during the storm and in the days following.  WRAL-TV Reporter Gilbert Baez accepted the 2016 Media Excellence Award at the Cape Fear Botanical Gardens on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. “In the spirit of camaraderie as a community, we want […]
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  WRAL News bureau in Fayetteville with Gilbert Baez Promo 1992

  The WRAL News bureau in Fayetteville plays an important role in news gathering in the southeastern region of North Carolina. Reporter Gilbert Baez has been the point man for covering the news of Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, and the surrounding area. Promo produced in 1992.

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  News Highlights of 1991

  News Highlights of 1991 include the following stories. Coverage of the war in Iraq and Kuwait feature reports live from the field and interviews with troops from Fort Bragg, Pope AFB and Seymour Johnson AFB. Other highlights from 1991 include the explosion and fire at the Imperial Food plant in Hamlet where many employees were killed due to locked doors. Crew members aboard the Navy ship USS Raleigh were caught violating policy by dumping garbage overboard into the ocean. A congressional hearing followed in response to that act. Reporter/anchor Bill Leslie demonstrates what it is like to fight a fire. Duke University wins the NCAA Championship by defeating the Jayhawks of the University of Kansas.