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All Up In Your Business: Hibachi on Franklin Street, Carolina Square gets new stores

By Drew Wayland | January 23

Hibachi is set to open on Franklin St. in early February, Carolina Square gets a new salon and The Varsity Theatre switches to showing first-run movies ...

Amazon includes Raleigh as finalist to host new HQ

By Blake Weaver | January 21

Tech-giant Amazon announced Thursday a list of 20 metropolitan areas – including Raleigh – that had been narrowed down from 238 proposals to ...

Trump's first year: A look back at the 45th president's ups and downs

By Anna Pogarcic | January 18

Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the day Donald Trump took office as the 45th president of the United States after a nail-biting election season. As ...

Chamber of Commerce welcomes new vice president of membership

By Marin Wolf | January 9

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce welcomed Rebecca Dickenson as vice president of membership in late November to head their division of over ...

Customers walk in and out of the newest bakery in the Eastgate shopping center, Guglhupf, on Friday, Dec. 1.

Durham Bakery Guglhupf brings sweet treats to Chapel Hill location

By Karlton Tate | December 6

The Durham-based Guglhupf Bakery, Café and Restaurant opened a new bakery in Chapel Hill’s Eastgate Crossing shopping center on Tuesday.

Though Chapel Hill businesses see a decrease in revenue as students go home for winter break, it is mediated by an increase in patronage by local families.

Winter is coming, but local businesses are ready

By Doug Dubrowski | December 5

As the stress of finals week concludes and UNC students leave town, Chapel Hill businesses will look to permanent residents to fill their shops and restaurants. Katie ...

Why are OWASA rates higher than Raleigh and Durham?

By Marin Wolf | December 3

Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents pay an average of around $19 more for water and sewage per month than the rest of the Triangle.

'Tis the season for local holiday events

By Sophia Wilhelm | December 3

'Tis the season to be jolly in Chapel Hill because holiday festivities are coming to town.

Perennial Coffee and Pastries barista Anna Kasibhatla creates a new brew: a grapefruit infused spiced maple latte in 2017.

Review: Chapel Hill's best coffee shops for studying

By Grant Allen | November 30

With exam season upon us, students might want to get away from campus and study in a more inviting atmosphere. Staff writer Grant Allen ventured to three ...

Sutton's Drug Store displays pictures of students, athletes and community members from their unique collection of "family photos."

Sutton's Drug Store displays its history with its famous photos

By Jacquelyn Melinek | November 28

Inside the glass doors, under the orange and white striped awning on Franklin Street, there’s a place with pleather bar stools and mustard-colored booths ...

Kraving Kava? Carrboro's first kava bar provides a relaxing experience

By Simrann Wadhwa | November 26

Krave, Carrboro and Chapel Hill’s first kava bar, opened in March 2015. Located on Main Street in Carrboro near Open Eye Café, Krave offers a wide ...

Ben & Jerry's opens Durham location, while Carolina Square attracts new retail shops

By Doug Dubrowski | November 20

Sweet treats and new boutiques are hitting Chapel Hill and Durham this holiday season.

Why did Raleigh get a logo?

By Grace Carney | November 19

Raleigh invested in the design of a new logo, which costed nearly a quarter of a million dollars.

Local businesses opt to go cashless

By Jacquelyn Melinek | November 16

Establishments are going cashless. Some restaurants have stopped accepting bills or coins because they fear being robbed, while others see ‘going ...

Maddy Munoz, a Loco Cocoa organizer, serves hot chocolate to UNC students Eileen Yang and Parker Novack at the Student Union on Tuesday morning.

Loco Cocoa turns business project into hot chocolate pick-me-up

By Suzanne Blake | November 7

Knowing that the November days will turn colder, a group of first-year students developed a unique business plan to address the seasonal and early ...

Durham County Bomb Squad deploys a bomb robot on Weaver St. in Carrboro in connection to the explosion at McCorkle Place on Thursday afternoon.

Thursday night was a bust for Carrboro following bomb threat

By Doug Dubrowski | November 6

Several businesses in downtown Carrboro were evacuated Thursday as police investigated a suspicious vehicle parked on West Weaver Street in connection ...

UNC-Pembroke Entrepreneurship Incubator graduates first business

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | October 30

The Entrepreneurship Incubator at UNC-Pembroke graduated its first business, a federal contractor called Lumbee Tribe Enterprises, LLC, Sept. 14. ...

Carolina Coffee Shop stays on Franklin Street with help of UNC graduates and US Soccer Olympian

By Chantal Shine | October 24

When a group of Carolina alumni heard the Carolina Coffee Shop might have to close, they invested in the restaurant in the hopes of preserving a well-established ...

Award-winning local company helps expand startups

By Maryam Mohamed | October 24

Launch Chapel Hill is an award-winning company created to help expand business ventures and stimulate economic growth within Chapel Hill and Orange County. ...

All up in your business: Chapel Hill businesses are here for you (and your pet's) wellness

By Grant Allen | October 23

New additions and old favorites in the Chapel Hill business scene help you care for yourself and your pets.