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CHCCS students join national gun violence protest, walk out of classes

By Marin Wolf | March 14

“I need to feel safe in my own school,” Chapel Hill High School first-year Isabel Sharp said. “I think that the walkout was an effective demonstration ...

Some groups want more Confederate flags in N.C. — here's how Orange County is reacting

By Karlton Tate | March 8

The North Carolina Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Alamance County Taking Back Alamance County (ACTBAC), another Southern heritage group, ...

Gone but not forgotten: Chapel Hill School District's slow start to desegregation

By Sophia Wilhelm | March 8

The Brown v. the Board of Education Supreme Court decision was made in 1954, but the Chapel Hill school board didn’t start desegregating schools until ...

Former Chapel Hill mayor Mark Kleinschmidt runs for clerk of superior court

By Mattias Miller | March 7

Former Chapel Hill mayor has big plans for revamping clerks' offices of the superior court. Mark Kleinschmidt entered the race for clerk of superior ...

A view of the Dean Dome and South Campus is seen from the Piper Cub.

COLUMN: I flew out of Horace Williams Airport, and it was amazing

By Mark Burnett | March 6

Recently I had the opportunity to fly out of Horace Williams Airport with local pilot and UNC alum Bob Epting. Though the airport is scheduled to close ...

Town launches Pedestrian Safety Campaign in response to fatal accidents on MLK

By Kari Larsen | March 6

The Town of Chapel Hill has started a Pedestrian Safety Campaign following the death of two pedestrians on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

A Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools bus drives toward Chapel Hill High School.

Chapel Hill High School renovations prioritized over Lincoln Center

By Doug Dubrowski | March 5

“The challenge right now is that we have significant need for renovations at our elementary school but no place to put students while we do that ...

Community members discuss growing concerns over immigration enforcement

By Drew Wayland | March 4

“DACA was not perfect, but before the program was put in effect, I would go into court practically every day and see children getting deported. There ...

Eve Carson, the 2008 UNC Student Body President, laughs in a photo.

Carolina community recognizes the ten year anniversary of Eve Carson's death

By Claire Willmschen | March 4

Monday marks the ten year anniversary of the death of Eve Carson, a former UNC student body president and Morehead-Cain scholar. Eve's legacy is still ...

Healing Justice helps those harmed by wrongful convictions

By Karlton Tate | March 4

Founded in Chapel Hill, the nonprofit organization Healing Justice aims to help those suffering from wrongful convictions and spread awareness about the ...

Review: Hibachi and Company is an affordable and filling option for students

By Cole Kordus | March 4

Hibachi & Company, Franklin Street's newest restaurant addition, has been jam-packed since its opening last week. The restaurant offers a variety ...

Axes, smoothies and cycling: All Up In Your Business for March 1

By Kari Larsen | March 1

Urban Axes, Frutta Bowls and Purvelo Cycling are new businesses that will be opening soon in the Chapel Hill and Durham community.

Waffle House server Katherine Burgin takes customer Tim Pruitt's order at Waffle House on Franklin St.

Waffle House offers winner of UNC-Duke rivalry free waffles for a day

By Laura Brummett | February 28

The stakes at any UNC-Duke basketball game are high, but with the NCAA tournament coming up and a free Waffle House breakfast on the line, Saturday's ...

Want free ice cream? Donate to Ben & Jerry's and Prison Books Collective book drive

By Claire Willmschen | February 28

Prison Book Collective, an organization that sends books to prisons in North Carolina and Alabama, has partnered with the Ben & Jerry's on Franklin ...

Long-time Orange County Commissioner Barry Jacobs pulls out of race

By Mickayla McCann | February 28

“I had a gut reaction that it was time to do it,” Barry Jacobs said. “I’m usually a person that operates based on careful thought, so when ...

Franklin street remains busy as Chapel Hill residents and students make trips to Target.

Target on Franklin Street now open until midnight

By Spencer Carney | February 27

Have a late-night need? Now you can just head over to the Target on Franklin Street, which is one of the only stores in the company to have extended hours, ...

Chapel Hill high school students are organizing a walkout to protest gun violence

By Marin Wolf | February 26

Members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools community met Sunday to organize a walkout protesting gun violence on March 14 at 9:55 a.m. The walkout ...

Nature Conservancy encourages community involvement with 'Chasing Coral' screening

By Carlyann Edwards | February 25

“Chasing Coral,” a Sundance award-winning feature, powerfully amplifies the stress signal that the planet emits with coral bleaching. The film was ...

Chapel Hill principal to retire: CHCCS sees change in leadership

By Michael Taffe | February 25

Personnel changes are being finalized as the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School District gets into the second half of the 2017-18 school year.

Sunday Assembly Chapel Hill celebrates church without religion

By Mattias Miller | February 25

People from all ethnic and religious backgrounds are learning to lean on one another in this secular congregation. Without religion and with the motto ...