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Seymour Center serves local older adults during Senior Center Month, beyond

By Libby Wakefield | September 10

The Seymour Center in Chapel Hill will offer special programs and services for Senior Center Month, Myra Austin, the community-based services and senior ...

Orange County hosts Climate Action Plan meeting, community discusses climate change goals

By Lauren Zola | September 10

The CAP will receive funding mostly from the federal government and the state government, Amy Eckberg, the sustainability programs manager for Orange ...

Average rent for an apartment in Chapel Hill is rising

Column: Millionaires are trying to buy Chapel Hill’s election. Here's why.

By Samad Rangoonwala | September 5

"This isn’t going to be the kind of highly partisan election you’re used to, the pro and anti-housing sides are using similar rhetoric – they all ...

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Orange County sees increase in visitor spending, contributes $236 million to local economy

By Grace Whittemore | September 5

With events returning to the University and pandemic protocols being dropped, Orange County saw a more than 20 percent increase in visitor and tourist ...

Chapel Hill and rest of state sees increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

By Henry Thomas | September 5

Cases and hospitalizations from COVID-19 are increasing across the state, according to the NCDHHS respiratory illnesses dashboard. COVID-19 particles ...

Downtown Chapel Hill businesses provide shelter during lockdown at UNC

By Walker Livingston | August 30

Businesses on Franklin Street, like Epilogue and The Purple Bowl, sheltered students and community members during the three hour campus lockdown on Monday. ...

UNC's campus shooting: What we know so far

By Emmy Martin and Lauren Rhodes | August 29

As law enforcement officers responded to a shooting at Caudill Laboratories on Monday, many UNC students hid in dark classrooms and closets. They were ...

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Family ownership of businesses in Chapel Hill span decades, generations

By Tori Newby | August 29

The owners of Julian's, University Florist, Mama Dips and Sutton's Drug Store share their experiences as owners of businesses passed down from generation ...

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First day of school in CHCCS sees 'secure mode' lockdown after shooting at UNC

By Ethan E. Horton | August 29

"I've been teaching for 20 years, and this was a first," Guy B. Phillips Middle School teacher Kelly Fox said. "It made me nervous. But if there was a ...

'Feels like magic': Georgie Nakima displays Afrofuturistic mural at The Ackland

By Mila Mascenik | August 27

Charlotte artist Georgie Nakima's exhibit "Pantheress" is on view at the Ackland Art Museum through July 21, 2024. The installation honors the Black Panther ...

Town hosts community safety festival to celebrate pedestrian and bike safety grant

By Allie Sadoff | August 27

The festival included road safety activities, booths and games to celebrate the Vision Zero project and the Town receiving a $50,000 grant for improving ...

The Friends of Chapel Hill Public Library host book sale, raise over $31,000

By Lauren Zola | August 27

The Friends of Chapel Hill Public Library hosted one of three annual book sales this weekend. The Friends Big Book Sale included members-only discounts ...

Three major Chapel Hill roads close, Rosemary blocked for six months

By Annika Duneja | August 26

Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, East Rosemary Street and Ephesus Church Road were all closed this week as part of three separate projects. East Rosemary ...

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CHCCS increases pay, consolidates bus stops to address driver shortage

By Emma Hall | August 25

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is implementing pay raises and consolidated bus stops to allieviate its bus driver shortage. Andy Jenks, the chief communication ...

Local nonprofit B3 Coffee to open bar at Innovate Carolina Junction

By Abigail Keller | August 25

In September, B3 Coffee — a nonprofit working to build relationships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities — will ...

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Column: The official student guide to buses

By Samad Rangoonwala | August 22

So, you’re a new student and you don’t have — or don’t want — a car, but you need to get places. Luckily for you, the Triangle has a robust ...

Orange County crisis diversion facility planning funded by BOCC

By Ella Aluise | August 22

The planning of Orange County's crisis diversion facility, which would provide services for people experiencing mental or behavioral health crises, was ...

Bridging the Gap combats CHCCS racial achievement gap, supports descendants of enslaved people

By Ethan E. Horton | August 22

"I think that people broadly — because Chapel Hill is such a transient community — did not understand that history is present because these issues ...

Chapel Hill prepares for school with Family Fun Day, book bag giveaway

By Grace Whittemore | August 22

Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation hosted Family Fun Day and a back-to-school book bag giveaway at the Hargraves Community Center on Aug. 19. Community ...

'This is my home': Community supports Med Deli after fire

By Audrey Kashatus and Walker Livingston | August 22

After a major fire in late July, Mediterranean Deli has received aid from local business owners and the community at large. The process of rebuilding ...