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UNC men's soccer falls to Furman during penalty shootout in first round of NCAA tournament

| November 21

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools

'The sport is literally dying': Local high schools grapple with football's decline

By Jack Frederick | September 22

"I feel like if this dies, some of these kids won't do anything else. For some of them, this is their only sport."

Updated: Buses, groceries and more — what's open now?

By Marin Wolf | September 12

The latest information on evacuations, shelters, grocery stores, transportation and canceled events ahead of Hurricane Florence.

Local schools celebrate the impact of arts on young students

By Rachel Jensen | September 10

If you did band, orchestra, studio art, chorus or even photography in grade school, you probably appreciated the creative break from calculus or Shakespeare. ...

Meet CHCCS's three newest principals

By Veronica Correa | July 18

The district is excited to have a fresh perspective and renewed energy.

Ceremony speakers at Chapel Hill High School is officially break ground on June 12.

Chapel Hill High strikes gold with new renovations

By Liza Zhytkova | June 12

The existing auditorium and gymnasium buildings will be connected by a new academic building to form a single facility.

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

Duke Energy grant to Northside Elementary aims to immerse students in nature science

By Liza Zhytkova | June 7

Northside Elementary will host a pilot science program that encourages students to ask questions and interact with their environment.

Chapel Hill area high schools attain high N.C. rankings despite achievement gaps

By Veronica Correa | May 31

East Chapel Hill High School has a 33 percent achievement gap on state proficiency exams between historically underserved and non-underserved students. ...

Local districts struggle for safety as the school shooting epidemic plagues the U.S.

By Suzanne Blake | May 23

"It's a huge undertaking, but the demands being made on schools today are greater than ever before in the history of this country,” said Stephen Halkiotis, ...

Educators carry signs through Bicentennial Plaza during the rally for education on May 16 in Raleigh.

N.C. educators want you to know their protest was about more than just pay

By Maddy Arrowood | May 17

Educators and supporters from across the state assembled in Raleigh on Wednesday for a March for Students and Rally for Respect. Due to the massive ...

What is CHCCS doing to address the complications of this unplanned teacher workday?

By Veronica Correa | May 15

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are offering free breakfast and lunch at certain locations to help low-income families on the day of the teacher walkout, ...

Carolina's Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted third and fourth graders from three local elementary schools for a "Science is Awesome" outreach event on May 15.

"It's not magic, it's physics": Science is Awesome Outreach Day exposes kids to STEM

By Maddy Arrowood | May 15

Everything that combines fun and science, from liquid nitrogen ice cream to lessons on aliens and snot, could be found in Phillips Hall on Tuesday during ...

All is "pure gold" in the CHCCS State of the Schools Address

By Laura Brummett | April 12

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools highlight plans for new construction and new learning approaches at their "state-of-the-schools" address.

New N.C. law requires medical cards for bus drivers, and Orange County is stepping up

By Laura Brummett | March 8

School bus drivers in North Carolina are now required to carry a medical card in addition to their license at all times. But, bus drivers also must pass ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Governor Roy Cooper was the keynote speaker at the University Day ceremony on Oct. 12.

NC Governor Roy Cooper neither vetoes nor signs class size bill

By Mickayla McCann | February 21

"We were supposed to come in and do this class size fix, but the Republicans constructed the bill so that it had poison pill provisions,” said N.C. ...

Whooping cough found in Chapel Hill schools

By Ashley Peterson | January 23

Multiple cases of whooping cough have been reported at East Chapel Hill High and Chapel Hill High Schools.

Carrboro's Carolina North Forest and Bolin Creek garner controversy

By Sophia Wilhelm | January 22

Resting in the neck of the woods of Carrboro is the Carolina North Forest, the last untouched forested land of the town -- but possibly not for long. ...