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North Carolina dropout rates at all time low

By Rachel Herzog | March 19

When Principal Eileen Tully started working at East Chapel Hill High School in 2009, she set a goal for the next five years: to reduce the number of dropouts ...

Orange County to improve Family Success Alliance to help families in poverty

By Maggie Monsrud | March 19

Orange County officials are engaging the community to improve the Family Success Alliance, a program that focuses on addressing the needs of Orange County ...

Mechanical bull coming to Rosemary Street

By Meg Garner | March 18

Chapel Hill will soon be home to a new country bar called the Country Fried Duck.

Section 8 checks too late in Gateway Village

By Erin Kolstad | March 18

After repeatedly receiving their federal housing subsidies late, residents of Hillsborough’s Gateway Village Apartments now face fees and disconnection ...

All up in your business for March 17, 2015

By Bridget Dye | March 17

Latin-American cuisine with a twist has found its place in Carrboro, soon to be joined by the town’s first full tequila bar.

UNC gives $3 Million loan to Northside

By Claire Nielsen | March 16

The University is providing a $3 million no-interest loan to help with the acquisition and resale of properties in the historically black, low-income ...

Street Scene Teen Center celebrates 30 years

By Aren Besson | March 15

For some, the Chapel Hill Street Scene Teen Center was more than an after-school program: It was a lifeline.

PORCH helps eliminate local food insecurity

By Lauren Miller | March 5

A nutritional diet often becomes sidelined when families' primary concern is putting food on the table.

Chapel Hill residents spar over bamboo forest

By Erin Kolstad | March 5

Bamboo: a panda’s favorite food source and at least one homeowner’s worst nightmare.

Director leaves Inter-Faith Council for health

By Bridget Dye | March 5

After just eight months in the position, Elizabeth Waugh-Duford has left her post at the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service.

Carrboro Board of Aldermen talked housing costs

By Mengqi Jiang | March 4

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen discussed the rising cost of housing in increasingly walkable, bikeable, livable Carrboro at a meeting Tuesday while considering ...

Orange County prepares residents to handle dangerous weather

By Maggie Monsrud | March 4

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Chapel Hill shooter Craig Hicks faces death penalty

By Katie Reilly | March 3

The Durham County District Attorney’s Office will seek the death penalty for Craig Hicks, the man indicted on three counts of first-degree murder for ...

Cedar Falls Park opens new restroom and picnic facilities

By Haley Ray | March 2

Residents who use Cedar Falls Park on cold winter days will no longer have to use the restroom in unheated Port-a-Johns after new restroom and picnic ...

Varsity Theatre goes live with 'Love'

By Paige Connelly | February 27

Tonight, the Varsity Theatre won't be showing a movie. Instead, it will be hosting the fifth annual Love Live Concert.

(From left to right) Megan Carlin, Sinclair McLean and Sarah Graves build an igloo on the lower quad in front of South Building on Thursday.

Power companies working to restore snowstorm outages

By Holly West | February 27

Local power companies are working around the clock to restore power outages across the county following the snowstorm that hit Orange County late Wednesday ...

TOPO Back Bar throws it back

By Mengqi Jiang | February 27

Top of the Hill’s Back Bar will be throwing it back starting on Thursday.

Chris Derby, the owner of two UPS stores and the Baguettaboutit food truck, died suddenly of a heart attack on Monday. A memorial service will be held at St. Thomas More Catholic Church on Friday.Photo courtesy of Kaytee Hough.

Business community mourns Chris Derby

By Maggie Monsrud | February 25

Around town, Chris Derby was known as a successful Chapel Hill businessman who was always willing to give back. But at home, Chris Derby was known as ...

Chapel Hill Transit employees ready for more snow

By Mary Helen Moore | February 25

At 3 a.m. today, when most residents were sound asleep, Chapel Hill Transit employees were already working to make sure roads were safe and bus stops ...

Councilman Lee Storrow seeks feedback with town halls

By Erin Kolstad | February 24

Beginning today, Chapel Hill Town Council member Lee Storrow will begin hosting a series of town hall events to meet Chapel Hill citizens one-on-one and ...