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

| November 21

City & County

Local couple honored with Habitat build

By Shuyan Huang | September 29

Frederick and Sylvia Black were surprised with a new home on Sept. 20, though the house was not for them.

Carrboro Music Festival: faces behind the music

September 29

The Town of Carrboro held its 17th annual Carrboro Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday, bringing almost 180 local bands to venues around town.

Carrboro Music Festival says goodbye to organizers

By Kelly Cook | September 29

While thousands of attendees gathered in Carrboro to enjoy nearly 180 local bands Saturday and Sunday, Gerry Williams and his wife Janet Place closed ...

Julian’s ventures into bicycle fashion line

By Graves Ganzert | September 29

Tucked back in Julian’s iconic Franklin Street store hangs a small picture that continues to inspire Alexander Julian to further his fashion legacy. ...

Chapel Hill asks bicyclists to brighten their ride

By Hannah Webster | September 26

Bicyclists who parked their bikes in Chapel Hill Thursday probably found that their bike was tagged with a brightly colored flyer when they returned. ...

Chapel Hill High School freshman is rising star on the golf course

By Morgan Swift | September 26

Tell Gina Kim she’s sub-par, and she’ll take it as a compliment.

Meals on Wheels food truck rodeo coming to Carrboro

September 26

Meals on Wheels drives around Chapel Hill and Carrboro every weekday, delivering food to senior citizens and people with disabilities. It also raises ...

Ashely Warner reads from her book “The Year After: A Memoir,” as part of a benefit for the Orange County Rape Crisis Center.

Author Ashley Warner talks sexual violence

By Luman Ouyang | September 26

For survivors of sexual violence, author Ashley Warner has a message: Don’t bottle it up.

Chapel Hill community talks about downtown expansion

By Derrick Bills | September 26

There might be no one better to speak about the importance of growing the downtown area than Jamil Kadoura, whose plans for a new market on Franklin Street ...

Chapel Hill's affordable housing supply threatened

By Caroline Hudson | September 25

Tina Vaughn’s job at Chapel Hill’s Public Housing Department has become increasingly difficult over her decades-long career.

Three Dollar Bill LGBTQ comedy group rehearsed before their performance Tuesday night at DSI Comedy on West Franklin Street. Meagan Voss of Carrboro, Robbie Wiggins of Raleigh and Brandon Holmes of Durham were playing a warm-up game called "Czechoslovakia."

LGBTQ comedians kick off NC Pride

By Samantha Sabin | September 25

Although comedy troupe Three Dollar Bill’s show for N.C. Pride tonight will be LGBTQ-themed, not every joke will be about being gay.

Town not likely to sell HOPE Gardens property

By Hannah Jaggers | September 25

Staff at HOPE Gardens have been under stress since their land was listed as a site that could be sold by the town, but their community garden has remained ...

Q&A with student, town representative Brannum Forsyth

By Maggie Monsrud | September 24

Sophomore economics major Brannum Forsyth from Birmingham, Alabama recently began his work as member of the Board of Directors of the Chapel Hill Downtown ...

Al Whitney, 77, jokes with phlebotomist Stephanie Anthony as he donates his 750th unit of platelets at the Blood Donation Center at UNC Hospitals on Tuesday morning. Whitney has donated platelets in all 50 states and three countries.

Two men donate combined 1,400 blood platelet units

By Noelle Wells | September 24

Two men celebrated major milestones in the UNC Blood Donation Center Tuesday morning — one donating his 750th unit of blood platelets, the other, ...

Firefighters wear pink for women's health

By Tiffany Watkins | September 24

A slew of pink-clad firefighters and police officers driving pink firetrucks and police vehicles took over Chapel Hill Tuesday in support of Pink Heals, ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools redeveloping curriculum, focusing on achievement gap

By Rachel Herzog | September 23

With state data revealing that a large achievement gap among students still exists, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is working with a new partner to ...

New assessment adopted by CHCCS to identify student needs

By Elise McGlothian | September 23

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will now use a student assessment tool that will give teachers immediate feedback regarding a student’s grade-level ...

Orange County Health Department worker Donna King speaks with Pittsboro, North Carolina resident Sharon Flicker on Franklin Street about the county's smoking ban. Flicker, a former resident of Queens, New York, supported former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's smoking ordinances and was unaware that Orange County had similar laws.

Orange County seeks to inform community on smoking ban

By Luman Ouyang | September 23

Residents could start seeing fewer and fewer smokers in town now that Orange County is increasing efforts to educate residents about its smoking ban.

Orange County health officials offer drug disposal program

By Sam James | September 22

After more than 100 people visited the emergency room for accidentally overdosing on prescription medication in 2012, Orange County health officials are ...

From left to right, Laura Houston, a UNC grad student from Long Island, NY, Claire Dennis, a therapist from Durham, and Colie Taico, the hostess of the event, from Chapel Hill, dress up for the photo booth at 2nd Chance Prom at Looking Glass Cafe on Saturday.

Looking Glass Cafe hosts Second Chance Prom

By Cici Du | September 22

Supporters of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society were able to re-live their high school years for one night Saturday.