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Chapel Hill Police restarts GEMS program, promoting young women in public safety

By Caroline Horne | April 12

Starting on May 11, the Chapel Hill Police Department will host its weekly GEMS program for young women in the community. In the program, which the department ...

Chapel Hill's Downtown Live music series returns, features local musicians

By Stefan Stalker | April 12

Dozens of musicians have and will continue to perform at locations along Franklin Street as part of Downtown Live, a free outdoor concert series hosted ...

Chapel Hill Town Council discusses LUMO change in work session

By Audrey Kashatus | April 12

During a work session on April 10, the Chapel Hill Town Council met to discuss controversial changes to housing ordinances in the Town. The proposed amendment ...

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Orange County Schools Board of Education approves 2024 fiscal year budget

By Lauren Zola | April 12

During its Monday meeting, the Orange County Schools Board of Education approved its Local Operating Budget for the fiscal year 2024. The meeting also ...

Orange County sees highest life expectancy in North Carolina due to abundant resources

By Walker Livingston | April 12

Orange County residents lead the state's average life expectancy by almost four years. According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s ...

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro coffee shops offer unique, intimate live music setting

By Olivia Gschwind | April 11

Lanza’s Cafe, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews and 1922 By Carolina Coffee Shop are some of the local coffee shops that have recently hosted live music ...

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Sheila Neville retires after 20 years of service to community as transit operator

By Ella Aluise | April 11

After two decades of service, Senior Transit Operator Sheila Neville retired from Chapel Hill Transit. Neville served as the chair of the transit employee ...

Compass Center remains Orange County's sole housing provider for domestic violence survivors

By Avery Baker | April 11

Though the Compass Center's Safe Homes, New Lives program raised over $1 million to address the lack of crisis housing in the county, they currently only ...

NC House Republicans advance bill to restrict mail-in voting

By Vina Senthil | April 10

N.C. House Bill 304, a bill that would disallow the three-day grace period covering mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, has advanced in the ...

Owners of small businesses at 306 W. Franklin St. face possible relocation, closure

By Caroline Dickey | April 10

Development plans for the Chapel Hill Life Sciences Center at 306 W. Franklin St. have drawn much of the Chapel Hill community's attention to the small ...

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro community, poets laureate celebrate National Poetry Month

By Niharika Ghoshal | April 9

National Poetry Month is celebrated in April every year — and the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro will be celebrating this year as well. “The ...

'Vinyl is seeing a real resurgence': 32nd biannual CD & Record show held in Carrboro

By Irene Denniston | April 9

On Sunday, April 2, the 32nd Carrboro CD & Record Show brought over 40 tables with new and used CDs, vinyl records and music memorabilia to the Carrboro ...

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Eastgate Crossing stormwater construction to complete within the next month

By Annika Duneja | April 9

About a third of the parking spaces in the Eastgate Crossing shopping center in Chapel Hill are currently unusable due to construction, but work should ...

'Deceit of the highest order': NC Democrats say they feel betrayed after Cotham switches parties

By Emily Gajda | April 5

The North Carolina Democratic Party held a press conference outside its headquarters this afternoon, only a few hours after Rep. Tricia Cotham (R-Mecklenburg) ...

NC Rep. Tricia Cotham officially switches parties, gives no specifics on abortion

By Ethan E. Horton | April 5

N.C. Rep. Tricia Cotham (R-Mecklenburg) held a press conference this morning at the N.C. GOP Headquarters in Raleigh with state Republican leaders to ...

Chapel Hill Ben and Jerry's holds Free Cone Day in support of children's foundation

By Libby Wakefield | April 5

A line of community members could be seen outside the Ben & Jerry's on Franklin Street all afternoon on Monday. According to Felicia Ross, general ...

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'We were people, too': Unhoused population faces complex relationship with police

By Gowri Abhinanda , Tori Newby and Maddie Singleton | April 5

Chapel Hill resident Bobby Woodlief said he has endured a variety of difficulties during his 18 years of experiencing homelessness in the town. As a result ...

RENA Community Center continues to serve neighborhood despite historical injustices

By Maddie Policastro | April 4

“That is basically the main purpose of the Rogers Community Center,” RENA President Robert Campbell said. “To give voice to a marginalized community ...

'You deserve support': Orange County Rape Crisis Center advocates for survivors

By Ginny Dempster | April 4

Through the month of April and beyond, the OCRCC is dedicated to supporting and advocating for survivors of sexual violence. Outside of direct support ...

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Three Republican state legislators introduce bill to ban abortion at conception

By Lauren Zola | April 4

North Carolina House Bill 533, which bans abortions in North Carolina at conception unless to preserve the life of the mother, was filed on March 29. ...