Chapel Hill sees high voter turnout in 2023 municipal election

Over 12,000 votes were cast in the Chapel Hill mayoral election, marking a nearly 20 percent increase from the 2021 municipal election.

Orange County Schools Board of Education discusses graduation plans, school reassignments

The board approved edits to Policy 3540 of the Comprehensive Health Education Program and set high school graduation dates for June 7, the day after the ...

Orange County Health Department receives statewide awards for Gateway Village Collaborative

“The awards were monetary and they go to supporting the community, use it to host various community support the community,” Dana Crews, the director ...

Ryan, Nollert, McCullough win open seats on Chapel Hill Town Council, fourth seat uncertain

Amy Ryan won the highest amount of votes, Melissa McCullough and Theodore Nollert won the second- and third-most votes in the Chapel Hill Town Council. ...

Three newcomers, one incumbent elected to CHCCS Board of Education

Rani Dasi, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education frontrunner, won 20.13 percent of the vote, 11,628 votes total. Barbara Fedders was ...

Jess Anderson defeats Adam Searing in Chapel Hill mayoral race

Jess Anderson won the 2023 Chapel Hill mayor race, per unofficial results. Anderson won 58.79 percent of the vote, compared to Searing's 40.97 percent ...

Fray, Merrill and Posada win open seats on Carrboro Town Council

Catherine Fray, Jason Merrill and Eliazar Posada have won the three open seats on the Carrboro Town Council, according to unofficial results. Fray earned ...

Barbara Foushee wins Carrboro mayor seat in unopposed race

“It's been an unopposed race, but we have run the race nonetheless,” Barbara Foushee said.

Live election results: 2023 Chapel Hill, Carrboro municipal races

Josh Stein joins nationwide suit against Meta, alleging unethical data collection

The lawsuit claims Meta created a business model that focuses on maximizing time and attention young users spend on its platforms while implementing harmful ...

'Why would they do that?': Faculty reflect on restrictions for distinguished professorships

“I always thought it was the next honor one would aspire to, to be given this kind of position, and I appreciated it very much,” Philip Gura, UNC’s ...

Before You Vote: 2023 Local Elections, Episode 4

On this episode of Before You Vote, we learn what each candidate said when the Opinion board asked: "What do you see as a solution for the lack of housing ...

'If not myself, then who': Honoria Middough runs for teacher representation on CHCCS board

Middough is the mother of a CHCCS graduate and has over a decade of experience as an English as a second language teacher in Durham Public Schools. She ...

'A way to remind people that we are still here': N.C. celebrates Native American Heritage Month

In October 2021, the Biden Administration officially declared November as national Native American Heritage Month because it concludes the traditional ...

Durham County receives $1.5 million to reduce energy burdens in low-income communities

The purpose of this project is to reduce energy burdens, build organizational capacity and develop clean energy technical skills in rural and urban neighborhoods ...

CHCCS offers evening buses for students participating in after-school programs

One bus per school leaves each middle school at 5:35 p.m. and each high school at 6:35 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

The Cheese Shop in Carrboro plans restaurant expansion for next summer

The new restaurant will be located next to the Belltree Cocktail Club in the Carolina Car Wash building at 100B Brewer Lane, and the expansion will include ...

N.C. Recovery Practitioners Network to aid research in public school districts

The N.C. Recovery Practitioners Network is a partnership made up of the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, the UNC School of Education and other institutions. ...

Chapel Hill Crisis Unit to celebrate 50 years of co-responding with police

“They are reimagining the way we look at policing, especially policing for people with behavioral health issues, and we should be proud as a community ...