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Meet the Hillsborough mayor pro tempore who's focused on growth

By Samantha Perry | February 17

Jenn Weaver is a member of the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners and mayor pro tempore who hopes to ensure her community continues to grow and thrive, ...

Hillsborough activist groups hold "No Racist Wall Rally"

By Samantha Perry | February 17

Activists in Hillsborough came together on Sunday for the real national emergency, the government which targets migrant communities, and called for people ...

Murdered child in 20-year-long Orange County cold case has been identified

By Crystal Yu | February 14

“This has been a massive team effort, with hundreds of men and women involved. I hate the circumstances that led us to this point, but I can seek closure ...

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A look into how the government shutdown affected Orange County

By Diane Adame | February 11

As a second government shutdown seems impending, social service agencies in Orange County are preparing for the worst.

Orange and Durham counties have highest housing discrimination complaints per capita

By Julia Masters | February 10

Evidence of discriminatory policies found in Orange and Durham counties by the N.C. Fair Housing Project sets to provide renters with information regarding ...

Local municipalities hope to come together to fund the Orange County Food Council

By Jonny Cook | February 10

The Chapel Hill Town Council passed a memorandum to support the Orange County Food Council, an organization that aims to increase food security throughout ...

A look from the front lines of the fight for higher teacher pay in CHCCS

By Sophia Wilhelm | February 7

As of 2018, the average teacher salary in the state is about $50,861, but the average salary for teachers in the United States is $60,483, according to ...

Going green and climate change continues to be a priority for Orange County

By Julia Masters | February 5

Orange County is working to address persistent climate change issues through forming a specialized committee to push energy efficient initiatives.

Will this Durham lawsuit stall the plans for the Orange-Durham light rail?

By Brent Van Vliet | February 4

A lawsuit by six Durham residents is challenging a Durham City Council decision to rezone property near a proposed maintenance site for the Orange-Durham ...

Orange County Schools adopts racial equity plan in unanimous vote

By Myah Ward | February 3

On Jan. 28 the Orange County Board of Education approved the county’s first racial equity policy that addresses inequity in the district and plans to ...

Learn about the history of lynching in Orange County

By cailey howard | January 31

“I think that we still, as a nation and a region, have not come to terms with our own history."

Four months later, here's how North Carolina is doing after Florence

By Julia Masters | January 30

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, North Carolina Department of Public Safety and nonprofits are still working to help survivors recover from the ...

For the third year in a row, N.C. schools disproportionally suspend students of color

By Jonny Cook | January 30

The annual "racial equity report cards" put out by the Youth Justice Program do not reflect good results among many school districts throughout North ...

Homelessness in Orange County has increased by 13 percent since 2010

By Sophia Wilhelm | January 29

With homelessness in Chapel Hill on the rise, here is what local organizations are doing to help.

Orange County Commissioners join the national call for Green New Deal

By Henry Haney | January 28

The resolution, which passed 6-1, asks the representative for Orange County to join other U.S. House Democrats in backing the call of U.S. Rep. Alexandria ...

Ronald McDonald House celebrates over 30 years in Chapel Hill

By Ares Zerunyan | January 24

The Ronald McDonald House has been a saving grace for several families who have been displaced by their child's illness or injury, and students at UNC ...

UNC Hospitals are expanding their area and also becoming more crowded.

Rural residents can't access health care in a county full of doctors

By Alice Bennett | January 24

“What's lost in that is that southern Orange County looks quite different from northern Orange County, and by considering the county as a whole, we ...