Runoff confirmed in Orange County Schools Board of Education election

Bonnie Hauser, an incumbent and the fourth-place finisher, requested the runoff after finishing less than 500 votes behind another incumbent, Jennifer ...

Padilla elected, Doyle, Moore re-elected to Orange County Schools Board of Education

Phyllis Portie-Ascott wins Democratic primary for BOCC District 2

Phyllis Portie-Ascott and Nathan Robinson will compete for the BOCC District 2 seat in the general election in November.

Former two-classroom, all-Black Ridge Road School placed on national historic register

The school — built in 1932 for Black students — was small. It had two classrooms and a kitchen. Louis Watkins remembers it fondly and is happy ...

Word on the Street: How community members feel about this year's primaries

March 5 is primary election day for federal, state and county races in North Carolina. The Daily Tar Heel's Sarah Clements asked Chapel Hill voters about ...

Groups with ideological differences endorse in OCS Board of Education race

Hauser, Johnson and Shriner have all been endorsed by the Friends of Orange County Schools — a group concerned with issues like graphic ...

Orange County Schools vacancies decreasing, but still impact students

According to the district’s recent Human Capital Recruitment and Retention Update, the number of vacancies on the first and 40th days of school decreased ...

Orange County approves four-year strategic plan, contingent on subcommittee

“It was a very useful and productive process to gain public input in the process to give us a check to know that we’re responding to community interest ...

Documents reveal new details in fatal crash involving UNC students and football players

According to a criminal summons, CHPD says Zachary O’Brien Rice, a member of the UNC football team, was traveling in a separate vehicle just 15 yards ...

Orange County Board of Education discusses redistricting plan, air quality treatments

The Orange County Board of Education met on Feb. 19 to discuss its redistricting plan, Capital Improvement Plan, updates on the district’s air quality ...

Orange County Commissioners approve strategic plan, receive OWASA update

On Feb. 20, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners held a business meeting to discuss Black History Month, the Countywide Strategic Plan for ...

Driver charged in fatal crash involving UNC students makes first appearance in court

A UNC student who was driving the car involved in a crash that killed Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Rotunda, a UNC sophomore, last month made her first ...

Gov. Cooper issues order to improve state reentry and rehabilitation services

“This has been what we've been waiting for,” Benjamin Gear, the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department’s Local Reentry Council Coordinator, ...

'Trailblazer and icon:' Mural of Pauli Murray to be unveiled at Orange County Sportsplex

“I think it makes sense to have her portrait on a place, on a space, that is used by the community because she was very much a believer in bringing ...

Orange County enters third stage of its first comprehensive strategic plan

Orange County is nearly halfway done completing their six-pronged improvement plan.

Orange County BOCC approves funding for bridge housing, services contract

The Orange County Board of County Commissioners discussed a contract for a community engagement specialist for the Greene Tract area and funding for a ...

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 ...

Op-ed: How to vote in Orange County and find a polling place

"If you are registered to vote in Orange County and did not early vote for Tuesday’s local elections, check your voter registration at  https://vt.ncsbe.gov/RegLkup/ ...