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Orange County Commissioners

Hillsborough residents start petition against proposed Detention Center

By Cole Kordus | February 6

Orange County has proposed a location for a new Detention Center and Agricultural facility. In response, a group of upset residents created a petition ...

Orange County BOC votes to join massive lawsuit against opioid distributors

By Karlton Tate | January 31

Twenty-six percent of Orange County's opioid-related deaths came from Hillsborough, even though the town only makes up five percent of the county's population. ...

Updated detention center finally on the horizon for Hillsborough

By Caroline Levine | January 30

After nearly 100 years, Hillsborough is finally overhauling its deteriorating detention center. The new campus is expected to feature considerable improvements ...

Thousands of acres off limits for urban development in Orange County

By Doug Dubrowski | November 28

Orange County has around 37,000 acres of land that cannot allow urban development due to a joint planning agreement between Chapel Hill, Carrboro and ...

BOCC set to repeal outdated ordinance to symbolize gender equality

By Marin Wolf | November 26

Orange County Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to repeal an ordinance that makes it unlawful for women “over the age of 14 years, or any other ...

Construction activities to remodel, expand and make improvements at the Eubanks Rd. Waste and Recycling Center are estimated to last ten months.

Why doesn't Orange County have a landfill?

By Marin Wolf | November 12

Chapel Hill's municipal solid waste continues to find itself in the backyard of low-income communities, despite the town's best efforts to keep landfills ...

Orange County Board of Commissioners meets Nov. 9

By Marin Wolf | November 9

Staff Writer Marin Wolf tweets live from the November 9 work session.

Taxing, funding and a tale of two school districts

By Rebecca Ayers | November 6

For more than 100 years, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools System has had a special tax, providing additional funding to the district — a tax Orange ...

Despite high poverty rate, Orange County holds highest per capita income in the state

By Lauren Talley | October 23

Orange County has the highest per capita income in North Carolina according to the 2017 State of the Community report put together by the Chapel Hill-Carrboro ...