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No. 19 UNC women's basketball soars past Boston College, 80-67, thanks to third quarter surge

| January 12

Community members attend inaugural Chapel Hill-Carrboro Juneteenth events

McDougle Elementary fifth-grader starts new environmental initiative

By Kayleigh Carpenter | February 18

Degan Foreman emailed his principal and ask if he could pay for some metal silverware for the cafeteria. After some research, he helped the school ...

N.C. Gov. Cooper creates state task force after global coronavirus outbreak

By David Richman | February 18

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic, there have been an increasing number of confirmed cases in the United States. Gov. Roy Cooper announces ...

How UNC student filmmakers are building a community of their own

By Elizabeth Sills | February 17

Many students arrive on UNC's campus with no prior experience working on a film set. But the production sets for organizations like the the Carolina Film ...

Daffodils for a cause: Chapel Hill teen sells flowers to raise donations for charity

By Audrey Selley | February 17

Rebecca Mills, current senior at East Chapel Hill High School, has been selling daffodils in front of the post office on East Franklin street since she ...

'We have so much to lose': Bloomberg holds campaign event in Raleigh

By Emily Siegmund | February 17

Mike Bloomberg has put much of his focus on North Carolina since starting his presidential campaign less than three months ago. Last week, he held an ...

Candidates, community members discuss raising the minimum wage at Raleigh rally

By Gabriella Gibson | February 17

Raising Wages NC held a rally at First Baptist Church in Raleigh on Friday to advocate for a $15 minimum wage. The group said the rally was intended to ...

Valentine's Day demonstration outside UNC coal plant calls for renewable energy use

By Victoria Johnson | February 16

“These two granddaughters and my other two granddaughters are going to have a horrible existence, much different than what I had,” he said. “That’s ...

Column: Don’t wait for someone else to take the lead

February 16

"I will yell, and scream, and then do everything I can."

Activist and high school student honored in annual Pauli Murray Awards

By Elise Palmer | February 16

With impressive community involvement in Orange County, both Mae McLendon and Thea Barrett deserve to be recipients of this prestigious award.

Debate on student-athlete compensation heats up in U.S. Senate

By Guillermo Molero | February 16

As indecision continues, debates on the compensation of student-athletes continue to intensify.

Climate change presents new challenges, long-term threats for N.C. farmers

By Marin Wolf | February 16

“We get hotter hots, colder colds, wetter wets and dryer drys,” farmer Ken Dawson said. Climate change is more than just a looming threat for ...

Bernie Sanders holds rally in Durham, joined by local community leaders

By Brent Van Vliet | February 16

U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his message of economic populism to Durham ahead of North Carolina’s Super Tuesday primary. ...

Carrboro's poet laureate, Fred Joiner, is supporting the arts community in Orange County

By Elizabeth Egan | February 16

Carrboro's poet laureate Fred Joiner is expanding his efforts to integrate art and poetry into Orange County through new projects.

Virginia's Tomas Woldetensae is just the latest to break UNC basketball's heart

By Chapel Fowler | February 16

Virginia guard Tomas Woldetensae became the latest ACC opponent to make his mark on this absurd North Carolina basketball season with a side-stepping, ...

Report shows Orange County bail and bond system unjustly penalizes low-income citizens

By Kayleigh Carpenter | February 14

Orange County's criminal justice system disadvantages low-income residents, according to a new report by the Orange County Bail/Bond Justice Project. ...

How a new EPA rule could impact North Carolina's drinking water

By Mark Morrison | February 14

On Jan. 23, the EPA enacted the Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), which re-defined what constitutes the waters of the United States. Co-owner ...

Unraveling the story behind the Silent Sam lawsuit

By Maeve Sheehey | February 13

On Wednesday, Judge Allen Baddour dismissed the Sons of Confederate Veterans lawsuit against the UNC System. Now, the fate of Silent Sam is once again ...

Local artists bring color and brightness to nearby crosswalks

By Grace O'Callaghan | February 13

"We wanted to do artistic crosswalks to increase the visibility and draw drivers' attention."

Duke Energy's coal-fired Sutton Plant was located near Wilmington, N.C., and was retired in Nov. 2013 and demolished 2017. Sutton Plant is now a natural gas combined-cycle plant. Photo contributed by Duke Energy.

Wake County judge mandates Duke Energy comply with coal ash settlement

By Dylan Cole Phillips | February 13

Duke Energy has agreed to a settlement concerning cleaning and moving its unlined coal ash sites. The new deadline for the cleanup is 2035, six years ...

N.C. superintendent candidates talk educational equity and school funding

By David Saff | February 13

The current state superintendent is leaving in a bid to become lieutenant governor, which has led to a plethora of candidates contending for the position. ...