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CHCCS delays dropping indoor mask mandate until April 4

By Susie Webb | March 3

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted 6-1 on Thursday to delay dropping its indoor mask mandate until April 4, when the district ...

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UNC’s first seed library launches, offers community free planting supplies

By Adele Morris | March 3

Jordan Green, a masters student in the School of Information and Library Science, has created the University's first seed library. UNC community members ...

Orange County Animal Services hits record at drive-through rabies vaccine clinic

By Avery Baker | March 3

Tiani Schifano, the program coordinator at Orange County Animal Services, said Orange County Animal Services hadn’t had a rabies vaccination clinic ...

Donna J. Papa wins 1,300th game in UNC softball's 7-3 triumph over Villanova

By Asheebo Rojas | March 3

With an 7-3 victory over Villanova, the North Carolina softball team gave Donna J. Papa her 1,300th win on Wednesday night.

'Come in and have fun': How Chapel Hill is celebrating Mardi Gras this week

By Jenna Rupp | March 3

“It might not be New Orleans Mardi Gras, but we're going to try our hardest,” Ryan Cunnigham, the owner of Socks Off Entertainment, said.

Editorial: Hillsborough fails to combat climate change through clean transit

By Editorial Board | March 3

"The environmental benefit of this project now relies on one thing: time. And time is the thing that we no longer have. We can no longer afford to put ...

'Future we are fighting for': Kamala Harris discusses workers' rights at Durham Tech

By Lauren McCarthy | March 3

Over the course of the year, Harris said, she has visited many union apprenticeship facilities where she has met a diverse, creative and determined workforce. ...

'We are open to everybody': A look inside the UNC Music Library

By Celia Funderburk | March 2

“We are open to everybody," Music Librarian Diane Steinhaus said. "We welcome anybody to come and use our space, collections and services however they ...

Preview: How UNC men's basketball can even the season series against rival No. 4 Duke

By Eve Maddock | March 2

Saturday evening, the Duke Blue Devils will host the UNC men's basketball team in a rematch from the team's February matchup. After the 20-point loss ...

Summer Careers Academy to bring apprenticeship program to Orange County

By Samuel Long | March 2

The Summer Careers Academy, a new youth apprenticeship program, recently launched on Feb. 22 for young adults aged 16 to 24 in Orange County.

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HBCU representatives hold summit on pandemic's disparate effect on mental health

By Grant Alexander | March 2

On Feb. 23, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services partnered with historically Black colleges and universities to host a mental health ...

'Tarred Healing' photo story on Black history at UNC pulled from display

By Jade Neptune | March 2

In June, photographer Cornell Watson was offered an artist residency at the Stone Center to create a body of work that captured spaces of memory for ...

Carrboro Lions Club donates vision screener to CHCCS

By Sierra President | March 1

“I think we’ve seen more kids younger and younger who are getting glasses prescribed and getting their vision impairments corrected earlier," Exceptional ...

Orange County to lift indoor mask mandate on March 7

By Emmy Martin | March 1

Orange County will lift its indoor mask mandate on March 7 at 5 p.m, Board of County Commissioners Chairperson Renee Price announced in a board meeting ...

No. 24 UNC baseball team secures 16-1 midweek win over Longwood

By Daniel Wei | March 1

After a dominant win over Longwood and a solid series played against a ranked ECU team this past weekend, the Tar Heels look to be in good shape for conference ...

Column: Bomb threats at HBCUs are another act of violence against Black students

By Charity Cohen | March 1

"Racism and hatred toward Black people who are seeking to better themselves intellectually still exists, and isn’t a remnant of the past, but rather ...

Well Ride program offers UNC students free transportation to off-campus counseling

By Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata | March 1

The student-run program, created through the executive branch of the Undergraduate Student Government, is partnering with UNC's Counseling and Psychological ...

NC Supreme Court approves new maps to nobody's full satisfaction

By Ian Walniuk | March 1

The new congressional, House and Senate maps will take effect for the 2022 primary elections on May 17, according to Rachel Raper, Director of the Orange ...

UNC gymnastics senior Shailyn St. Brice displays resiliency throughout college career

By Noah Monroe | March 1

“There have been a lot of times in my life and my journey (to UNC) where things didn’t go to plan and things didn’t go the way I wanted them to,” ...

UNC men's basketball gives its all for seniors in 88-79 home-closing win over Syracuse

By PJ Morales | March 1

After North Carolina men's basketball's 79-88 win on Senior Night, only two things need to be said — this is a team where the seniors want it, and a ...