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Broadband Task Force discusses bringing internet to rural Orange County communities

By Trevor Moore | March 9

Approximately 5,000 residential units in Orange County are not adequately serve with broadband, Jim Northrup, chief information officer for the county, ...

CHCCS community reflects on challenges, impacts of one year of remote learning

By Kayla Guilliams | March 9

Nearly one year has passed since the System's first day of remote learning, and the CHCCS community is reflecting on the challenges the year has brought ...

Chapel Hill Town Council to vote on MLK development that could threaten mobile home park

By Henry Haney | March 9

As of Tuesday, the Chapel Hill Town Council is set to vote on the project’s rezoning proposal on March 10. Council members differ on whether they’ll ...

Campaign launched to remove all Confederate statues from courthouse grounds

By Charles Vanderford | March 9

As part of the campaign, NC CRED will create and maintain a website to provide information on confederate monuments in the state, work in coalitions to ...

Hillsborough renames Thomas Ruffin Street to Lydia Lane due to slave ownership legacy

By Trevor Moore | March 9

Lydia, whose name will replace Ruffin’s, was a slave who was the subject of State v. Mann, a court case where Ruffin ruled that slave masters could ...

Advocates respond to recent rise in violence against Asian American community

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 9

Though violence against Asian Americans has risen particularly in major U.S. cities, community members say anti-Asian racism is not new — and that there ...

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A look back at North Carolina's COVID-19 response over the past year

By Guillermo Molero | March 9

Since last March, the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come through a mixture of executive orders and comprehensive relief legislation. ...

'A shot in the dark': N.C. vaccine rollout poses questions about ethics and priorities

By Maydha Devarajan | March 8

Since North Carolina started its vaccine rollout in December 2020, nearly 1 million residents have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, ...

N.C. Senate Bill 100 poses a threat for cities looking to reduce police funding

By Ella Layn | March 8

The bill, also known as the Police Funding Protection Act, states any North Carolina city that reduces funds for law enforcement agencies by more than ...

Community voices concerns over Latinx representation on CHCCS board, coin-flip method

By Kayla Guilliams | March 8

Many community members are frustrated that the board did not engage in a discussion about Latinx representation or racial equity before voting to appoint ...

CHCCS Board of Education moves forward in-person start date to March 22

By Susie Webb | March 7

All students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district will now be returning to in-person education a month earlier than previously decided. ...

Settlement secures release of 3,500 incarcerated people from state prisons

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | March 4

The legal settlement ensures the early release of 3,500 people over the next six months, 1,500 of whom will be released over the next three months. The ...

Equality Act, cosponsored by Rep. Price, passes House, still faces vote in Senate

By Kathryn Goodwin | March 3

U.S. Rep. David Price co-sponsors and votes for the Equality Act, prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The ...

Newly-opened Jed’s Kitchen offers halal Moroccan food to the Chapel Hill community

By Elias Horowitz | March 3

Jed's Kitchen recently opened on Franklin Street and offers a variety of classic Moroccan dishes. The restaurant aims to be inclusive offering a menu ...

‘We feel like glorified babysitters’: New teachers forge a career amid uncertainty

By Dominick Ferrara | March 3

New teachers in Chatham County reflect on the uncertainty and unpredictability of teaching during the pandemic.

Orange County Public Transportation to offer new on-demand service pilot program

By Cloris Huan | March 2

The program will be offered Fridays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., for $5 per trip.

‘Avoided a disaster’: Efland residents reflect on Buc-ee’s station, future development

By Henry Haney | March 1

Community organizers in Efland rallied an opposition strong enough to fend off Texas gas giant Buc-ee’s. But what voices were left unheard in the discussion, ...

Chapel Hill Town Council vacancy could extend until November or May

By Caroline Kelly | March 1

Former Chapel Hill Town Council member Rachel Schaevitz resigned last January, and her seat has been vacant since then. Municipal elections are set to ...

Donna Carrington uses lived experience to fight homelessness

By Julia Masters | March 1

Carrington is the executive director of the Community Empowerment Fund, a nonprofit organization in Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina aimed ...

Durham minister fights for Holocaust education bill to include Black history

By Bethany Lee | March 1

N.C. legislators filed a bill on Feb. 10 to make Holocaust and genocide education mandatory for public schools, but Durham minister and activist Paul ...