'A vote for our democracy': Youth poised to make big impact in 2020 election

With less than a week until Election Day, 3.8 million North Carolinians have already cast their ballots, a state in which young voters have turned out ...

Linda's to add breakfast, coffee, alcohol alternatives to its menu

After a brief closure, Chapel Hill staple Linda's has reopened, with new hours and an expanded menu. 

Approval of Research Triangle Logistics Park concerns Hillsborough residents

Groups like Save Hillsborough believes the approval of  Research Triangle Logistics Park will harm the environment and safety of Orange County.  ...

Here's how the UNC-Duke rivalry helped engage voters in the medical field

Voter turnout in the medical field is historically low. VotER, an organization that engages medical professionals in civic participation, aims to change ...

Before You Vote Episode 7: Election security

In the seventh episode, City & State Editor Sonia Rao talks to N.C. Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson-Bell and UNC political science professor ...

Uncertainty lingers around COVID-19 vaccine safety, development and distribution

Elizabeth Tilson, North Carolina's state health director and chief medical officer, said North Carolina likely won't have enough COVID-19 doses available ...

Carrboro United reaches $1 million in sales seven months into operation

Local food hub program Carrboro United was created to help restaurants in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area survive during the pandemic — and it just reached ...

With the closing of beloved Elmo's Diner, a community remembers what it has lost

Elmo's Diner stood as a pillar for the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for 29 years, a place where families and college students alike devoured plates ...

Was N.C. State Fair’s food festival COVID-safe? Vendors weigh in

“The sense of normalcy is comforting, but a little different,” one vendor said. “Given what this year has brought us —  maybe it’s not ...

'Celebration of citizenship': Inside the life of an N.C. poll worker

Rachel Raper, the director of elections for Orange County, said poll workers are critical to elections and complete a variety of roles during early voting ...

UNC professor's mutual aid fund distributes over $46,000 to LGBTQ people of color

UNC professor Sharon Holland, along with two community organizers, spearheaded a mutual aid fund designed to help queer, trans and Indigenous people of ...

Carrboro to implement second 'Truth Plaque' at site of former Freedmen's school

Carrboro will place a "truth plaque" at the site of the former Freedmen's school to acknowledge the several hundred Black children and adults who were ...

'You can't hold back the spring': The legacy of Rev. Robert Seymour

Chapel Hill pastor and local civil rights advocate Rev. Robert Seymour died Oct. 11. Seymour spent the majority of his 95 years pastoring churches, founding ...

OC Voice: Pressing through the pandemic

The OC Voice is a portion of the OC Report newsletter where local residents may have a platform to talk about local issues they care about. Barbara Foushee ...

Weekly Quiz for the Well-Read News Whiz: Oct. 23

Chapel Hill's Regal Timberlyne Theater closes, to be turned into medical office space

Chapel Hill's Regal Timberlyne Theater is closing down, and a new medical office building is set to take its place.

Eviction numbers have fallen in Orange County, but many are still vulnerable

Orange County Housing Assistance programs have been helping tenants stave off eviction, but some tenants still face the threat. 

Carrboro Town Council passes resolution calling for reparations

At Tuesday's Carrboro Town Council meeting, members approved a resolution that calls attention to the Town's history with slavery and discrimination.  ...

New mural on Chapel Hill-Carrboro line set to honor musician Elizabeth Cotten

The mural of Elizabeth Cotten, a Chapel Hill native and influential musician, is part of a larger statewide effort to honor North Carolina musicians in ...