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Chapel Hill policing advisory committee talks racial equity, policing alternatives

By Suzannah Claire Perry | July 15

At its July 14 virtual meeting, Chapel Hill's Community Policing Advisory Committee heard two presentations about clinically based policing alternatives ...

'A major step in the wrong direction': Carrboro Town Council talks student return to UNC

By Taylor Heeden | July 15

“Some mentioned it’s not our business in what UNC does, but you know what? It is,” Town Council member Sammy Slade said. “Students live in Carrboro. ...

'You think of giving up the business': Retailers recoup amid COVID-19, student absence

By Maris Ava Cruz | July 14

“We need the students to be back in the fall if at all possible," one retailer said. "We need the students back on campus and we need football to be ...

Your guide to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' possible fall reopening plan

By Camila Moreno-Lizarazo | July 13

In the district's plan, cohorts of students would alternate between remote and in-person learning, with some grades starting out the year completely remote. ...

Artists, activists commemorate Black Lives Matter movement with murals

By Alexandra Smith | July 13

“They say the eyes are the gateway to the soul, so when you see something so beautiful, it just speaks to you,” Nina Scott, an artist involved in ...

Orange County BOCC holds listening session on racism, policing

By Audrey Selley | July 9

At a specially called July 7 listening session, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners heard community concerns on racial justice from the police ...

N.C. artists raise funds for Cat's Cradle as industry struggles amid pandemic

By Camila Moreno-Lizarazo | July 7

The arts is one of the industries most impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Here's how the arts community in Orange County, including longstanding music ...

Campaign aims to promote unified message, stop COVID-19 spread in N.C. Latinx community

By Britney Nguyen | July 6

“Really my hope is that people receive the information they need to take care of themselves,” Pilar Rocha-Goldberg, the CEO and president of El Centro ...

Protesters peacefully organize for Black Lives Matter in Hillsborough

By Suzannah Claire Perry | July 6

Protesters gathered in front of the Orange County Courthouse on July 4 and called for racial justice in Hillsborough and beyond. Speakers encouraged residents ...

Meet Eugenia Floyd, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' Teacher of the Year

By Dylan Cole Phillips | July 1

After graduating from UNC-Greensboro, she worked as a teachers' assistant — and realized she had what it took to become a teacher herself. Meet Eugenia ...

Courage in the moment: Remembering photojournalist and DTH alum James H. Wallace Jr.

By Kyle Ingram | June 30

James "Jim" H. Wallace Jr., a former DTH photographer and critical photojournalist of the civil rights movement in Chapel Hill, died on June 14. Friends ...

Here's how to register to vote in Orange County

By Taylor Heeden | June 29

With the Nov. 3 election just over four months away, local, state and national seats are up for grabs. Here is your guide to registering to vote in Orange ...

A rally, reflections and a rain check: Organizers host delayed Juneteenth celebration

By Alexandra Smith | June 28

“On behalf of the Chapel Hill Nine, I am privileged to say welcome to the movement,” David Mason, an original Chapel Hill Nine member, told the crowd. ...

Summer Jump Start program brings the classroom home for Orange County students

By Britney Nguyen | June 28

Although students in both Orange County school districts have been away from their physical classrooms for months, the NCDPI-sponsored Summer Jump Start, ...

Chapel Hill Town Council passes fiscal year 2020-2021 budget, racial equity resolution

By Taylor Heeden | June 28

At its June 24 meeting, The Chapel Hill Town Council passed its incoming fiscal year budget and a racial equity resolution that prohibits chokeholds, ...

Here's where to find free masks across Orange County

By Lilly Clark | June 23

Orange County has mandated facial coverings in any public space where a social distance of 6 feet cannot be maintained until at least Aug. 31. Residents ...

Black Orange County elected officials host virtual Juneteenth program

By Alexandra Smith | June 21

Current and former Black elected officials for Orange County came together for the Town of Carrboro’s virtual Juneteenth program and passed a resolution ...

UNC commission member proposes enrichment program for descendants of enslaved people

By Emma Geis | June 21

Danita Mason-Hogans, a member of UNC's Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward and a Chapel Hill native with ties to the University dating back ...

Chapel Hill Town Council talks Juneteenth, COVID-19 at special meeting

By Crystal Yu | June 18

At its specially called Wednesday meeting, the Chapel Hill Town Council discussed transit, COVID-19 response and affordable housing.

BOCC passes 2020-2021 budget, hears sheriff's equity report at June 16 meeting

By Britney Nguyen | June 18

At their June 16 meeting, members of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners passed their fiscal year 2020-2021 budget and heard a special presentation ...