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7 startups get ready to LAUNCH

By Meg Garner | August 17

Earlier this month, seven startups joined accelerator program Launch Chapel Hill to help get their businesses off the ground.

UNC student guide to the UConnection deals

By Erin Kolstad | August 17

The first few weeks of college can be hard on a wallet. We strongly recommend you take advantage of as many deals as possible, and we want to help you ...

UNC student charged with murder for fatal wreck

By From staff and wire reports | July 23

Chandler Kania, a rising junior at UNC, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, according to court documents.

Q&A with incoming Carrboro fire chief Susanna Williams

By Elizabeth Harvell | July 22

On Aug. 3, Susanna Williams will become Carrboro’s first female fire chief. Daily Tar Heel staff writer Elizabeth Harvell sat down with Williams to ...

Future hazy for driver’s education in schools

By Madeline Reich | July 22

Getting a driver’s license is one of the greatest freedoms and responsibilities many high school students get to enjoy.

Omar Currie, a former teacher at Efland Cheeks Elementary school, reads from children's book "King and King" at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Currie resigned from the school after a controversy emerged over Currie reading the book, which features a marriage between gay characters, to his third-grade class.

Former Efland Cheeks teacher joins Chapel Hill panel on diversity in education

By Claire Nielsen | July 9

Omar Currie, a former third-grade teacher at Efland Cheeks Elementary School, didn't think he was doing something brave when he read a children's book ...

‘We will not be intimidated by this act’

By Lauren Miller | July 9

It has been almost a month since the June 17 mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., that claimed the lives ...

Michelle Laws speaks at Carrboro’s annual reading of Fredrick Douglass’ speech, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro.”

Fourth of July speech provides alternate perspective

By Claire Nielsen | July 9

On the Fourth of July, every chair in the Carrboro Century Center’s main hall was filled, with some Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents even sitting ...

Lauren Fortkort, a co-owner of the new country bar on Rosemary Street, poses behind one of the bar’s counters. Country Fried Duck offers three bars and a patio.

Country Fried Duck opens its doors on Rosemary Street

By Camila Molina | July 2

If you ever hear Shania Twain’s song “I Feel Like a Woman” while walking down Rosemary Street, it’s probably coming from Country Fried Duck. ...

Students create waterless car wash

By Madeline Reich | July 2

A new car washing service headed by UNC students is coming to University Place this fall.

Construction at University Place moving forward

By Kerry Lengyel | June 25

Construction and a name change are reshaping the complex Chapel Hill residents used to know as University Mall .

Community members gather to protest the practices and treatment of Kira Fisher by Ellers Capital Partners on June 11.

Community members protest Eller Capital Partners housing practices

By Camila Molina | June 18

Kira Fisher is a tenant of the Chapel Hill apartment complex 86 North — but not for very much longer.

Construction continues on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Inter-Faith Council for Social Services’ men’s homeless shelter and community kitchen’s new location.

New homeless shelter near completion

By Rachel Herzog | June 18

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Inter-Faith Council for Social Service’s men’s homeless shelter and community kitchen will soon have a new home.

Group asks police to make reforms to combat racial bias

By Erin Kolstad | June 18

A coalition of Orange County residents is working to eliminate the problems of implicit bias and racial profiling in policing.

Marty Hanks, the creator of "Just Bee Apiary," a bee farm located on his land just outside of downtown Chapel Hill, checks on his honeybees. Hanks makes it a priority to raise his thousands of bees without the use of unnatural chemicals.

Carrboro to observe week honoring bees

By Lauren Miller | June 10

Next week, downtown Carrboro will be buzzing with new activities.

Members of local Gamblers Anonymous group reflect on addiction

By Claire Nielsen | June 10

Steve, a member of the Chapel Hill chapter of Gamblers Anonymous, said he considers gambling to be his enemy.

Obey Creek vote delayed

By Claire Nielsen | June 10

Many of those who attended Monday’s Chapel Hill Town Council meeting were surprised when the council decided not to vote on the four Obey Creek development ...