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Post-Reconstruction schools on exhibit at Orange County Historical Museum

By Maggie Monsrud | April 9

The Orange County Historical Museum premiered its exhibit on education during the post-Reconstruction period in America Wednesday.

Kidzu Children’s Museum reopens Saturday in University Mall. The new space is larger than the old location in University Square.

Kidzu museum opens in University Mall

By Haley Ray | April 9

Children can engage their inner explorer at the 10-foot Tar Heel Treehouse at Kidzu’s new space in University Mall, which opens Saturday.

Moral Mondays to resume if NC won’t comply

By Paige Hopkins | April 7

Many aspects of Chapel Hill and UNC’s campus go quiet in the summer months — but for Moral Monday protesters, the season represents a time for getting ...

Top of the Hill hosts "Meet the Maker" series to kick off NC Beer Month

By Christine Bang | April 2

To kick off North Carolina Beer Month, Our State magazine is hosting a craft beer event — the first event of the “Meet the Maker” series — tonight ...

Dr. Chas Gaertner moved his chiropractic practice, North Carolina Chiropractic, to Carrboro from downtown Chapel Hill.

Longtime Chapel Hill chiropractor Chas Gaertner leaves town

By Marisa Bakker | April 2

The chiropractor is in and he has your back — just from a new location.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools talk living wage proposal

By Aren Besson | April 1

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board of Education will discuss whether to increase the wages of its approximately 2,200 employees to a living wage ...

Top of the Hill owner lobbies for chance to sell his liquor

By Avishai Halev | March 31

Of the 17 alcohol control states, only four do not allow distilleries to sell their product to tour visitors. Scott Maitland wants to change that.

For public employees, a lower rent through new apartment incentive program

By Haley Ray | March 31

Local government employees, teachers, University staff and other public employees in Chapel Hill and Carrboro now have access to cheaper housing with ...

YMCA members attend a total body strength class in the main studio on March 23.

Longtime YMCA renovations complete

By Bridget Dye | March 30

There’s no need to feel down now that the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard has reopened after completing a massive renovation ...

Businesses put a twist on frozen yogurt

By Meg Garner | March 30

It is common knowledge that Americans love ice cream, but the dessert is losing its status thanks to competition from a lower-calorie substitute: frozen ...

Violet Strickland of Hillsborough sits with her egg basket after the conclusion of Saturday’s egg hunt at River Park in Hillsborough. She found one egg.

10,000 eggs not enough for Orange County's annual Easter egg hunt

By Luman Ouyang | March 29

About 2,000 parents and kids attended Orange County’s annual community Easter egg hunt in Hillsborough in hopes of grabbing some of the 10,000 scattered ...

Beer Study, Steel String to host Beerfest in Carrboro

By Sarah Crump | March 29

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Orange County hosts Wishbone Tiny Homes owners to speak to aging population

By Marisa Bakker | March 27

If you’re searching for simplicity at home, an innovative developer might hold the keys to your happiness — in the form of a bite-size bungalow. ...

The Krave Kava Bar at 103 Main St. provides an alcohol alternative for anyone 18 and older.

UNC alumna Elizabeth Gardner to open kava lounge in Carrboro this weekend

By Kerry Lengyel | March 26

Carrboro’s new kava bar and lounge Krave may be the solution to students’ Monday morning hangover.

Local chapters of Meals on Wheels participate in March for Meals campaign

By Shantan Krovvidi | March 26

Three local Meals on Wheels chapters are participating in the national organization's annual March for Wheels campaign to bring attention to their cause: ...

Upscale nightclub replaces Players

By Sarah Crump | March 26

The longtime nightclub space above Sutton’s Drug Store has been quiet since June, but it will celebrate a grand opening today after a complete transformation. ...

4 council positions up for election in Chapel Hill

By Elizabeth Harvell | March 26

Of the eight member seats on the Chapel Hill Town Council, four positions will be up for election in November, and members are now starting to decide ...

Instagram helps local shops with branding

By Mary Helen Moore | March 26

Marshe Wyche had seen thousands of items pass through her Chapel Hill thrift boutique.

Landlords: the town’s new Northside initiative is futile

By Morgan Swift | March 25

Town officials and advocacy organizations are using a $3 million loan from the University to help long-term, low-income residents find homes in the Northside ...

Prescription boxes installed to curb drug abuse

By Mengqi Jiang | March 24

To further its effort to curb prescription drug abuse, Orange County is opening two more drop boxes for prescription drugs in Hillsborough Wednesday.