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UNC men's basketball completes comeback against No. 18 UCLA, 76-74, in the CBS Sports Classic

| December 21

The OC Report

Siglinda Scarpa, founder of the Goathouse Refuge, stops to pet one of her around 200 cats.

Pittsboro cat shelter Goathouse Refugee fights planned gun range

By Zoe Schaver | April 23

The 200 shelter cats living at Goathouse Refuge in Pittsboro tend to crouch low to the ground and run in group panic when they hear the sound of gunshots ...

U-verse, Google Fiber could come to Chapel Hill

By Bailey Mathias | April 22

High-speed fiber could be headed to Chapel Hill, but this time the proposal comes from the AT&T network.

Aldermen pass resolution for OWASA collaboration

By Claire Nielsen | April 22

Before town and county governments can move forward with promised plans for the Rogers Road neighborhood, residents say they need to know their role.

Durham-Orange light rail project discussion comes to the Union

By Jenny Surane | April 22

Interest in the Durham-Orange light rail project drew several graduate students to the Student Union Tuesday.

Carrboro police honor retiring K-9 unit dog, Kilo

By Graves Ganzert | April 22

After taking a bite out of crime for nine years, Carrboro patrol dog Kilo now looks forward to biting into many treats during the start of his retirement. ...

Tommy Keeter sits outside the IFC, a local homeless shelter located on Rosemary Street. Keeter says the IFC has several services available for the homeless, including medical and psychiatric care.

Chapel Hill residents request one penny of taxes put towards affordable housing

By Caroline Hudson | April 21

Dozens of Chapel Hill residents are asking the Town Council to dedicate one penny of the town’s tax rate to creating more affordable housing, which ...

WomenCraft Gifts presents exhibit of more than 60 locally-created mugs

By Tat'yana Berdan | April 21

A new location and exhibit bring a new beginning for WomanCraft Gifts, a well-established local craft co-operative.

George Spencer displays work at Chapel Hill restaurant Crook's Corner

By Elizabeth Baker | April 21

George Spencer attributes his artistry to a how-to-draw book he gave his daughter about 10 years ago.

Orange County Sheriff's Life Track program protects cognitively impaired people

April 21

Cathy Holsey vividly remembers when her 11-year-old autistic son, Stephen, wandered off a trail in a local park in 2010.

Vivan Connell, an English as a Second Language teacher at Phoenix Academy, was diagnosed with ALS.

Phoenix Academy High School teacher with ALS plans, raises money for class trip to Holocaust Museum

By Rachel Herzog | April 21

Some might say it’s an injustice that Vivian Connell’s disease will eventually take her grip, gait and voice, but she says it has become her opportunity ...

Supporters bid on silent-auction items while waiting for a fashion show featuring designer Roxi Suger's Angelrox collection Thursday evening at City Kitchen. All of the funds went to Cornucopia Cancer Support Center and The Peru Project founded by Kyla McConnell, a senior Spanish and German double major.

Online literary magazine Should Does releases first print publication

By Megan Caron | April 20

When Holli McClean was thinking of names for Should Does’s first-ever print publication, she decided on “Gladys,” a name that evokes a ...

Jack Watson teaches Visual Arts at Chapel Hill High School. Students work on art projects in his Visual Arts III class.

High school arts teachers worry APs, college preparation hurts arts enrollment

By Samantha Sabin | April 20

Hope Love’s students, current and former, never leave her mind.

Google moves its Chapel Hill location to Franklin Street

By Aaron Cranford | April 20

Google searched high and low, but a close connection to UNC’s computer science department led the company to choose a downtown location for its Chapel ...

Sanitation 2 lawyer claims bias from Chapel Hill’s website

By Dree Deacon | April 20

The potential jury pool for a contentious trial involving two fired Chapel Hill sanitation workers might have been tainted by biased coverage of the court ...

Actress Barbara Bates Smith to perform Ivy Rowe for 25th year

By Robert McNeely | April 16

Having taken the stage over 700 times for her one-woman show, veteran actress Barbara Bates Smith still describes every performance as magical.

Authors Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen will speak at Flyleaf Books Thursdsay night. Han will discuss her new YA novel "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," and Dessen will discuss her eleventh novel, "The Moon and More."

Jenny Han, Sarah Dessen visit Flyleaf for book reading

By Sarah Vassello | April 16

Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen have many things in common — both are UNC alumni, root for Carolina basketball and love Twitter. And both are also ...

UNC alumnus to debut first book at Fleet Feet Sports' Carrboro location

By Jessica Zambrano | April 16

On any other day, Michael Jones would be a customer walking into Fleet Feet Sports Store in Carrboro. But tonight, he will be walking in as a published ...

University Square businesses brace for redevelopment

By Kelsey Weekman | April 16

Time-Out is not ready to throw in the towel.

Federal cuts to decrease funding to Chapel Hill nonprofits

By Adam Golden | April 16

Chapel Hill nonprofit organizations are losing thousands of dollars in funding due to cuts in the federal Community Development Block Grant Program — ...

Carrboro police refines traffic checkpoint reporting

By Bob Bryan | April 16

The Carrboro Police Department has refined its reporting for traffic checkpoints after the American Civil Liberties Union identified inaccuracies in the ...