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Edith Wiggins leaves behind a storied legacy in the Chapel Hill community

By Susie Webb | April 11

Edith Wiggins, UNC’s first African American vice chancellor and dean of student affairs and former director of the Campus Y, died on April 4. Wiggins ...

Tell me somefin good: Bottlenose dolphin could be N.C.'s new state marine mammal

By Bethany Lee | April 11

House Bill 2, which would make bottlenose dolphins the North Carolina's first state marine mammal, passed the House unanimously and is waiting for a Senate ...

HVAC units stolen from historic Cedar Grove Ruritan Club, sheriff offering $1500 award

By Chloe Teachey | April 11

The Cedar Grove Ruritan Club has been saving up for around three years for these units. Buck Curtis, a club member and former president, said the organization ...

These Orange County women help provide resources to the housing insecure

By Emmy Trivette | April 11

On the heels of Women’s History Month, the Daily Tar Heel is spotlighting six women in Orange County’s public safety system who have helped each of ...

Former youth prison turned radioactive waste decay site operated by UNC

By Helen McGinnis | April 9

The Chapel Hill Youth Development and Research Unit, now known as Chydaru, was an experimental youth prison that was later repurposed as a radioactive ...

N.C. Senate passes bill to raise the minimum age for juvenile delinquency

By Kelli Rainer | April 8

Of states with a specified minimum age, North Carolina currently has the lowest in the nation.

For non-English speaking families, the pandemic amplifies educational barriers

By Heidi Pérez-Moreno | April 7

First-generation and immigrant families have historically faced challenges in getting adjusted to the U.S. school system due to difficulties accessing ...

Divided N.C. House passes bill to limit governor’s emergency powers along party lines

By Guillermo Molero | April 7

The Emergency Powers Accountability Act would require the governor to receive approval from a majority of the Council of State – the collective name ...

Meet the women in charge of Orange County's public safety system

By Emmy Trivette | April 6

These three women focus on documenting and maintaining the portions of Orange County’s public safety system dealing with community involvement and mental ...

Zooming in: Ackland student guides program engages audiences with art

By Sophia Ramirez | April 6

With a piece of sarcophagus, a pocket watch, and a portrait of an unidentified sex worker called “Peaches,” a student tour guide at the Ackland can ...

N.C. House introduces bill that would ban trans athletes from gender-identifying teams

By Kathryn Goodwin | April 6

House Bill 358, introduced on March 22 in the N.C. House of Representatives, would require middle, high school and collegiate athletes to compete on the ...

A guide to outdoor activities in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

By Cloris Huan | April 5

Although restrictions in the state are lifting, there are still many outdoor, COVID-safe activities in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area.

Who is ... Kathryn Peters? Carrboro civic technologist wins 'Jeopardy!' game

By Britney Nguyen | April 5

Peters won first place on a "Jeopardy!" episode that aired on March 22. She then returned as the reigning champ on an episode that aired March 23, where ...

No vaccine left behind: UNC Health provides surplus COVID-19 vaccines to residents

By Isabella Reilly | March 30

The vaccination site is currently utilizing an independent Twitter account to notify the Chapel Hill community of excess doses. From Twitter, residents ...

Statewide coalition demands action to ensure a sound, basic education for all students

By Bethany Lee | March 30

The coalition and call for change came in response to several years of a constant decline in state school funding, ranking N.C. as one of the lowest in ...

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility process for all North Carolinian adults accelerated

By Cloris Huan | March 30

All adults in North Carolina will be eligible to be vaccinated soon following a new timeline announced by Gov. Roy Cooper on March 25. The new timeline ...

Proposed Aura development draws comments over traffic and affordable housing concerns

By Trevor Moore | March 30

Chapel Hill's advisory boards are considering if they want to recommend the project before it is sent to the Town Council for a final decision. If approved, ...

Most public school records in N.C. will now show students' preferred names

By Ella Layn | March 30

A recent change from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction will now allow North Carolina public school students to list their preferred ...

CHCCS students return to in-person classes

CHCCS students, teachers return to in-person instruction for the first time in a year

By Jacob Meredith-Andrews | March 30

On Friday morning, about one hundred students returned to Frank Porter Graham Elementary School to finish out their first week of in-person instruction ...

'I Was Still Singing' offers digital look at Black women's history in Chapel Hill

By Niharika Vattikonda | March 29

Led by community historian Danita Mason-Hogans, “I Was Still Singing” offers a look into the perspectives of the Black women who shaped Chapel Hill's ...