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Tar Heels Ranked 20th in Preseason College Football Coaches Poll
The expectations just keep on growing for the UNC football team in 2016. Following an opening-game loss to South Carolina last season, it took the Tar Heels reeling off wins in its next seven straight games to finally break into the top 25. Not this year. This UNC group finds itself ranked 20th in the […]
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Election
Duke Professor: North Carolina a ‘Must Have State’ for Trump
With the amount of attention being paid to North Carolina from both major party presidential campaigns, it’s clear the Tar Heel state will remain in the spotlight leading up to Election Day. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both made multiple stops in North Carolina as they campaign to be President of the United States. […]
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Chansky’s Notebook: Did The NCAA Bury Evidence?
Was the NCAA enforcement staff hiding critical information? On page 18 of UNC’s 73-page response to the amended Notice of Allegations is an interesting anecdote and accompanying footnote. On March 5, 2013, the managing director of the Academic and Members Affairs (AMA) within the NCAA responded to its own enforcement staff after reading the Martin […]
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Orange County Commissioner Named Chair of National Committee
Orange County Commissioner Renee Price has been named as chair of the Community, Economic and Workforce Development Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties. The National Association of Counties or NACo is the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States. NACo works to advance issues with a unified voice before […]
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UNC Men’s Basketball Places Three on NABC Honors Court
The UNC men’s basketball team showed its academic chops Wednesday, when it was announced that three seniors from last year’s Final Four squad earned spots on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honor Court. Marcus Paige, Justin Coleman and Toby Egbuna were each selected as recognition for their achievements in the classroom. In order to […]
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Carolina Women’s Center Gets New Director
UNC officials have selected a new leader for the Carolina Women’s Center. The office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and provost at UNC has selected Gloria Thomas to begin this week as the new CWC director. CWC is an organization within UNC that aims to create an inclusive education and work environment for women through […]
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Hillsborough Board of Commissioners Officially Filed for Ownership of The Colonial Inn
The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners filed paperwork to obtain legal ownership of the Historic Colonial Inn property by eminent domain. The building has been condemned since 2011 after the current owner of the property, Francis Henry, neglected to maintain the historic site since purchasing the Inn in the early 2000s. Henry initially filed for permission […]
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Chansky’s Notebook: Unprecedented Response
UNC took dead aim right between the NC-double A’s. Carolina has said from the beginning of this academic-athletic mess that, on the other side of it, will be a model athletic program and university in how it deals with its intercollegiate teams. Carol Folt, Bubba Cunningham and their staffs have held true to that pledge, […]
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UNC Responds to Amended Notice of Allegations
The University of North Carolina has submitted its response to the NCAA in connection to the amended notice of allegations the university received earlier this year. After submitting the response to the NCAA on Monday, the university released the public copy on Tuesday. The amended notice of allegations is the latest step in the years-long […]
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Judge Mulling Arguments Over Bathroom Provision of HB2
North Carolinians will have to wait for a ruling on whether a federal judge will block a portion of the state’s controversial House Bill 2, which advocates continue to call the worst piece of anti-LGBT legislation in the nation. Lawyers from the United States Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union argued for a […]
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Chapel Hill Police Looking for Missing Person
Chapel Hill Police are seeking the public’s help locating Janet Marie Robinson. Robinson is a 53-year-old black female. She was last seen on Monday in the area of Pritchard Avenue Ext. She was wearing light gray sweatpants, a dark colored T-shirt, a black Lebron James 23 jacket tied around her waist, black Nike high top […]
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Dr. Aziz Sancar Accepts O. Max Gardner Award
After winning the Presidential Young Investigator Award, the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry and now UNC’s Oliver Max Gardner Award, Dr. Aziz Sancar said he tries to stay humble. “I prayed to the almighty God to protect me from one of the worst seven deadly sins – pride.” Sancar is the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor […]
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Interim Superintendent Takes Over Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools
For the first time in five years, the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City School System has someone other than Tom Forcella leading the district as superintendent. Forcella’s retirement was effective at the end of July. Now, Dr. Jim Causby is taking over the superintendent position on an interim basis. Causby says he has worked at […]
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IFC Community Kitchen Manager Donna Bradley Passes Away
Donna Bradley, who managed the Inter-Faith Council’s Community Kitchen for many years, has passed away after battling cancer. IFC executive director Michael Reinke announced Bradley’s passing in an e-mail on Friday. Reinke wrote that Bradley “passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones.” A story on Orange County’s website describes Bradley as someone who learned […]
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Crime
Four Arrested After 84 Kilos of Cocaine and Heroin Seized from Orange County Home
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit seized 82 kilos of suspected cocaine and two kilos of suspected heroin, along with a firearm on Friday night. Officials say the investigation was conducted at approximately eight o’clock Friday night at 511 West Hill Avenue Lot B10 in Hillsborough. The suspected narcotics were concealed in various compartments […]
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UNC Board of Governors Approves Pay Raises for Chancellors
Several chancellors in the UNC System are getting pay bumps from the UNC Board of Governors. The increases go beyond the 1.5 percent raise given to all state employees as part of the North Carolina budget passed by the General Assembly. The adjustments include a 3.14 percent jump for UNC – Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol […]
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4th Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down North Carolina Voter ID Law
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down North Carolina’s voter ID law in a ruling released on Friday. The ruling strikes down a previous ruling from a federal district court. A three-judge panel issued the ruling. The ruling blocks voter ID requirements. It also restores preregistration for teenagers, a week […]
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Vigil for Slain Teenager Helps Community Mourn
Thursday night, over 100 people gathered in a cul-de-sac off Legion Road, near the place where 18-year-old Malik Brown-Burnette was shot. Red and white balloons tied to strollers and cars floated above the crowd as a hymn opened the candlelight vigil. “Y’all are not only coming here to say that what was done to Malik […]
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Final Suspect Arrested, Others Appear in Court for Killing Chapel Hill Teenager
Chapel Hill Police have arrested the fifth suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a teenager on Tuesday night. The release announcing the arrest of 23-year-old Denzel Lamont Spikes, of Shelby, came after the other four suspects charged in the case made their first appearance in a Hillsborough courtroom on Thursday afternoon. Those four […]
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Chapel Hill Creamery Issues Voluntary Recall After Salmonella Outbreak
A multi-state Salmonella outbreak may have started at Chapel Hill Creamery. Orange County Health Department director Dr. Colleen Bridger said the investigation began because of local numbers that were out of sync with normal figures. “Orange County, Durham County, Wake County and Chatham County were all noticing that we had higher-than-usual reported cases of Salmonella,” […]
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