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NCAA Moving Championships from North Carolina Over HB2
The NCAA has announced it is moving all previously awarded championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-2017 academic year over the state’s controversial House Bill 2. The law, which advocates maintain is the worst piece of anti-LGBT legislation in the nation, requires transgender individuals to use the bathroom and changing facility in government-owned buildings […]
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2016-17 Carolina Men’s Basketball Schedule Released
The University of North Carolina men’s basketball schedule for the 2016-17 season was released Monday afternoon. The Tar Heels’ final ten games of the regular season will feature eight contests against teams who made the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The Carolina regular season will begin against Tulane on November 11 in New Orleans. The Tar Heels will […]
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UNC and Duke Work Together to Develop Tobacco Treatment Program
It’s no secret that the number of people who use tobacco is on the decline. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 17% of Americans smoked cigarettes in 2014. In 1980, 33% of Americans reported smoking. James Davis is a Physician at Duke. He’s also the Medical Director for the Duke […]
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Food for the Summer Distributes More Than 48,000 Meals in Pilot Summer
One word kept coming up at the meeting wrapping up the Food for the Summer effort last Wednesday, amazing. An amazing number of meals served; an amazing effort to organize all of the moving parts; and amazing work by community members volunteering to hand out these meals. “We had no idea how we were going […]
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UNC System Board of Governors Working On How to Pay for HB2 Lawsuit
For the first time since a federal judge blocked the University of North Carolina System from enforcing the state’s controversial House Bill 2, the system’s governing body met on Friday. During a closed session portion of the meeting, the board discussed the overall case involving several UNC System employees suing over the legislation. UNC System […]
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Victor Edwards: Hometown Hero
Victor Edwards is this week’s Hometown Hero. Victor is an accountant with a heart of gold. Here is an example of that. He had a call from a single mom who was adopting a special needs child. She had a tax question that no one would answer because she wasn’t a client. So, Victor did […]
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UNC Cruises Past Illinois 48-23, Picks Up First Win Of 2016
Eager to prove itself following a disappointing loss to Georgia last week, the UNC football team recovered from an early hiccup Saturday night to dominate the Illinois Fighting Illini 48-23 in Champaign. The Tar Heels moved to 1-1 in 2016 with a stellar performance–both offensively and defensively–that should provide fans with plenty of comfort entering […]
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Election
Who’s Leading Prez Race In NC? Nobody Really Knows
Two months from Election Day, different polls show different candidates leading in NC.
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Cunningham Said Yes, Then No, To Florida
Sources close to both athletic departments have confirmed a USA Today report that UNC’s Bubba Cunningham agreed to become the new athletics director at the University of Florida in August but changed his mind as the deal was to be announced in Gainesville, Florida. Cunningham, who grew up in Naples, Florida, and still has family […]
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Election
Cooper Up 7 in Gov Race; Burr Leading Senate Race by 6 in Latest North Carolina Poll
Roy Cooper and Richard Burr are leading their respective races in North Carolina with Election Day quickly approaching, according to the latest numbers from Quinnipiac University. In the race for governor, the survey found that the Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper is leading the incumbent Republican Governor Pat McCrory by seven points – 51/44. While […]
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Crime
Arrest Made in Weekend Chapel Hill Shooting
An arrest has been made after a weekend shooting in Chapel Hill. Officials say 36-year-old Benjamin Gilbert Uhlenberg was arrested by the US Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force just after 10 o’clock on Thursday morning. Uhlenberg was wanted in connection with a shooting at the Red Roof Inn early Saturday morning. Police said that a […]
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Election
State Board Finalizes Orange County Early Voting Plan
Nearly a full month after the Orange County Board of Elections met to hash out an early voting plan and almost 11 hours into the meeting of the state Board of Elections on Thursday, a compromise plan was ordered for early voting in Orange County. The state board heard from all three members of the […]
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UNC Football Hopes to Rebound As Illinois Seeks Signature Win For Lovie Smith
Early last season when the UNC football team was searching for credibility, it orchestrated a 48-14 blowout of a reeling Illinois team which had just fired head coach Tim Beckman. Coming off a deflating loss to Georgia this past weekend, the Tar Heels again find themselves in a similar scenario. The Fighting Illini, however, are […]
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Rabid Skunk Bites Orange County Resident
Orange County has received its fourth positive rabies case of 2016 after a Rougemont woman was bitten on her ankle by a skunk. Animal Services officials say the case originated on Monday when the resident was bitten while watering flowers outside her home. The woman was able to “shake the skunk away from her ankle,” […]
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Election
Orange County Early Voting Plan at Mercy of the State Board of Elections
In a rather unorthodox move, the three members of the Orange County Board of Elections submitted four plans for the state Board of Elections to consider when determining the county’s early voting schedule. The state board will make that decision on Thursday for Orange County and the 32 other counties across the Tar Heel state […]
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Crime
Four Years Later, Faith Hedgepeth Murder Case ‘Very Active’
Wednesday marks four years since the murder of Faith Hedgepeth in Chapel Hill. The body of the UNC student was found in her apartment in September 2012 and no arrest has been made. Despite the time that has lapsed, Chapel Hill Police Chief Chris Blue said the case “is as strong as it ever was […]
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Folt: Putting Provost in Charge is Indication UNC Takes Controversial Collaboratory ‘Very Seriously’
A new research collaboratory is drawing a lot of attention from faculty members at UNC. But campus leadership says it feels it is doing enough to calm any remaining concerns regarding the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory. UNC was directed to launch the venture by the Republican-led General Assembly, which initially caused concern from some faculty […]
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Crime
Chandler Kania Defense Motion to Suppress Cell Phone Evidence Denied
The evidence seized from Chandler Kania’s cell phone following the wrong-way crash that left three people dead last summer will be allowed into the upcoming trial. Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour issued that decision late Tuesday. Kania’s defense attorneys had argued the search warrant seizing the phone was illegally served twice, but the judge disagreed. […]
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Fedora Optimistic About Future Despite Loss to Georgia
After taking time to digest Saturday’s gut-wrenching loss to Georgia in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game, UNC head football coach Larry Fedora told the media on Monday that the Tar Heels are still in good shape—with all of their season-long goals still in reach. “We didn’t walk into this season saying our goal was to play […]
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Business
Morinaga Added to List of Orange County Living Wage Employers
The Orange County Living Wage Project is continuing to grow as more employers in our community commit to paying their workers a living wage, which is calculated as $12.75 per hour in Orange County. Another employer was added to the list last Thursday and it was a rather large get for the local non-profit. Susan […]
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