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Saxsquatch: The Viral Musical Cryptid Who Hails From Chapel Hill

Saxsquatch: The Viral Musical Cryptid Who Hails From Chapel Hill

Now 30 years old, Saxsquatch can be cagey about many of his biographical details. But a few details are known. He’s an Orange County native who attended Carrboro High School, although he claims not to have graduated because, “It’s tough for Saxsquatch to be accepted in high school.”

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Tylee Craft, whose long bout with cancer galvanized and inspired his teammates on the Tar Heel football team, died Saturday. He was 23 years old.
College basketball season is just around the corner, with UNC men's basketball holding its local media day on Friday, Oct. 4 before participating in the ACC Tip-Off event on Thursday.
Saturday’s loss to Pittsburgh in Chapel Hill marked the third straight defeat of the season for Carolina after a 3-0 start. It’s the first time the Tar Heels have dropped three consecutive regular-season games since 2019, head coach Mack Brown’s first season back in charge of the football program.
As the President of the North Carolina Sheriffs' Association, Chatham County Sheriff Mike Roberson knows when disaster strikes in North Carolina, it’s his responsibility to check in with the local sheriffs. This past weekend, as Hurricane Helene ripped through the western part of the state, he called some of his colleagues to go visit their peers in the affected counties where cell service is down.
As western North Carolina continues to reconcile with the extent of storm damage from Hurricane #Helene, the Orange and Chatham County local governments are offering a hand.
Hillsborough’s Riverwalk is only a few weeks away from celebrating its tenth anniversary of opening to the public. Earlier this week, the town’s commissioners heard an update on a future counterpart they hope to open in the coming decade.
The University of North Carolina has been playing football for more than a century, and yet the program is still finding new ways to let its fans down. Nobody in the long history of Kenan Stadium had seen what James Madison did to the Tar Heels on Saturday, a 70-point shelling which set a new scoring record for a venue opened during the Calvin Coolidge administration.
A group of UNC campus community members organized a “walk out” on Thursday in solidarity with Palestinians, as the region continues to be heavily impacted by the Israel-Hamas war. The protest’s participants marched across parts of central campus and into several buildings after gathering at the steps of Wilson Library for speakers to share their concerns. It marks the latest chapter of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at UNC, as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) calls for the school to “divest from the apartheid regime and genocidal campaign being inflicted against the Palestinians by the Zionist regime.”
The Orange County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an incentives deal for Morinaga America Foods on Tuesday night, a final piece of the puzzle to help advance the Japanese company’s major expansion planned for Mebane.

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Robert’s Rules: NC House Minority Leader Rep. Robert Reives Talks Hurricane Recovery and More

Oct 11, 2024 |

North Carolina House Minority Leader and District 54 Representative Robert Reives spoke with 97.9 The Hill's Andrew Stuckey on Friday, October 11. He discussed the latest on recovery efforts in western North Carolina, including the General Assembly's passage of an aid package. He also discussed the problems caused by misinformation being spread about the recovery effort, and how local officials are responding to that misinformation. He also discussed the upcoming elections and what is at stake, and more.

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