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Car Wreck Closes NC-86 in Northern Orange County

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 18, 2016 | Featured, Traffic

Authorities say one victim has been life flighted to a local trauma center with serious injuries after a wreck on NC-86 near Hawkins Road in northern Orange County. The North Carolina Department of Transportation tweeted the...

Chatham Commission Chairman: Countywide Zoning ‘Best Way Forward’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 18, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

“I just don’t understand why our opinions had no value.” That was the sentiment of one Chatham County resident who spoke during the public comment period of Monday night’s meeting of the County Commissioners where the board...

UNC’s Jaycee Burn Center Awarded FEMA Research Grant

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 17, 2016 | Featured, UNC

The North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center is receiving a federal grant. The burn center in the UNC School of Medicine’s Surgery Department has been awarded the $295,298 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant from the Federal Emergency...

No Sunday Voting in Proposed Early Voting Plan in Orange County

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 16, 2016 | Election, Featured

Local Boards of Elections across North Carolina have been holding meetings recently to adjust early-voting plans after the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down provisions of North Carolina’s Voter ID law...

Defense Team Argues Seizure of Cell Phone ‘Flawed’ in Fatal Orange County Crash

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 16, 2016 | Crime, Featured

When exactly has a search warrant been served? That was the question that hours of testimony and argument aimed to answer on Tuesday morning in a Hillsborough courtroom. The question stemmed from the fatal wrong-way crash on...

Chatham Commissioners Approve Countywide Zoning

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 16, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

Chatham County Commissioners voted 3-2 to apply zoning to the remaining portions of the county that were previously unzoned at its meeting Monday night. The vote means that the newly zoned portions of the county will now fall...

Fordham Boulevard Reopens After Crash in Chapel Hill

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 16, 2016 | Featured, Traffic

***UPDATE: Chapel Hill Police say the roadway reopened and the traffic signal began working at 3:30 Wednesday morning.*** Power lines are down and traffic signals are out at Fordham Boulevard and Sage Road after an accident in...

Motions Set for Tuesday in Chandler Kania Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Case

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 16, 2016 | Crime, Featured

The former UNC student charged with three counts of second-degree murder in connection with a wrong-way crash on I-85 last summer is due in court Tuesday. Motions in the case of Chandler Kania are scheduled to be discussed in a...

McCrory Asks for Stay in North Carolina Voter ID Ruling

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 15, 2016 | Featured, State

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory is asking the United States Supreme Court to stay a ruling and reinstate North Carolina’s Voter ID law. The law was struck down in a strongly worded decision from the United States Fouth...

Multiple Drug Busts in Chatham County

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 15, 2016 | Crime, Featured

Chatham County authorities have arrested two men in what appear to be separate incidents involving narcotics. Members of the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle on White Cross Road in Pittsboro on August 4. That...

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