As the sky was darkening in the late afternoon on election day, cars moved into and out of the few available spaces in the parking lot at the fire station training facility at the corner of highway 86 and Weaver Dairy Road Extension. This was the polling place for the Weaver Dairy Precinct in Chapel Hill.
Judges’ races were political this year, thanks to lots of out-of-state money that flowed in to support conservative challengers to sitting judges, in some cases.
Democrat Mia Burroughs becomes the newest member of the Orange County Board of Commissioners after beating Republican Gary Kahn with 76 percent of the vote.
UNC junior forward J.P. Tokoto may be one of the most explosive athletes in ACC basketball. With a new season nearly here, Tokoto says he’s been improving his jump shot in the hopes of providing a scoring lift for the Tar Heels.