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Orange County Schools Superintendent and Middle School Receive Awards
Posted by Staff | Feb 5, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education
Orange County Schools Superintendent Dr. Todd Wirt has been named the 2016 Outstanding Young Educator by the North Carolina Association for Supervision and Curriculum. Wirt began his job as superintendent on July 1, 2015....
Read MoreUNC To Add Chief Integrity Officer
Chancellor Carol Folt announced Thursday the university would be creating the new position of Chief Integrity and Policy Officer. After the release of the Wainstein Report in October, 2014, Folt commissioned two working...
Read MoreCollege Claims NC State Forcing Name Change
Posted by Staff | Feb 5, 2016 | Collegiate, Featured
Keuka College will drop the athletics nickname Wolfpack at the end of the 2015-2016 season. In the future, they will be known as the Wolves. The decision was forced by North Carolina State University, according to Keuka College....
Read MoreFormer Tar Heels Give Water For Flint Crisis
Former Tar Heels Hakeem Nicks and Rasheed Wallace have both donated water to people affected by the Flint water crisis, according to reports. Former Tar Heel All-America & Piston Rasheed Wallace is driving a truck filled...
Read MoreUNC Commit Chazz Surratt Named Parade All-America Player of the Year
Posted by Staff | Feb 5, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports
Chazz Surratt, a quarterback from Denver, North Carolina who has committed to play at UNC, has been named Parade Magazine’s All-America Player of the Year. Surratt led East Lincoln High School to state championships in...
Read MoreUNC Loses to No. 13 Louisville
Posted by Staff | Feb 5, 2016 | Basketball, UNC Sports
North Carolina set a new record in Thursday night’s game against Louisville in Carmichael Arena. The record, allowing a season-high 35 points in one period, led to UNC’s demise, as they fell 78-60 to the undefeated Cardinals....
Read MoreGoogle Fiber Brings Internet To Public Housing
Posted by Staff | Feb 4, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town
Google Fiber will be installing gigabit internet at no cost to select affordable housing locations in all cities that Fiber will be installed in. “We’re working with local providers to identify which properties we’ll...
Read MoreHelen Mirren Rips Drunk Drivers in Super Bowl Ad
Posted by Staff | Feb 4, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment
Helen Mirren is an English actor. She is a distinguished performer who has starred in dozens of films and theatre productions in her 50 year career. Budweiser enlisted Mirren for one of their Super Bowl commercials. It is a...
Read MoreUNC Football Spring Game is April 16
Posted by Staff | Feb 4, 2016 | UNC Sports
The Spring Game for the 2016 UNC football team will be April 16 at 3 PM. Admission will be free. The Carolina football team finished the 2015 season with a record of 11-3. The Tar Heels won the Coastal Division of the ACC and...
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