Homestead Aquatic Center to Close for Routine Maintenance
Chapel Hill’s Homestead Aquatic Center will be closing from March 12 through April 1 for routine...
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Kelly Fahey
Local Governments Voice Support for Student Walk Out
Chapel Hill and Carrboro students are joining students, teachers and school administrators across the country in a national school walk-out to protest gun violence in schools on March 14. Each town held meetings last week in...
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UNC Alum, Former Basketball Player Selected for World’s Largest Scholarship Program
UNC alumnus and former Tar Heel basketball player Sasha Seymore has been selected as part of the...
Read MoreOrange County Residents Express Concern Regarding Confederate Flags
A considerable number of Orange County residents addressed the Board of County Commissioners late last month to express concern regarding the possibility of massive Confederate flags being raised along U.S. 70 in Hillsborough...
Read MoreChapel Hill Begins Pedestrian Safety Campaign Friday
The Town of Chapel Hill will hold an educational campaign throughout the month of March focusing on efforts to keep pedestrians safe. The campaign starts Friday with “Phone Free Friday,” in which the town is asking everyone who...
Read MoreFirst Victory for New Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil Rights
The predominately black community of Walnut Tree in Stokes County was annexed into the Town of Walnut Cove last month after a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. The case was handled by the new Julius L. Chambers Center for...
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UNC Student Organizations Hold Rally Against Gun Violence
A rally against gun violence in front of the Wilson Library on UNC’s campus Thursday began with a...
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Local Elected Officials Advocating for ‘Sensible’ Gun Laws
In the wake of the mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the Town of...
Read MoreChapel Hill Police Working to Improve Safety on MLK
The Chapel Hill Police Department has announced that it will be taking additional steps to promote pedestrian and traveler safety on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. This comes just days after 58-year old James Thomas Keeter...
Read MoreAnnual Interfaith Food Drive Honors Chapel Hill Shooting Victims
This month marks the annual Interfaith Food Drive sponsored by the Light House Project, a nonprofit which seeks to be an extension of the vision and public service of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha, three...
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