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Chapel Hill Town Council Meets For First Time In 2016

Posted by Staff | Jan 6, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

The Chapel Hill Town Council met in a work session for the first time since Mayor Pam Hemminger, along with four other council members, were sworn in last December. The meeting was used to get council members up to speed on...

Chatham County Officials Searching for Bank Robbery Suspect

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 6, 2016 | Crime, Featured

Chatham County law enforcement officials are searching for a suspect in connection with a Chapel Hill bank robbery Wednesday afternoon. Multiple outlets are reporting that shortly after three o’clock Wednesday afternoon a...

North Carolina Ranks 45th in Tobacco Prevention Program Spending

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 6, 2016 | Featured, Health

An annual report released in December that details how states are using funds from the 1998 state tobacco tax settlement and tobacco taxes finds that many states are still not spending the recommended amount of money on smoking...

UNC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Ranked in Top 10

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 5, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

The UNC women’s tennis team enters the 2016 spring season tied for fourth in the team rankings which were released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Tuesday. Carolina leads six other Atlantic Coast Conference programs...

President Obama Discusses Chapel Hill In Gun Address

Posted by Staff | Jan 5, 2016 | Featured, National, Safety

A tearful President Obama issued an executive order to expand background checks before purchasing a firearm in a speech given at the White House on Tuesday. “Anyone in the business of selling firearms must have a license...

NC Leaders Show Support for Bond Proposal

Posted by Staff | Jan 5, 2016 | Featured, State Government

NC leaders spoke on Tuesday in support of a 2 billion dollar bond package; voters will decide whether or not to approve the bond in the March 15 primary. Governor Pat McCrory, House Speaker Tim Moore and State Senator Dan Blue...

East Chapel Hill High School Student Dies in Plane Crash

Posted by Staff | Jan 5, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

A senior at East Chapel Hill High School has died in a plane crash in Wyoming, according to school officials. Mackenzie Ruston was traveling in the plane along with one other person, believed to be the pilot, when the plane...

“That Was a Man’s Night”: Johnson Leads No. 6 UNC Past FSU

Posted by Avery Trendel | Jan 4, 2016 | Basketball, Featured, UNC Sports

Throughout his career in Chapel Hill senior forward Brice Johnson has shown flashes of greatness, but struggled with inconsistency. On Monday night in Tallahassee, Johnson finally showed what it looks like when everything is...

Durham Homicide Nearly Double In 2015

Posted by Staff | Jan 4, 2016 | Crime, Featured, News

After seeing 22 homicides in 2014, the city of Durham saw that number increase to 42 in 2015. Marcia Owen, director of the Religious Coalition for a Non-Violent Durham, said 73 percent of homicides in Durham were committed with...

Michelle Brownstein Resigns From CHCCS Board of Education

Posted by Staff | Jan 4, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

Dr. Michelle Brownstein, who has been a member of the CHCCS Board of Education since 2009, announced her resignation Monday morning. “I highly value the time I participated as a member of this board and thank the voters...

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