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2016-17 Carolina Men’s Basketball Schedule Released

Posted by Staff | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

The University of North Carolina men’s basketball schedule for the 2016-17 season was released Monday afternoon. The Tar Heels’ final ten games of the regular season will feature eight contests against teams who...

UNC and Duke Work Together to Develop Tobacco Treatment Program

Posted by Staff | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured, Health

It’s no secret that the number of people who use tobacco is on the decline. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about 17% of Americans smoked cigarettes in 2014. In 1980, 33% of Americans reported...

Food for the Summer Distributes More Than 48,000 Meals in Pilot Summer

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

One word kept coming up at the meeting wrapping up the Food for the Summer effort last Wednesday, amazing. An amazing number of meals served; an amazing effort to organize all of the moving parts; and amazing work by community...

UNC System Board of Governors Working On How to Pay for HB2 Lawsuit

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured, State

For the first time since a federal judge blocked the University of North Carolina System from enforcing the state’s controversial House Bill 2, the system’s governing body met on Friday. During a closed session portion of the...

Victor Edwards: Hometown Hero

Posted by Staff | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured, Hometown Heroes

Victor Edwards is this week’s Hometown Hero. Victor is an accountant with a heart of gold. Here is an example of that. He had a call from a single mom who was adopting a special needs child. She had a tax question that...

UNC Cruises Past Illinois 48-23, Picks Up First Win Of 2016

Posted by Avery Trendel | Sep 11, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Eager to prove itself following a disappointing loss to Georgia last week, the UNC football team recovered from an early hiccup Saturday night to dominate the Illinois Fighting Illini 48-23 in Champaign. The Tar Heels moved to...

Who’s Leading Prez Race In NC? Nobody Really Knows

Posted by Aaron Keck | Sep 10, 2016 | Election, Featured

Two months from Election Day, different polls show different candidates leading in NC.

Cunningham Said Yes, Then No, To Florida

Posted by Staff | Sep 9, 2016 | Featured, UNC, UNC Sports

Sources close to both athletic departments have confirmed a USA Today report that UNC’s Bubba Cunningham agreed to become the new athletics director at the University of Florida in August but changed his mind as the deal was to...

Cooper Up 7 in Gov Race; Burr Leading Senate Race by 6 in Latest North Carolina Poll

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 9, 2016 | Election, Featured

Roy Cooper and Richard Burr are leading their respective races in North Carolina with Election Day quickly approaching, according to the latest numbers from Quinnipiac University. In the race for governor, the survey found that...

Arrest Made in Weekend Chapel Hill Shooting

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 9, 2016 | Crime, Featured

An arrest has been made after a weekend shooting in Chapel Hill. Officials say 36-year-old Benjamin Gilbert Uhlenberg was arrested by the US Marshals Joint Fugitive Task Force just after 10 o’clock on Thursday morning. Uhlenberg...

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