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State Board Finalizes Orange County Early Voting Plan

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 8, 2016 | Election, Featured

Nearly a full month after the Orange County Board of Elections met to hash out an early voting plan and almost 11 hours into the meeting of the state Board of Elections on Thursday, a compromise plan was ordered for early voting...

UNC Football Hopes to Rebound As Illinois Seeks Signature Win For Lovie Smith

Posted by Avery Trendel | Sep 8, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

Early last season when the UNC football team was searching for credibility, it orchestrated a 48-14 blowout of a reeling Illinois team which had just fired head coach Tim Beckman. Coming off a deflating loss to Georgia this past...

Rabid Skunk Bites Orange County Resident

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 8, 2016 | Featured, Safety

Orange County has received its fourth positive rabies case of 2016 after a Rougemont woman was bitten on her ankle by a skunk. Animal Services officials say the case originated on Monday when the resident was bitten while...

Orange County Early Voting Plan at Mercy of the State Board of Elections

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 7, 2016 | Election, Featured

In a rather unorthodox move, the three members of the Orange County Board of Elections submitted four plans for the state Board of Elections to consider when determining the county’s early voting schedule. The state board will...

Four Years Later, Faith Hedgepeth Murder Case ‘Very Active’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 7, 2016 | Crime, Featured

Wednesday marks four years since the murder of Faith Hedgepeth in Chapel Hill. The body of the UNC student was found in her apartment in September 2012 and no arrest has been made. Despite the time that has lapsed, Chapel Hill...

Folt: Putting Provost in Charge is Indication UNC Takes Controversial Collaboratory ‘Very Seriously’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 7, 2016 | Featured, UNC

A new research collaboratory is drawing a lot of attention from faculty members at UNC. But campus leadership says it feels it is doing enough to calm any remaining concerns regarding the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory. UNC...

Chandler Kania Defense Motion to Suppress Cell Phone Evidence Denied

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

The evidence seized from Chandler Kania’s cell phone following the wrong-way crash that left three people dead last summer will be allowed into the upcoming trial. Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour issued that decision late...

Fedora Optimistic About Future Despite Loss to Georgia

Posted by Avery Trendel | Sep 6, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

After taking time to digest Saturday’s gut-wrenching loss to Georgia in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game, UNC head football coach Larry Fedora told the media on Monday that the Tar Heels are still in good shape—with all of their...

Morinaga Added to List of Orange County Living Wage Employers

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 6, 2016 | Business, Featured

The Orange County Living Wage Project is continuing to grow as more employers in our community commit to paying their workers a living wage, which is calculated as $12.75 per hour in Orange County. Another employer was added to...

Emma Parry: Hometown Hero

Posted by Staff | Sep 6, 2016 | Featured, Hometown Heroes

Emma Parry is this week’s Hometown Hero. Emma is 14 years old. President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign was the beginning of her interest in politics. She started calling voters at age 10 as a volunteer for...

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