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Lots of Transition on First Day of School in Chapel Hill – Carrboro

Posted by Staff | Aug 30, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

Eighth graders at Smith Middle School joined students across Chapel Hill – Carrboro and the rest of North Carolina shuffling to class on the first day of school on Monday. Almost everything is new for these Smith Middle...

Groups Suing Over HB2 Asking for Expansion of Friday’s Preliminary Injuntion

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 29, 2016 | Featured, State

The LGBT rights groups suing the state of North Carolina are asking for broader relief than what was issued in a district court ruling on Friday regarding the state’s controversial House Bill 2. The law, which was passed in a...

Durham Police Looking For Missing Person

Posted by Staff | Aug 29, 2016 | Featured, Safety

Durham police are looking for 31-year-old Eric Michael Jordan. He went missing after last being seen on Saturday, August 27. Investigators believe he is still in the Triangle Area, and say they are concerned for his safety and...

Mountains To Sea Trail Gets Tentative Approval to Cross OWASA Land

Posted by Staff | Aug 29, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

The OWASA Board of Directors reaffirmed its commitment to the Mountains-to-Sea Trail by tentatively approving the use of its land for the trail in a meeting Thursday night. “We’re here to set some conditions that the...

Power Outage Cuts First Day Short at Estes Hills Elementary School

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 29, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

The first day of classes at Estes Hills Elementary School was cut short on Monday due to a power outage. Students were sent back home at 11 o’clock Monday morning – the first day of the new school year – due to the outage and...

Brenda Thomas: Hometown Hero

Posted by Staff | Aug 29, 2016 | Featured, Hometown Heroes

Brenda Thomas is this week’s Hometown Hero. Brenda and her husband Terry decided to open their home to foster children, but her history with foster children and special needs children goes way back. Brenda was a foster...

Buying A House In Orange County? Better Have 401K. Literally.

Posted by Aaron Keck | Aug 28, 2016 | Development, Featured

High demand plus low supply means the cost of housing is on the rise: $401,000-plus for a house in Orange County this year.

Fatal Crash Kills PlayMakers Marketing Director

Posted by Aaron Keck | Aug 27, 2016 | Featured, Obituaries

Connie Mahan had been a member of the UNC theater community for many years.

Federal Court Blocks UNC From Enforcing HB2

Posted by Staff | Aug 26, 2016 | Featured, State

A federal court has blocked the University of North Carolina system from enforcing certain provisions of House Bill 2. The court ruled that HB2 violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. It issued a preliminary...

Orange County Middle School Student Dies After Collapsing at Football Practice

Posted by Staff | Aug 26, 2016 | Featured, News

A rising eighth grader from Gravelly Hill Middle School in Efland died Friday morning. Frederick Seymour collapsed during a football practice on Monday and was taken to the hospital. An update to a GoFundMe page set up to raise...

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