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2 Men Hospitalized After Hillsborough Shooting

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 26, 2016 | Crime, Featured

Hillsborough police are asking for information regarding a shooting that left two men injured. Police say officers responded to the 200 block of Harper Street in Fairview around 9:15 Wednesday night. A 38-year-old man was...

Morinaga Celebrates Hi-Chew Factory Opening

Posted by Staff | May 26, 2016 | Business, Featured

You may have seen the Japanese candy Hi-Chew on the shelves of stores like Target, CostCo and Walmart. It’s chewy, comes in a variety of fruit flavors and is now being made in North Carolina. The makers of Hi-Chew, a Japanese...

After Emotional Week, UNC Men’s Lacrosse Turns Focus to Loyola

Posted by Avery Trendel | May 26, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

When UNC men’s lacrosse head coach Joe Breschi broke down into tears following last weekend’s win over Notre Dame, it capped off what had been an extremely emotional week for the Tar Heels. Their task this week in Philadelphia,...

Working Group Hopes to Find Compromise on HB 2

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

A group of high profile North Carolinians is organizing with hopes of finding a compromise and possibly proposing legislative solutions to House Bill 2. North Carolina’s new law, which rolls back protections for the LGBT...

Chansky’s Notebook: 21 Tigers Going On To Play

Posted by Art Chansky | May 26, 2016 | Featured, Sports

Kudos to 21 Chapel Hill Tiger athletes who will keep playing in college. Two of those varsity athletes from Chapel Hill High who will go onto play are staying home to attend UNC — track & field’s Harrison Young and...

UNC Board Of Governors To Take Public Comment At Friday Meeting

Posted by Staff | May 26, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education

In an effort to increase transparency and give protesters an outlet for their frustration, the UNC Board of Governors is instituting a new policy and will take public comment in their meeting Friday, something organizations...

Charges Filed After Orange County Man Bitten by King Cobra

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 25, 2016 | Featured, Health

Ali Iyoob has been released from UNC Hospitals after receiving treatment for a King Cobra bite he sustained at his Orange County home in early May. But now the 21-year-old is facing criminal charges for keeping the animal at his...

Lacking Star Power, UNC Men’s Lacrosse Bonded as a Team to Reach Final Four

Posted by Avery Trendel | May 25, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

In recent years, the UNC men’s lacrosse team has largely been defined both by its stars and its failure to advance past the NCAA Quarterfinals. This year, however, has given birth to a whole new narrative—as the Tar Heels have...

Renaming Provision Removed From Senate Bill 873

Posted by Staff | May 25, 2016 | Featured, Higher Education, News

A controversial section of a proposal from the North Carolina Senate allowing the UNC System Board of Governors to consider changing the names of state schools based on their effect on “enrollment, academic strength and...

Meyer: House Budget “Doesn’t Go Far Enough”

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 25, 2016 | Featured, State Government

The North Carolina House has passed a budget proposal tweaking the two-year spending plan passed during the long legislative session last year. Now, it’s the North Carolina Senate’s turn to produce a budget. From there work will...

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