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Maroon 5 Cancels North Carolina Concerts

Posted by Staff | May 20, 2016 | Entertainment, Featured

Citing HB2, Maroon 5 has cancelled two North Carolina concerts. The band was scheduled to play at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte on September 11 and at PNC Arena in Raleigh on September 12. Maroon 5 released a statement...

Chansky’s Notebook: Blue Bloods Running Red Hot

Posted by Art Chansky | May 20, 2016 | Featured, Sports

Man, the Carolina-Duke rivalry is heating up in May. While the rest of the basketball world focuses on LeBron James winning his 17 straight Eastern Conference playoff game and a probable sweep of Toronto to await the winner of...

Civil Rights Activist Patt Derian Passes Away in Chapel Hill

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 20, 2016 | Featured, Obituaries

Patt Derian passed away early Friday morning at her home in Chapel Hill with family by her side. Derian served as the deputy director of the Jimmy Carter presidential campaign in 1976. After Carter won that election, Derian...

NC State Pushes UNC Baseball to the Brink

Posted by Avery Trendel | May 19, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

The UNC baseball team traveled to Raleigh on Thursday knowing it likely has to win at least two of its three games against No. 13 NC State to qualify for the ACC Tournament. Round one, however, went to the team in red. NC State...

Teacher Pay Focus of County Budget Discussion

Posted by Staff | May 19, 2016 | Featured, Local Government, News

School funding, specifically teacher pay, was the focus of Thursday’s public hearing on next year’s Orange County budget. The Board of Commissioners meeting was held at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill....

House Budget Clears Path for Durham-Orange Light Rail

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 19, 2016 | Featured, State Government

As part of the $22 billion budget proposal that has made its way through the North Carolina House, the cap on light rail spending that was put in place at the end of the long legislative session last year has been removed. The...

State Environmental Agency Reclassifies Duke Energy Ash Basins

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 19, 2016 | Featured, Health

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality announced Wednesday that 25 Duke Energy coal ash basins across the state have been deemed an “intermediate” risk, along with eight high priority sites identified under state...

Chapel Hill Town Council Discusses Rosemary Street Development

Posted by Staff | May 18, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

Jared Martinson from MHAworks Architecture presented his company’s plan for a new development on 322 West Rosemary Street, the current location of Breadmen’s. “Where we are today is with a multi-generational and mixed-use...

UNC Baseball Facing “Do-or-Die” Scenario Against NC State

Posted by Avery Trendel | May 18, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

It all comes down to this for the UNC baseball team. Three games in Raleigh against its fiercest rival—the No. 13 NC State Wolfpack—with its season on the line. Currently sitting ninth in the tight ACC standings—tied with Duke...

Chapel Hill Home of James Taylor Up for Auction

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 18, 2016 | Featured, News Around Town

For the first time ever, the public will have an opportunity to tour the house where James Taylor spent his childhood years in Chapel Hill. George Smart, the executive director of North Carolina Modernist Houses, calls the home...

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