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Google Begins Fiber Installation in Chapel Hill

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 18, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

Google has started installing its fiber network infrastructure in Chapel Hill, according to the town. A release says this work will lay the network’s preliminary infrastructure and include work in a “very limited number of...

UNC Chemistry Professor Receives Teaching Excellence Award

Posted by Staff | Mar 17, 2016 | Featured, UNC

UNC chemistry professor Michael Crimmins has been awarded a 2016 Teaching Excellence Award by the UNC Board of Governors. Crimmins has been a faculty member with the Department of Chemistry at UNC for 34 years. He also serves as...

Orange is Second Healthiest County in State According to Study

Posted by Staff | Mar 17, 2016 | Featured, Health

Orange County is the second healthiest county in North Carolina, according to a new study. The study, done by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute looked at factors such...

UNC Graduate Schools Receive High Rankings

Posted by Staff | Mar 17, 2016 | Featured, UNC

U.S. News & World Report has released its 2017 rankings for graduate programs in America. A number of UNC graduate schools have received high rankings in this year’s, with the School of Pharmacy earning the highest...

Speaker Ban Protests: 50 Years Later

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 17, 2016 | Featured, UNC

Tensions have been high on the UNC campus in recent months over issues including race on campus and the recent selection of Margaret Spellings as UNC System President. But March of 2016 marks 50 years since another set of...

Chansky’s Notebook: March 17 Memories

Posted by Art Chansky | Mar 17, 2016 | Featured, Sports Notebook

The Tar Heels have played 13 games on St. Patty’s Day. Tonight, they will play for the 14th time on St. Patrick’s Day, the global holiday to honor the patron saint of Ireland that has since turned into a celebration of dancing,...

Town Council Continues To Review American Legion Possibilities

Posted by Staff | Mar 16, 2016 | Featured, Local Government

The debate over what to do with the 36-acre property soon to be the former home of the American Legion is far from over. “We have this opportunity now,” Mayor Pam Hemminger said during the town council’s work...

Paige: Tournament is ‘Chance to be Remembered’

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 16, 2016 | Featured, UNC Sports

North Carolina is a number one seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament and will take on No. 16 Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday night. A 16 seed has never beaten a No. 1, but Carolina head coach Roy Williams remembers a few...

Third Suspect in Efland Murder Appears in Court

Posted by Blake Hodge | Mar 16, 2016 | Crime, Featured

The third suspect arrested in connection with a January homicide in Efland appeared in Orange County Court on Wednesday afternoon. Barry Holt has been charged with murder for the shooting death of 22-year-old Tevin Kendrick on...

North Carolina Voters Set Stage for November

Posted by Staff | Mar 15, 2016 | Election, Featured

North Carolinians voted Tuesday and decided many important local elections; voters also decided their candidates for elections this fall. Hillary Clinton won the Democratic Primary with about 55% of the vote beating Bernie...

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