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January 15, 2021: UNC Budget Plans, Vaccine Changes and MLK Day

Posted by | Jan 15, 2021 |

97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell has the latest local news for Friday, January 15. UNC announces a budget plan that includes cuts to personnel and operations funding to balance losses caused by COVID-19. Carrboro announces a COVID-19 Memorial Day for next week. And several community groups are holding virtual events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of Monday’s holiday.

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January 14, 2021: Vaccine Distribution Changes and Chapel Hill Adopts Ordinances

Posted by | Jan 14, 2021 |

97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell has the latest local news for Thursday, January 14. North Carolina shifts its coronavirus vaccine distribution eligibility to better mirror the federal government’s guidance. Some elderly residents in Orange County are receiving their doses of the vaccine at the Friday Center. Plus: Chapel Hill becomes the third local government in three days to pass anti-discrimination ordinances.

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January 13, 2021: Impeachment (Again), UNC COVID Clusters (Again) and Basketball Wins (Again)

Posted by | Jan 13, 2021 |

97.9 The Hill and Chapelboro News Director Brighton McConnell shares the latest news from the greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro community for Wednesday, January 13. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time, UNC reports its first COVID-19 cluster in months and experts share thoughts on how digital media helped incite the riot at the Capitol Building.

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January 7, 2021: UNC Pivots From In-Person Learning, Calls For Impeachment and Vaccine Distribution Plans

Posted by | Jan 7, 2021 |

97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell gets you caught up on UNC’s decision to pivot from in-person learning to start the spring semester and Orange County’s initial plan for elderly residents to sign up for COVID-19 vaccines. Also: a new single-day high of coronavirus cases in North Carolina and calls for President Donald Trump to step down.

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January 6, 2021: Chaos in D.C., An Extended Executive Order and Dieting

Posted by | Jan 6, 2021 |

Brighton McConnell brings you the 5 O’Clock News from Wednesday, January 6, which includes updates from a violent demonstration in Washington D.C., an update from North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and a story on fad dieting.

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