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Events Held Across Chapel Hill Remembering 9-11 Anniversary

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 11, 2017 | Safety

Chapel Hill firefighter, Scott Carroll, participates in the 9/11 Memorial stair run in full turnout gear. ROTC students, local firefighters and police officers climb 2,076 steps at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The same number of...

4 Killed in Medical Helicopter Crash in North Carolina

Posted by Associated Press | Sep 8, 2017 | Safety

The North Carolina Highway Patrol says four people have been killed in the crash of a medical helicopter. Patrol spokesman Master Trooper Christopher Knox said the Duke Life Flight helicopter went down around 11:45 a.m. Friday...

Hillsborough Police Officer Pulls Man from Burning Vehicle

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 1, 2017 | Safety

A Hillsborough Police officer pulled a man from a burning vehicle Thursday morning, shortly before the vehicle was engulfed in flames. Officials said that officer Mike Toellen joined an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy who was...

Durham Roads Reopened After Anti-KKK Protests

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 18, 2017 | Safety, Uncategorized

****UPDATE: Durham authorities began reopening roads to traffic just after 3:30 Friday afternoon.**** Social media rumors began circulating Friday morning that white supremacists and members of the KKK were planning to hold a...

Construction Worker Falls from Carolina Square in Chapel Hill

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 17, 2017 | Safety

A worker on the construction site of the Carolina Square development on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill fell approximately 29 feet on Thursday morning, Chapel Hill Police spokesman Ran Northam told WCHL. Northam said that Chapel...

Local Vigils Respond to Charlottesville Violence

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 14, 2017 | Safety

A rally planned by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, resulted in the loss of three lives and led to local residents holding vigils on Sunday. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed and more than a dozen others...

Power Restored to 13,000 Customers in Durham

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 10, 2017 | Safety

****Officials reported just after one o’clock Thursday afternoon that power had been restored to nearly all customers.**** A widespread power outage has knocked out power to more than 13,000 Duke Energy customers near...

Police Vehicles Experiencing Carbon Monoxide Leaks

Posted by Kelly Fahey | Aug 9, 2017 | Safety

Police departments nationwide are taking action over defective Ford Explorer patrol vehicles. Carbon Monoxide fumes from the vehicles are seeping inside, potentially sickening the officers and sometimes causing them to lose...

All Clear Given After Carrboro Gas Leak

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 4, 2017 | Safety

****Carrboro Police said that, at noon on Friday, PSNC has given the all clear following the gas leak.**** A gas leak has led to the “threat of fire,” according to Orange County officials, on Bolin Creek Drive in...

Affordable Housing Wait List to Prioritize Homeless

Posted by Daniela Ocampo | Aug 4, 2017 | Safety

The Orange County Housing Authority will open the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher for homeless only beginning Saturday, August 12, until Thursday, August 17. Interim Housing Human Rights and Community Development Director...

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