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97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell has the latest news from around the community for Thursday, January 21. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is set to decide whether students will return to classrooms this academic year. Orange and Chatham Counties move up in the statewide COVID-19 County Alert System. And local health officials are urging people who aren’t eligible for vaccination right now to stop preventing others from making appointments.

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97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell shares the biggest stories from the Orange County and Chatham County communities on Wednesday, January 20. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are sworn into their positions in Washington D.C. The Orange County Commissioners request new conditions from the developers behind Efland Station. And are there any chief differences between the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines?

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97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell catches you up on local news from around the community’s three-day weekend on Tuesday, January 19.

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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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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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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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97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell has the latest from the Orange and Chatham County communities on Tuesday, January 12. Hillsborough passes the first non-discriminatory ordinances seen in years among North Carolina towns. Plus: Governor Roy Cooper condemns President Donald Trump’s leadership and UNC Football adds a talented transfer.

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97.9 The Hill/Chapelboro News Director Brighton McConnell shares the top local news from Friday, January 8.

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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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