Carrboro: Firefighter Injured in Response to ‘Heavy Fire’ at Storage Facility
Carrboro and other area firefighters battled “heavy fire conditions” at a storage...
On Covering a Murder Trial: A Perspective from Chapelboro’s Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor helped cover of the trial of Miguel-Salguero Olivares for the murder of Faith Hedgepeth. Here are his thoughts and reflections.
This Week in UNC Sports: October 26-November 1, 2026
This series of posts will be made weekly on Chapelboro with a full schedule of UNC sports...
The Changemakers: ARtx, With Ladson Brearley and Rakesh Khan
This month on “The Changemakers” join for a discussion with Ladson Brearley and Rakesh Khan of ARtx, a company working at the intersection of engineering, technology, and construction to make infrastructure smarter, stronger and more sustainable.
Local Government Meetings: October 26-30, 2026
This week in local government, the Chapel Hill Town Council has a work session on the Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO).
UNC Volleyball: Tar Heels Beat Cal, Upset No. 15 Stanford in 5 Sets
In a thrilling weekend of volleyball at Carmichael Arena, No. 23 UNC beat Cal in four sets Friday...
On the Porch: Talking News with Dan Kane
This Week: Dan Kane is an award-winning investigative journalist for the Raleigh, NC newspaper The News & Observer. Kane, with whistleblower Mary Willingham, is credited for unearthing substantive academic fraud regarding student-athletes who were directed towards phony classes, according to allegations. Kane also covered NCSU, legislative corruption, and the formation of the state lottery. His reporting on NC’s secretive personnel law exposed how the state kept much information about state employees from public scrutiny, which led to a new state law to expedite information-gathering about the pay and performance of state employees. He is a 1983 graduate of Saint John Fisher College in Rochester, NY.
Obama, in Midwest, Assails ‘Cruelty’ and Indecency From Trump and His Allies in the Midterm Campaign
Former President Barack Obama described "cruelty" coming from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in midwest campaigns.
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3PM-6PM M-FThe Evening News: Hedgepeth Trial Recap, Cooper Rally, Football Loss
97.9 The Hill's Andrew Stuckey presents the evening news. Included in this edition of the news, we hear a recap of the Hedgepeth murder trial, which concluded with a guilty verdict on Friday. We hear from U.S. Senate Candidate Roy Cooper at his Carrboro Rally Friday evening. In sports, UNC Football suffers a heartbreaking overtime loss, and more.
