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100 Years of Kenan Stadium: Jones Angell’s First Visit
Voice of the Tar Heels Jones Angell recalls his first visit to Kenan Stadium as a fan from Jacksonville, N.C. in the 1990s.
Chansky’s Notebook: Fool Me Once…
Little Kool-Aid will be consumed by Carolina fans before the noon kickoff from Dublin. Fool me once but not again. It is a great trip to Ireland for the Tar Heels fans who bought the plane tickets and hotel rooms to tour the Emerald Isle and see if their team is any...
Orange County: Welcoming Rani Dasi and Honoring Jamezetta Bedford (Aug. 26, 2026)
Chair of the Orange County Commissioners Jean Hamilton speaks with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Wednesday, August 26.
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Chatham County Roundup: Librarian Rita Van Duinen on How She Can Help Small Business Owners (Aug. 26, 2026)
Rita Van Duinen — the branch manager of Pittsboro’s Chatham Community Library — joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell on Wednesday, August 26.
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Dasi Sworn In, Bedford Memorialized, and Belichick Studied – The Evening News (August 26, 2026)
97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell guest hosts and details the latest local news stories on Wednesday, August 26.
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Theodore Nollert on North Carolina’s Budget Corrections Bill and Its Process – On Air Today (August 26, 2026)
Theodore Nollert — the directory of policy for Carolina Forward and a Chapel Hill Town Council member — joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell on Wednesday, August 26.
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UNC’s Cameron Fens Now Ineligible After Tennessee Court Ruling
Cameron Fens, a seven-foot center who transferred to UNC from South Dakota earlier in August, is now ineligible to play for the Tar Heels in the 2026-27 season after ruling from the Tennessee Court of Appeals Wednesday. The court has issued a stay on the injunction...
Weekend Around The Hill: August 27 – August 30
Check out the events happening around our community this weekend. You can view the full Chapelboro Local Events Calendar here. To submit your own events, click here.Turn the Volume Up! – Nasher Museum of Art Thursday, August 27 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Nasher’s new...
Holding Court: Belichick’s Second UNC Campaign Must Show Improvement, Stability
In the early 1990s, Stanford University hired a legendary National Football League head coach with three Super Bowl rings. That Bill Walsh experiment got off to a fantastic start — a 10-3 campaign and a top-10 national finish in 1992 — but Walsh retired at the end of the 1994 season, at 63 years old, after his next two Cardinal teams stumbled to 4-7 and 3-7-1 records.
UNC Women’s Basketball to Host Davidson for Preseason Exhibition October 18
UNC will host Davidson for a preseason exhibition Oct. 18 at Carmichael Arena, the program announced Wednesday. It will be the only exhibition on the Tar Heels' 2026-27 schedule. A tip-off time is yet to be announced....