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Friday Night Fight Between Cedar Ridge and Riverside Could Mean No Playoffs

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 12, 2016 | High School

Two local high school football teams are awaiting their playoff fate, even though the season is still in its early stages. The News & Observer was first to report on Monday that Riverside and Cedar Ridge High Schools were...

Orange County Attempts To Raise Awareness For Upcoming Bond

Posted by Staff | Sep 9, 2016 | Local Government

Orange County has hired a marketing company to help communicate with residents before the largest bond in the history of the county comes to a vote in November. Sheer Associates founder Joel Sheer presented his company’s plan to...

State Board Finalizes Orange County Early Voting Plan

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 8, 2016 | Election, Featured

Nearly a full month after the Orange County Board of Elections met to hash out an early voting plan and almost 11 hours into the meeting of the state Board of Elections on Thursday, a compromise plan was ordered for early voting...

HWY 57 Reopens in Orange County After Wreck

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 8, 2016 | Traffic

***UPDATE: DOT maps show that the wreck has been cleared up and the road has reopened in both direction.*** Highway 57 is closed in both directions on Thursday due to a vehicle wreck in northern Orange County. The North Carolina...

Rabid Skunk Bites Orange County Resident

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 8, 2016 | Featured, Safety

Orange County has received its fourth positive rabies case of 2016 after a Rougemont woman was bitten on her ankle by a skunk. Animal Services officials say the case originated on Monday when the resident was bitten while...

Orange County Early Voting Plan at Mercy of the State Board of Elections

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 7, 2016 | Election, Featured

In a rather unorthodox move, the three members of the Orange County Board of Elections submitted four plans for the state Board of Elections to consider when determining the county’s early voting schedule. The state board will...

Funding Gap in CHCCS Board Plans for New Construction

Posted by Staff | Sep 7, 2016 | Pre-K - 12 Education

CHCCS assistant superintendent for support services Todd LoFrese talked about ideas to fill a funding gap for the new construction at Lincoln Center and Chapel Hill High School at the school board meeting last Thursday. The...

Chandler Kania Defense Motion to Suppress Cell Phone Evidence Denied

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 6, 2016 | Crime, Featured

The evidence seized from Chandler Kania’s cell phone following the wrong-way crash that left three people dead last summer will be allowed into the upcoming trial. Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour issued that decision late...

Morinaga Added to List of Orange County Living Wage Employers

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 6, 2016 | Business, Featured

The Orange County Living Wage Project is continuing to grow as more employers in our community commit to paying their workers a living wage, which is calculated as $12.75 per hour in Orange County. Another employer was added to...

CHCCS Remains Near Top; OCS Sees Growth in State School Grades

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 2, 2016 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education

Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools remained among the top school districts in the state and Orange County Schools improved on last year’s numbers in the latest school grades. The school grades were released on Thursday by the...

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