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Orange County Board Chair Warns of Becoming ‘Numb’ to Shootings

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 31, 2015 | Crime, Featured

Three suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting death of one-year-old Mahleah Williams. Williams was shot on Christmas Day and died three days later. Police say Williams was struck by a bullet from a vehicle...

Filing for 2016 Election Closes

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 22, 2015 | Election, Featured

Orange County voters will have races to decide in the primary and general election next year. Four seats on the Board of County Commissioners will be decided in March. All of the candidates that filed for the BOCC are listed...

Hillsborough Dog Euthanized After Encounter with Rabid Skunk

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 18, 2015 | Safety

Orange County has received another positive case of rabies, according to the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, marking 10 cases this year. Orange County Animal Services reports this incident originated on...

Donna Coffey Elected Orange County School Board Chair

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 16, 2015 | Pre-K - 12 Education

Donna Coffey has been elected chair of the Orange County Schools Board of Education. Coffey was elected on Monday night to replace Dr. Debbie Piscitelli, who announced her resignation at a school board meeting earlier this...

2016 Primary Field Getting Crowded in Orange County

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 14, 2015 | Election, Featured

***UPDATE: Mark Marcoplos has filed for the at-large seat on the Board of County Commissioners, as of Monday afternoon.*** Filing is entering its final seven days in Orange County for the 2016 elections. Several seats on the...

Orange County Reports 9th Rabies Case of 2015

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 14, 2015 | Safety

Orange County Animal Services has received its ninth positive rabies test result of the year, according to the state laboratory of public health. That number is drastically down from the 23 positive cases of rabies last year....

Matt Hughes Joins Race for Orange County Commissioners

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 10, 2015 | Election, Featured

Matt Hughes, chair of the Orange County Democratic Party, has officially filed to be a candidate for the at-large seat on the Orange County Board of Commissioners up for election next year. Board vice chair Bernadette Pelissier...

Andy Cagle Files for the At-Large Seat on the Orange County Board of Commissioners

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 8, 2015 | Election

Filing for the 2016 election is in its second week and names continue to trickle into the race. Andy Cagle has filed as a Democratic candidate for the at-large seat on the Board of County Commissioners up for election. Cagle ran...

Orange County Honored For Use Of Life Saving Drug

Posted by Staff | Dec 8, 2015 | Crime, Featured, Health

Orange County received the Excellence in Innovation Award from the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, on Monday night, for the Naloxone Project, which has saved the lives of four people who have overdosed on...

Authorities Seeking Information Regarding Armed Robbery

Posted by Blake Hodge | Dec 7, 2015 | Crime, Featured

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for information after an armed robbery over the weekend. Authorities say a 911 call was placed just before 11 o’clock on Friday night reporting an armed robbery at Randy’s...

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