With An Eye To Diversity, Orange County Tackles Aging Issues
Orange County’s Department on Aging works to meet the needs of a diverse population.
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Launch Chapel Hill Named No. 4 Best University Business Accelerator
Posted by Blake Hodge | Nov 5, 2015 | Featured, UNC
A business incubator at UNC-Chapel Hill has been named one of the top programs in the country. Launch Chapel Hill reached rarefied air this week when UBI Global named Launch the number four best performing university business...
Read MoreKindergarten Readiness Program Aims to Close Achievement Gap
Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 21, 2015 | Featured, Pre-K - 12 Education
A local program is helping low-income and at-risk children prepare for kindergarten. 66 children from low-income families or that were identified as needing additional support participated in a summer kindergarten readiness...
Read MoreCompass Center Holds Events for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 8, 2015 | News Around Town
The Compass Center for Women and Families is holding events throughout the month of October to raise awareness for domestic violence victims. Mary Parry is the development director at the Compass Center, and she says the...
Read MoreOrange County Commissioners Move Forward with $125 Million Bond
Posted by Staff | Oct 7, 2015 | Featured, Local Government
The Orange County Board of Commissioners took another step toward issuing the largest bond in county history Tuesday night. The board unanimously approved a motion to move forward with a bond that would be worth $125 million....
Read MoreSuspect Pleads Guilty to Striking Chapel Hill Police Officer with Vehicle
Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 2, 2015 | Crime, Featured
A Durham woman was sentenced to between 77 and 105 months in Orange County prison on Thursday, after striking a Chapel Hill Police Officer with her vehicle, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. 50-year-old...
Read MoreWhat’s Left After the General Assembly Went Home
Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 1, 2015 | State Government
The North Carolina General Assembly has wrapped up one of the longest legislative sessions in recent memory. Municipalities’ ability to make decisions specifically impacting their communities, public school funding being...
Read MorePotential Flooding in Forecast for Orange County
Posted by Blake Hodge | Oct 1, 2015 | Featured, Safety, Weather
The forecast for our community is calling for several inches of rain beginning late Thursday. Orange County Emergency Services Emergency Management Coordinator Kirby Saunders tells WCHL’s Blake Hodge what steps to take to remain...
Read MoreKania Indicted on All Charges in Connection with Wrong-Way Crash
Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 28, 2015 | Crime, Featured
An Orange County Grand Jury has returned a true bill of indictment on all charges and one aggravating factor against 20-year-old Chandler Kania, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. Kania is charged with...
Read MoreClean Energy Summer Camp At The Rogers Road Community Center
Posted by Staff | Sep 25, 2015 | Town Square
There are big doings these days at the Rogers Road Community Center. Barely a year into the existence of its brand spanking new building, and run on a shoestring, the center ran a successful, free 5-week summer enrichment...
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