Hometown Heroes: Natalie Knox

A new report estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have some form of heart or blood vessel disease, a medical milestone that’s mostly due to recent guidelines that expanded how many people have high blood pressure. The American Heart Association said Thursday that more than 121 million adults had cardiovascular disease in 2016. […]

This week’s Hometown Hero is Meredith Richard, the executive director of Musical Empowerment at UNC. One of Carolina’s student organizations, Musical Empowerment serves children in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district who do not otherwise have access to music lessons. “We pair college student volunteers with children from under-served communities for free one-on-one music lessons. We […]

This week’s Hometown Hero is Jennifer Ashley, the executive director of A Helping Hand. This non-profit companion care provider has been committed to assisting seniors and individuals with disabilities maintain self-sufficiency, quality of life, and the highest level of independence since 1995. “Basically what we do is we go into the home of older adults […]

Healthy Carolinians of Orange County recently released the 2017 State of the County Health Report, which gives an update on county health concerns and actions being taken to address them. Healthy Carolinians coordinator Ashley Rawlinson said the State of the County Health Report is published each of the three years between Community Health Assessments, which […]

This week's Hometown Hero, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, is Jim Potts! Jim is the chairman of the 30th Annual Carolina Blood Drive.

This week’s Hometown Heroes, presented by Hendrick Southpoint, are Renee Price and Thomas Watson, the founders of Free Spirit Freedom! “It’s the 50th anniversary of the closing of the historical Central High School in Hillsborough, which was all black. We’re celebrating that because this is their landmark and also because this is 50 years of […]

This week's 97.9 The Hill WCHL Hometown Heroes, presented by Performance AutoMall, are David Caldwell and Jeffrey Thompson! Caldwell is a Major with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, while Thompson is director of asset management services for Orange County.

This week’s WCHL Hometown Hero is Natalie Knox, the gallery manager at the FRANK Gallery. Through her work at the gallery, she supports the local art scene and encourages local artists.