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June 14, 2019
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Hometown Hero Awards
This week's Hometown Hero: Marin Lissy
Column: Making #MeToo Count
“Making #MeToo Count” By Rachel Valentine These past few days have been heavy for...
June 14, 2019
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June 14, 2019
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Week of February 4, 2019
Stevens and Lavelle watch the General Assembly; county commissioners discuss I-40 widening and a future county jail; Hemminger talks parking; Lavelle talks immigration.
June 13, 2019: Twentieth And Twenty-First
The Democratic Party is using polls to identify the top 20 candidates for the upcoming primary debates - but Tom says the difference between 20 and 21 is nebulous at best.
June 13, 2019: Cradle Of Civil Rights
Supreme Court decisions, roller coasters, and events in colonial North Carolina that were critical in the history of American civil rights and liberties.
June 11, 2019: Budgets
It's budget season at the state and local level - and public education funding is high on the list of issues.
May 29, 2019: Mulling Mueller
Robert Mueller speaks publicly about his report, and what he has to say is damning for the president - but is it a Thing?
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Food for the Summer Bringing Food, Fun to Chapel Hill – Carrboro
Summer vacation can be a difficult time for some kids, especially the nearly 27 percent of Chapel...
May 29, 2018: Goodbyeee
Meg's moving on to a new position (don't worry, still in Chapel Hill!), so this is her final Downtown Rundown. (We still have fun.)
June 12, 2019: Summer Reading
Susan discusses the library's summer-reading program - possibly angering one of her staff members in the process. Who can say, really?
June 15, 2019
Clark Church, former Chapel Hill-Carrboro restaurateur, talks about his book, “Tales of Moonshine and a Vanished Mountain Culture,” and his growing up years in the mountains of Ashe County North Carolina, including when hauling, selling, making and drinking illegal “Sugarhead” liquor was a way of life along with fighting chickens and going to church, sometimes all in the same day.
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Food for the Summer Bringing Food, Fun to Chapel Hill – Carrboro
Summer vacation can be a difficult time for some kids, especially the nearly 27 percent of Chapel...
March 1, 2018
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June 5, 2019: Kawhi Not?
Debby's still calling Toronto to win the NBA title. Also, the Women's World Cup gets under way, and UNC baseball is two wins from Omaha.
February 2018 Community Forum: Tackling Climate Change at the Local Level
Climate change has been a political topic for years, but what has been or can be done at the local level to make an impact? Members of governing bodies in Orange County are working on a joint committee now to work on that answer.
June 14, 2019
Melissa Temple-Agosta returns to educate us on the valuable assets of hemp.
June 13th – Brothers and Sisters – Click to Listen
Today Aaron was joined by 97.9 The Hill’s Victor and AJ! KidsQ: Is it better to be the oldest, the middle, or the youngest sibling, or to be an only child?
June 4, 2019: Fighting TB At The Border
Aaron, Waddy, and guest Laura Gutman (a Duke University pediatrician) agree that there's a humanitarian crisis at the border - and a medical crisis as well. Can they agree on how to address it?
