Donna Campbell and Georgann Eubanks have traveled wide in documenting lives and discovering truths – but North Carolina’s home.
Redistricting will move 1,000 students
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education knows reassigning students from one school to another within the district is not an easy task.
Online worker center proposed
For years, local advocates for day laborers have envisioned a center where workers could gather, in a safe and supportive setting, to find employment.
Quarter-cent sales-tax funds put to use
Orange County’s Economic Development Office is already putting to use some of the money the tax has generated.
Estes Drive resurfacing
Work began on Aug. 13 to resurface the Estes Drive roadway from Seawell School Road to North Greensboro Street.
Weaver Dairy Road closed
NCDOT will be closing a section of Weaver Dairy Road between Timberlyne Road and Weatherstone Drive beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday through 6 a.m. on Monday.
Public hearing on UNC wastewater
The NC Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has scheduled a public hearing for residents to share their thoughts.
Orange County early voting
One-stop early voting for the Nov. 6 election begins on Oct. 18 and runs through Nov. 2.
Grant to cover AP test fees
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has received a grant that will allow low-income students in every district across the state to have their AP test fees covered.
Tourism spending up in Orange County
Domestic visitors to and within Orange County spent $156.82 million in 2011, which is an increase of 8.8 percent from 2010.
Phil Blank, August 9, 2012
Illustration by Phil Blank
Cat Baby at Time Out
It wouldn’t be football season at Chapel Hill High School unless George “Cat Baby†Cannada led the team onto the field at Carrboro’s Lions Park.
House Calls, August 9, 2012
This week we respond to questions about nighttime urination, yellow teeth and arthritis prevention.
Durham Tech increases services at Orange County campus
UNC isn’t the only college drawing students in to Orange County.
FLORA: Chapel Hill’s mystery tree
Several years ago I received a call from Bill Massengale, who was keen about the history of the California coastal redwood standing tall in front of his law office.