North Carolina's family-owned farms adapt to shifting tobacco industry
There once was a time when the tobacco industry was one of the most important industries in North Carolina and the backbone of the state’s agricultural market.
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There once was a time when the tobacco industry was one of the most important industries in North Carolina and the backbone of the state’s agricultural market.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated the purpose of the appeal. Brewer and SPG were previously denied a special use permit, but were later granted a permit to build a barn. Orange County residents were appealing the granting of this permit. The story has been updated to reflect this change. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
By Shantan Krovvidi
A once alarming statistic is a thing of the past.
Major construction projects in downtown Chapel Hill are still underway as school starts. Traffic delays will ease when a Rosemary Street project ends in a few months, but Carolina Square and the AC Hotel won't be ready until summer 2017.
On Friday, the Chapel Hill Public Library introduced a new piece of technology that will revolutionize the way books are sorted.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce will induct seven business leaders into its Hall of Fame on Nov. 5. The Daily Tar Heel will profile each of these inductees. Stephen Edwards, founder of Midway Barber Shop, is among those to be inducted.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated when the plan was approved. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved the plans on June 9. The story has been updated to reflect this change.
Despite having served only one year as an early-voting location, N.C. Hillel will be replaced by the Chapel of the Cross as the early site for the University.
After visiting the Dominican Republic for the past two summers and painting murals with the organization Transcending Borders, Leah Simon wanted to do a similar project back home.
Nine parks in Chapel Hill are being targeted for major upgrades by the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department.
Nearly two years after the town of Chapel Hill approved the building of a veterans memorial, plans and funding for the structure are still not finalized.
Three local Meals on Wheels chapters are participating in the national organization's annual March for Meals campaign to bring attention to their cause: delivering meals to homebound senior citizens.
Nonprofits working with local neighborhoods asked the Chapel Hill Town Council Monday to consider allocating federal funds to the organizations based on their past successes and plans for the coming months.
It was gradual at first.
The Democratic Party is looking to rebound from its statewide losses in November’s midterm elections, and Orange County Democratic Party chairman Matt Hughes, who is running unopposed for reelection at the annual party convention in April, wants to lead that effort locally.
The Orange County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Monday night to support equal access to public education for undocumented immigrant children.
North Carolina regularly ranks among the top 10 states with the highest percentage of residents experiencing food shortages, according to the N.C. Association of Feeding America Food Banks — and for the past four years, local organization People Offering Relief for Chapel Hill-Carrboro Homes has been working to change that statistic.
When he was 13, Chapel Hill resident Chase Lewis invented a cart to help refugees transport their children to refugee camps. Less than two years later — with an efficiency that Steve Jobs might have admired — he’s back at it with a new invention: the Emergency Mask Pod.
Aging populations are presenting more challenges in developed countries like the United States — and towns like Chapel Hill might have something to learn from places like Japan, where aging has been central to policy-making in recent years.