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(01/25/21 11:48pm)
Twice a month, Caitlin Gooch drives her trailer around North Carolina, carrying with her a couple of horses and a load of books. This time, she's parked outside a Walmart. On other occasions, she heads to public parks or follows the recommendation of a Facebook follower. Regardless, she's there for one reason — to share literature and horses with the community.
(11/12/20 3:17am)
As coronavirus shutdowns began in March, Michele Lynn went to the Chapel Hill Public Library, and it was packed — people were coming in droves to check out books before the library went on lockdown.
(11/02/20 2:24am)
An Orange County man ran 77 miles in a record-breaking time to raise money for local nonprofit Triangle Bike Works.
(10/26/20 12:18am)
Halfway down the hour-long line for voting outside the Carrboro Town Hall stands a tent where two poll workers, Dede Corvinus and Lori-Anne Shapiro, pass out sample ballots and offer insight while knitting and talking to each other.
(10/19/20 11:10pm)
The North Carolina NAACP announced last month that it would take a voter ID lawsuit to the N.C. Supreme Court. The lawsuit revolves around a constitutional amendment passed in 2018, that requires photo IDs to vote.
(10/01/20 1:29am)
Community members from across Chapel Hill attended the Community Policing Advisory Committee's roundtable to discuss the future of public safety in a time when many said they felt an irreparable distrust toward the police.
(09/24/20 2:01am)
The November election is coming up, so The Daily Tar Heel is breaking down every state and local office on the ballot, from governor to county commissioner. Here, we broke down who the candidates are for Orange County Board of Commissioners districts one, two and at-large.
(08/28/20 1:31am)
Renee Price, the vice chairperson of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, was presented the M.H. "Jack" Brock Outstanding County Commissioner Award which recognizes special achievement and efforts on Aug. 15.
(08/26/20 1:03am)
For the second time, Marcus Reymond Robinson has been taken off death row.
(05/10/20 11:19pm)
This story is the last in a series featuring the newly elected members of the Orange County Schools Board of Education. Read more about Bonnie Hauser and Carrie Doyle.
(04/22/20 2:40am)
This story is the second of a series featuring the newly elected members of the Orange County Schools Board of Education. Read about newly elected board member Bonnie Hauser.
(04/09/20 1:03am)
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board agreed last week to institute incentivized pay for school bus drivers and nutritional workers who are providing meals to students in the district during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(03/24/20 11:49pm)
This story is the first of a series featuring the newly elected members of the Orange County Schools Board of Education.
(03/23/20 11:14pm)
School closings due to the COVID-19 pandemic have left some families who rely on schools for food wondering where they will get their next meals.
(03/02/20 4:41am)
The Nineteenth Amendment gave women in the United States the legal right to vote 100 years ago, but it would be another 45 years until women of color could truly to exercise this right. During women's history month, museums, parks and other facilities in North Carolina are commemorating everything the amendment did and didn't accomplish.
(02/25/20 2:46am)
Chapel Hill officially has its first-ever poet laureate.
(02/13/20 2:00am)
With the March 3 primary quickly approaching for North Carolina, the Democratic Party is moving closer to selecting its candidate for the presidential election. Local Democratic officials offered their views on the Democratic presidential candidates and their insight into which issues they think will most profoundly impact voters in the Carrboro and Chapel Hill areas.
(02/10/20 2:27pm)
Over the last couple of months, the Town of Carrboro has enlisted the help of four local high school student artists to help design and create two murals that will be installed in the newly opened Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park.