NCDOT announces updates to state bike routes after calls for safer streets
By Gabriel Morrison | Mar. 7The updates will be made as part of NCDOT's WalkBikeNC, a bicycle and pedestrian plan which was last reevaluated and updated in 2013.
Read More »The updates will be made as part of NCDOT's WalkBikeNC, a bicycle and pedestrian plan which was last reevaluated and updated in 2013.
Read More »A vigil for peace in Ukraine took place Sunday afternoon, prompted by calls for a global day of action on March 6 to stop the war.
Read More »After two years of a pandemic, UNC students rushed Franklin Street following a victory over Duke on Saturday night.
Read More »“The Shrunken Head is such a tradition for our community,” the Shrunken Head Boutique’s store manager Melissa Pate said.
Read More »In February, the Town of Carrboro added two new electric vehicle charging stations, which are additions to the Town's original charging station at the Carrboro Town Hall.
Read More »Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils said he hopes the 24/7 Tempo ranking will be one more way to draw attention to the town's artists and spaces.
Read More »This past week, the Town of Carrboro observed National Invasive Species Awareness Week, according to an announcement from Mayor Damon Seils.
Read More »The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted 6-1 on Thursday to delay dropping its indoor mask mandate until April 4, when the district returns from spring break.
Read More »Tiani Schifano, the program coordinator at Orange County Animal Services, said Orange County Animal Services hadn’t had a rabies vaccination clinic since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »“It might not be New Orleans Mardi Gras, but we're going to try our hardest,” Ryan Cunnigham, the owner of Socks Off Entertainment, said.
Read More »Over the course of the year, Harris said, she has visited many union apprenticeship facilities where she has met a diverse, creative and determined workforce.
Read More »The Summer Careers Academy, a new youth apprenticeship program, recently launched on Feb. 22 for young adults aged 16 to 24 in Orange County.
Read More »On Feb. 23, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services partnered with historically Black colleges and universities to host a mental health summit. The summit, “Peeling Back the Layers on Minority Mental Health,” aimed to address the needs of minority students and faculty at HBCUs in North Carolina and the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I've seen a totally big jump on trauma with our students and, of course, grief,” Aishia Griffin, director of Counseling Services at Bennett College, said.
Read More »“I think we’ve seen more kids younger and younger who are getting glasses prescribed and getting their vision impairments corrected earlier," Exceptional Children program facilitator Ashley Kellum said.
Read More »Orange County will lift its indoor mask mandate on March 7 at 5 p.m, Board of County Commissioners Chairperson Renee Price announced in a board meeting Tuesday.
Read More »The new congressional, House and Senate maps will take effect for the 2022 primary elections on May 17, according to Rachel Raper, Director of the Orange County Board of Elections. Under the new setup, Orange County will remain in District 4 of the congressional map. It will also remain in the 23rd district in the N.C. Senate and will retain its current boundaries in the N.C. House, including the 50th and 56th districts.
Read More »During a virtual Feb. 24 "Lunchbox Talk", Randi Byrd, a professional affiliate of the University of Vermont's leadership for sustainability master's program, discussed the importance of the connection between plants and North Carolina Indigenous communities.
Read More »Despite the uncertainty for the foreseeable future, seeds of hope for peace are being planted. "The fact that we are together is a ray of hope in the middle of all this horror," Shvabrin said. "I dare to hope that Ukraine, let's hope sooner rather than later, will emerge triumphant from this conflict.”
Read More »Since George Floyd's murder in May 2020, Binkley Baptist Church and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Youth Council has held vigils as a way to build community and maintain an ongoing conversation about anti-racism.
Read More »Judge Lucy Inman recently declared her candidacy for the Democratic N.C. Supreme Court primary scheduled for May 17.
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