Proposed changes would allow a different procedure to be used for zoning to allow the Town to more easily fulfill the Chapel Hill 2020 plan.
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After just over an hour, the marchers’ ‘Housing is crucial, so make yourself useful’ chants came to an end, but not their mission to propose and promote affordable housing.
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Michael Parker is running for re-election on Chapel Hill Town Council and wants to talk about why we need to improve our public transit system.
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Local election season is here in Orange County, so we broke down exactly what you need to know about the candidates in each of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro races.
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As the Nov. 5 elections approach, candidates have been campaigning hard, going to events on UNC's campus, in churches and other community spaces. Besides what a candidate believes and advocates, there is one other thing the public wonders: how much did their campaign cost and raise? The numbers vary widely across the Chapel Hill-Carrboro races, and they've changed a lot since last year. “Some state and local campaigns don't cost a lot,” Suzanne Globetti, a teaching associate professor of political science at UNC, said. “Others, especially those that rely on television for campaign advertising, end up spending quite a lot.”
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Orange County electoral candidates congregated at the First Baptist Church to not only discuss their stance on political and social issues, but to build relationships with the people they hope to lead.
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The Chapel Hill Town Council voted on Wednesday to ban right turns on red at 17 intersections across the area.
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UNC senior Tai Huynh spoke to members of the Asian American Students Association on Wednesday evening to share plans for his candidacy for Chapel Hill Town Council.
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With elections in Chapel Hill coming up soon, read to learn how, where and when to vote.
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The North Carolina Sierra Club has released its endorsed candidates list, which emphasizes those candidates who are focused on environmental policy and the climate crisis.
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For Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger, finding a way to connect the University to the town is an important aspect of the Master Plan.
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The hotel is still in its early stages, but if approved, it could have 140 rooms and be up to seven stories tall.
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Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Carrboro joined together with local organizations to fight climate change, resulting in the formation of the Orange County Climate Council.
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The Chapel Hill Town Council discussed upgrading technology, creating language support programs and developing affordable housing at Wednesday's meeting.
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Out with the old and in with the new: University Place has plans for redevelopment.
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Duke Energy awarded money to the Town of Chapel Hill and the Town of Carrboro to create multilingual emergency messages and information to assist increasingly diverse populations.
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Some residents of the town have been concerned about the potential effects of short-term rentals in the area.
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The OC Voice is a portion of the OC Report newsletter where local residents may have a platform to talk about local issues they care about. This week, Assistant City & State Editor Jamey Cross is breaking down all the 2019 election coverage you can expect to see from The Daily Tar Heel this fall.
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I want to walk down Franklin Street, drop in on friends who started their business and decided to grow it locally, interact with the work of artists who work in collaborative spaces supported by the University and the Town, and buy from companies that employ my neighbors.
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Bus riders, cyclists, business owners and residents gathered on the weekend of Friday, July 12 to discuss the bus stations that will be a part of the North-South Bus Rapid Transit (N-S BRT) system, a streamlined route that will feature dedicated bus lanes and traffic signal priority.
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