On Jan. 28 the Orange County Board of Education approved the county’s first racial equity policy that addresses inequity in the district and plans to provide each student with equal access to education.
“Support the other local bike shops in the area. Banding together is the best thing that we can do to keep the sport going.”
Na'wara de Arepa, a new food truck that serves arepas in Chapel Hill, is owned by two Venezuelans who immigrated to the U.S. However, starting a new business with most of their family still in Venezuela hasn't been easy.
PORCH works to provide food for food-insecure families.
“Ultimately, officers take an oath to defend the Constitution, to help people’s voices be heard, even when those chants are directed at us. I am very proud of how our officers responded. Very proud.”
Residents and storeowners are looking for ways to minimize future flood destruction after Hurricane Florence damaged properties in Chapel Hill.
The Baxter Bar and Arcade is bringing people together this February through an inclusive revival of the game show "The Dating Game."
“I think that we still, as a nation and a region, have not come to terms with our own history."
Chapel Hill Transit held a public meeting Tuesday to provide an update on the North-South Bus Rapid Transit plan. The BRT will be 8.2 miles long starting on Eubanks Road and ending in Southern Village.
"People are asking me if we are totally done, and I say no, but we just can’t stay.”
The NCDOT was forced back to the drawing board when it was discovered that their work on the interchange on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard would be forcing residents out of their homes.
“Yoga is really about being mindful, and science shows that doing meditation or reflection can help you in your day to day life,” said Sarah Brown, marketing manager of Morehead Planetarium.
The annual "racial equity report cards" put out by the Youth Justice Program do not reflect good results among many school districts throughout North Carolina.
With homelessness in Chapel Hill on the rise, here is what local organizations are doing to help.
"It’s kind of an overused word these days, but people are interested in 'authentic,'" Edwards said. "People are interested to explore and relate from a common place of curiosity.”
Here are some preliminary predictions for inclement winter weather in Chapel Hill.
The resolution, which passed 6-1, asks the representative for Orange County to join other U.S. House Democrats in backing the call of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for a Select Committee on the Green New Deal.
"He has a heart for human beings. He listens to their stories and what they have to say.”
At last week's Town Council meeting, council members and the community discussed the viability of e-scooters returning to Chapel Hill.
There is a diverse refugee and immigrant community in Chapel Hill. But for these families, getting to where they are today has not been easy and poses challenges even years after they settle.
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