After a pandemic-induced bus driver shortage, Chapel Hill Transit is trying to fill about 20 vacancies as it adapts to post-pandemic life. To expedite hiring, the transit system has opened applications to UNC students and workers without a commercial driver's license.
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After a pandemic-induced bus driver shortage, Chapel Hill Transit is trying to fill about 20 vacancies as it adapts to post-pandemic life. To expedite hiring, the transit system has opened applications to UNC students and workers without a commercial driver's license.
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced last Tuesday that the state will invest $24 million in federal funding to improve internet access and digital literacy in the state. The digital equity grant program is part of Cooper's plan to provide 95 percent of households in the state with high-speed internet.
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This Saturday, EPA administrator Michael Regan announced the new Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. The office aims to prioritize environmental justice regardless of changing administration and will distribute $3 billion in grants to support affected communities.
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Democrat Lucy Inman and Republican Richard Dietz are competing for Seat 3. The other seat belongs to Democrat Sam Ervin IV, an associate justice of the supreme court since 2014. He is now running for reelection against Republican Trey Allen.
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N.C. Clean Energy Week is a chance to showcase the work of government workers and community members who are making important changes. However, it is also an opportunity for citizens to consider how they may contribute to a future of cleaner energy.
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Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have canceled in-person classes on Friday, Sept. 30, due to expected hazardous conditions from Hurricane Ian.
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Democratic United States Senate candidate Cheri Beasley visited the N.C. Central University's campus on Tuesday to deliver a speech at the university's student center.
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On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Piedmont Feed & Garden Center held its annual Fall Festival. Community members could pick pumpkins from the pumpkin patch, enjoy store-wide sales and sip on local brews while they shopped at the garden center.
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Latinx Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, and local organizations members of the Latinx LGBTQ+ community in North Carolina and the Triangle are working to increase support, education and advocacy for each other. Of the more than 11.3 million LGBTQ+ adults that live in the United States, about 20 percent, or 2.3 million, also identify as Latinx, according to a report by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. “We try to empower people to get to know themselves,” Oscar Garcia, a community leader who works with LILA Latinx LGBTQI INC., said.
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In less than two months. Seats 8 and 9 on the North Carolina Court of Appeals, the second-highest court in the state, will be on the ballot in the 2022 midterm elections.
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For seat 10, the race is between incumbent Republican Judge John Marsh Tyson and his Democratic challenger Judge Gale Adams and for seat 11 the race includes Democratic incumbent appellate Judge Darren Jackson and his Republican opponent Judge Michael Stading.
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The second House Us Now rally was held this Sunday as community members gathered to march for affordable housing in the area. The event was sponsored by several organizations, including the Community Empowerment Fund and EmPOWERment, Inc.
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If a project proposed by NEXT is adopted, the Libba Cotten Bikeway will be extended from its current end at Roberson Street to the university's campus, with construction completed by summer 2023.
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In 2008, Chapel Hill and Carrboro-based nonprofit TABLE began providing 12 kids with food in the Carrboro area. Since then, TABLE has provided about 2.45 million meals. TABLE's expansion of services has led to the need for a larger space to accommodate the population of children who experience food insecurity in Orange County.
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Returning for its 25th anniversary, the festival will take place this Sunday in downtown Carrboro with over 100 music groups in attendance. It will host performers in over 15 indoor and outdoor locations beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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The Carrboro Town Council authorized an increase in Town employees’ salaries at its meeting on Sept. 20. As of Oct. 8, the implementation date, there will be a two percent pay raise for all permanent Town employees, a raise in starting salaries and internal pay adjustments.
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This Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hargraves Community Center, off-campus students, residents and others will join together for entertainment and to celebrate community. The Good Neighbor Initiative Community Cookout is a free event, is open to all and will have free food from both Al’s Burger Shack and Ben & Jerry’s.
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Teachers at Orange County schools will now be paid $40 per day for planning, grading and providing instruction during a planning period after the Orange County Board of Education unanimously voted to approve a stipend.
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The American Planning Association-North Carolina Chapter awarded the Marvin Collins Award to the Town of Carrboro. The Marvin Collins Award recognizes individuals or organizations that have completed outstanding planning programs or made notable contributions to the planning profession. The Town won the award for its Carrboro Connects 2022-2042 Comprehensive Plan, which focuses on racial equity and climate action.
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This month, the Anti-Defamation League issued a report analyzing membership data on the Oath Keepers, a far-right group that was involved with the United States Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The report found that 1,180 North Carolinians have been members — three of them being elected officials. The Oath Keepers are one of the largest far-right anti-government groups in the United States, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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