For the first time since a 1969 bill changed the board from Commissioners to Aldermen, Carrboro may have a new name for its governing body. At the meeting, town lawmakers directed staff to prepare a resolution for next week changing the board’s name to “Town Council.”
Among the regular post-graduation fears, mixed reports on a possible future recession have students searching for alternate employment plans to make. Some graduating UNC students are preparing for the possibility of a declining job market. Despite economic indicators pointing to a recession in the near future, researchers say the Triangle may be able to weather a downturn. Alumni point to the Great Recession in 2009 as an example of less than ideal economic conditions to enter the labor market under.
After years of what they deem as unreasonable salaries, teachers are starting to speak out, especially after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill to raise average salaries for educators in North Carolina.
As plans emerge to tax student-athlete scholarships, the NCAA board speaks out against the bill, and experts share their opinions on whether on not this would be a worthwhile tax policy.
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson announced Tuesday that he will forgo reelection in 2020 and instead run for lieutenant governor.
“Any new Chapel Hill regulations will affect not only those property owners who use the STR system for profit, but also residents like us for whom the system simply makes it possible to plan for the future." Following multiple other cities, including Raleigh, Chapel Hill's Short-Term Rental Task Force will be recommending regulations on short-term rentals, like Airbnb, to the Town Council. Chapel Hill residents have mixed opinions on short-term rentals as some think they are beneficial for the Town and some do not.
“In the midst of what our country’s going through right now, we need to be reminded of what unites us, and Veterans Day is a perfect reminder of that, what our country stands for, the values and commitments that our veterans have fought to protect,” Price said.
Celebrate Arbor Day by entering the Town of Chapel Hill's "Tree of the Year" contest.
The North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation recently acquired 12.8 acres of biologically diverse land in Chapel Hill.
Local leaders are debating whether the negative environmental and traffic consequences that will arise from the N.C. 54 expansion project are worth the benefits. The widening project intends on reducing traffic in Orange County.
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. Michael Taffe is the assistant City & State editor.
“The Carrboro way ... is for us to serve the less fortunate than we are: the homeless, the men with illness and the food insufficiency.”
Open Eye Café is offering a unique coffee blend in celebration of their 20th anniversary. The blend highlights flavors such as cassis, plum and fresh fig jam.
Newly ratified Bill 199 adds measures to protect sexual assault victims.
A lawsuit from the NAACP and Clean Air Carolina continues to challenge the authority North Carolina lawmakers had in creating ballot amendments in 2018.
Powell will focus on putting students first by mending the gap between students and the Board.
People are frustrated over the lack of diversity in Chapel Hill councils, and Mayo's loss against Jack Whaley exemplifies an debate over the nomination.
The Town's affordable housing preservation strategy is organized around three key objectives: preserve affordable housing, improve or maintain quality of affordable housing and support tenant protections for households at risk of displacement.
Voting turnout is always high during state and national elections, but the elections where voter turnout arguably matters most — local elections — often suffer. This was the case during the Orange County elections, where turnout dropped dramatically this year. Considering the predicted upset for Chapel Hill Town Council, the election could have very easily gone another way if more people had voted. What is the reason for the low turnout?
A judge recently granted a temporary restraining order that will ultimately delay the removal of a controversial Confederate monument in downtown Pittsboro. The United Daughters of the Confederacy gifted the statue to Chatham county in 1907, and it has stood directly in front of the Pittsboro courthouse steps since.
