The team’s harm reduction clinical coordinator Tiffany Hall said they’ve already built relationships with about a third of those who experience homelessness in Orange County over the last few months.
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The team’s harm reduction clinical coordinator Tiffany Hall said they’ve already built relationships with about a third of those who experience homelessness in Orange County over the last few months.
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“The peels that I collect are aged by moisture and air, bleached by sunlight – they’re almost cameraless photographs themselves, and documenting them has taken on a life of its own,” Metivier said. “Maybe part of me wanted an excuse to fill the gallery with dried peels that are spilling out of my studio and apartment, but I also see Peel as a multi-layered art space. It’s all accumulation – the accretion of layers, images, textures, moments and memories.”
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The Orange County Human Relations Commission began the awards to honor people who advocate for a more fair and equitable community in the name of Pauli Murray, a Durham civil rights activist who confronted the injustices that occurred in her community.
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The project, which was originally approved on Nov. 17, 2020, by the Carrboro Town Council, is set to open in late 2022. This new facility will be located at 203 S. Greensboro St. and will house the Orange County Southern Branch Library.
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South Orange Rescue Squad is an all-volunteer organization of emergency medical professionals continuing to serve Orange County during the pandemic. With many UNC student volunteers and local workers, SORS provides a second home to its staff.
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The Hillsborough community is working together to raise funds for a town employee who recently lost his home and all of his belongings in a fire on Feb. 27.
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Atack, who was appointed by Carrboro's Town Manager David Andrews, said his knowledge of the police department and the community made becoming police chief the next logical step.
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“We were masked up and six feet apart, when we could be, recording it at home, which was definitely different, but we made it work,” artist Keenan Jenkins said.
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Existing language and technology barriers exacerbate the difficulties local refugee and immigrant families face with tasks like helping children in online school and applying for unemployment.
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“I don't know what I’d do with myself if I couldn't come over here and unlock the door in the morning,” said Barry Keith, owner of Surplus Sids. These local business owners reflect on the year of coronavirus, how they survived and why they’re still holding on.
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Approximately 5,000 residential units in Orange County are not adequately serve with broadband, Jim Northrup, chief information officer for the county, said. Orange County Commissioner Earl McKee was concerned that these internet access issues were amplified due to COVID-19. So he petitioned to start the Orange County Broadband Task Force, which held its first meeting on March 3.
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Nearly one year has passed since the System's first day of remote learning, and the CHCCS community is reflecting on the challenges the year has brought while preparing to return to the classroom.
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As of Tuesday, the Chapel Hill Town Council is set to vote on the project’s rezoning proposal on March 10. Council members differ on whether they’ll approve the project. But they agree the project doesn’t align with the Town’s land use goals. They also share the concern for the long-term security of the residents, as the developer has voiced their intention to sell the property and potentially displace the residents if the project is not approved.
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As part of the campaign, NC CRED will create and maintain a website to provide information on confederate monuments in the state, work in coalitions to empower local communities to remove monuments through legislation and compile an accurate history of these monuments.
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Lydia, whose name will replace Ruffin’s, was a slave who was the subject of State v. Mann, a court case where Ruffin ruled that slave masters could not be prosecuted for mistreating slaves.
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Since North Carolina started its vaccine rollout in December 2020, nearly 1 million residents have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. But while the promise of a return to a pre-pandemic life has offered respite for some, it has outlined a competitive and confusing pecking order for others.
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The bill, also known as the Police Funding Protection Act, states any North Carolina city that reduces funds for law enforcement agencies by more than one percent of the city's annual budget will receive an equivalent reduction in state funding.
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Many community members are frustrated that the board did not engage in a discussion about Latinx representation or racial equity before voting to appoint its newest member.
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All students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district will now be returning to in-person education a month earlier than previously decided.
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The legal settlement ensures the early release of 3,500 people over the next six months, 1,500 of whom will be released over the next three months. The agreement also maintains many existing COVID mitigation efforts and calls for an anonymous complaint system.
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