Although the University recovers about 7 percent more recyclable material than the national average, UNC students still need to pay more attention to what is recyclable and what is not to continue improving waste management.
In a public panel, the candidates for the Orange County Board of Commissioners shared their plans for the county. They spoke about education, transportation and the climate action plan, as well as other important issues.
As of 4:34 a.m., 955 ballots had been cast in North Carolina, 28 of which came from Orange County. Absentee ballots can be requested online on the Orange County Board of Elections website.
Meetings about Porthole Alley on Franklin Street have given students and community members an opportunity to voice their opinions about how to improve the space.
Todd McGee, Orange County’s community relations director, shares the importance of participating in the 2020 Census, which is entirely confidential, available online, in person and over the phone and helps ensure communities receive funding.
"We've touted our commitment to providing you with elections coverage before, but this year, we're trying something a little different: we want you to be a part of the process."
The Town of Chapel Hill is creating a Fund for Criminal Justice Debt for the neediest defendants. The fund will include $20,000 that will be used to help defendants pay their court debts. Council members hope the fund will help defendants reintegrate into society.
"'One question is, do we go down to seven?" he said. "Another question is: what do we do with the vacancy?'"
“I would love to see an articulated program that runs from elementary, to middle, to high school,” Ramirez said. “I’ve seen it in action when I worked as an educator in Texas, and it’s quite a powerful thing to get students as young as fifth graders started on the IB track.”
A secretive $74,999 payment has remained a standout question in a pair of backdoor deals between the UNC System and the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc. two months ago. The settlement agreement was announced nearly a month after its Nov. 21 signing as a commitment by the SCV to limit its practices and displays on UNC System property. The Daily Tar Heel has obtained new details from sources with first-hand knowledge of the deal, revealing that the $74,999 served as a crucial payoff in a larger courtroom collusion effort between the state’s higher-education authority and a politically-active, pro-Confederate group.
Candidates running to represent Chapel Hill and Carrboro in Orange County's Board of County Commissioners continue to campaign for the 2020 primary election.
"Patrols were stepped up directly around that apartment complex and throughout Downtown. We even worked with UNC Police to make sure there was plenty of information sharing and assistance where needed."
It's important that everyone fills out the census. Here's why.
The portrait of former N.C. Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin was removed from Orange County Courthouse after it was found he was an enslaver, a slave trader and the author of State v. Mann.
“It’s an expensive program. I mean, Governor Cooper’s budget, his projections are over the first two years it would cost just over $6 billion, for the federal state share, just for two years.” Looking into the details of the Medicaid expansion and teacher pay policies reveal these programs have tangible effects for large populations of North Carolina, including the fact that they are primary reasons the state budget is unable to pass through the general assembly.
Carrboro is the only jurisdiction that has an official climate action plan, while both Chapel Hill and Hillsborough are currently developing theirs. All three towns have individual goals and areas of focus, but wider county collaboration through the Orange County Climate Council is beginning to take shape.
“With all the intense emotional reaction over the fall of an abstract monument to slave-owning soldiers, you might think people might be up in arms about actual bodies in the ground that have gone unremembered.” About three miles from UNC’s campus, nearly 100 enslaved people are buried in unmarked graves at a historic family cemetery. Located only a short walk from the Rizzo Center, the exact details of the cemetery’s ownership and maintenance were unclear to the University when The Daily Tar Heel began investigating the property. Currently, an on-site marker states that the cemetery contains approximately 120 graves but makes no mention of the 100 enslaved people buried there.
Joe Van Gogh is investing in solar energy-created coffee, and in the past has taken other sustainable steps such as using compostable serving ware for their customers.
The development of the Short Range Transit Plan began in September 2017. The six goals of the plan are to improve transit mode shift, increase ridership, create high-frequency transit corridors, emphasize equity, improve weekend service and enhance the convenience of living without a private vehicle.
A special adoption process has been set up for the rescued dogs. A new group of the rescued dogs will become available for adoption every Saturday at 5 p.m. Those interested in adopting one of the available dogs must submit an application between that Saturday and the following Thursday at 8 a.m.
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