NCDOT announces updates to state bike routes after calls for safer streets
By Gabriel Morrison | Mar. 7The updates will be made as part of NCDOT's WalkBikeNC, a bicycle and pedestrian plan which was last reevaluated and updated in 2013.
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The updates will be made as part of NCDOT's WalkBikeNC, a bicycle and pedestrian plan which was last reevaluated and updated in 2013.
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A vigil for peace in Ukraine took place Sunday afternoon, prompted by calls for a global day of action on March 6 to stop the war.
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This year marked the Carolina Indian Circles’ 35th annual powwow, one of the largest collegiate powwows on the East Coast — and the CIC's first since the pandemic began in 2020. “It’s kind of like having a family reunion where you’re just coming back to this common space that you only see annually," Evynn Richardson, CIC's culture co-chairperson, said. CIC members said that, especially at a predominately white institution, having a Native American identity often means fighting to have their voices heard.
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After two years of a pandemic, UNC students rushed Franklin Street following a victory over Duke on Saturday night.
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“The Shrunken Head is such a tradition for our community,” the Shrunken Head Boutique’s store manager Melissa Pate said.
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In February, the Town of Carrboro added two new electric vehicle charging stations, which are additions to the Town's original charging station at the Carrboro Town Hall.
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Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils said he hopes the 24/7 Tempo ranking will be one more way to draw attention to the town's artists and spaces.
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Hubert Davis, a man who had never led a squad into Cameron Indoor Stadium as a head coach, was facing a man who was doing so for the 647th time, with wins in 572. Even so, the Tar Heels and their rookie coach came away with a 94-81 win on the Duke Blue Devils' big night. “We had to plant our feet, we had to stand our ground and we had to fight,” Davis said.
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This past week, the Town of Carrboro observed National Invasive Species Awareness Week, according to an announcement from Mayor Damon Seils.
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education voted 6-1 on Thursday to delay dropping its indoor mask mandate until April 4, when the district returns from spring break.
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Jordan Green, a masters student in the School of Information and Library Science, has created the University's first seed library. UNC community members can permanently "check out" seeds, pots, soil and more at the Kenan Science Library Makerspace.
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Tiani Schifano, the program coordinator at Orange County Animal Services, said Orange County Animal Services hadn’t had a rabies vaccination clinic since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With an 7-3 victory over Villanova, the North Carolina softball team gave Donna J. Papa her 1,300th win on Wednesday night.
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“It might not be New Orleans Mardi Gras, but we're going to try our hardest,” Ryan Cunnigham, the owner of Socks Off Entertainment, said.
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"The environmental benefit of this project now relies on one thing: time. And time is the thing that we no longer have. We can no longer afford to put carbon emissions in the atmosphere when we have alternative methods that are environmentally friendly."
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Over the course of the year, Harris said, she has visited many union apprenticeship facilities where she has met a diverse, creative and determined workforce.
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“We are open to everybody," Music Librarian Diane Steinhaus said. "We welcome anybody to come and use our space, collections and services however they want to."
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Saturday evening, the Duke Blue Devils will host the UNC men's basketball team in a rematch from the team's February matchup. After the 20-point loss from the last outing, the Tar Heels are looking to offer a different display.
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The Summer Careers Academy, a new youth apprenticeship program, recently launched on Feb. 22 for young adults aged 16 to 24 in Orange County.
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On Feb. 23, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services partnered with historically Black colleges and universities to host a mental health summit. The summit, “Peeling Back the Layers on Minority Mental Health,” aimed to address the needs of minority students and faculty at HBCUs in North Carolina and the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I've seen a totally big jump on trauma with our students and, of course, grief,” Aishia Griffin, director of Counseling Services at Bennett College, said.
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