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Kirby Saunders is the emergency management coordinator for Orange County. He is responsible for coordinating Orange County’s preparation for and response to emergency situations and is leading efforts to assist those who have been affected by Hurricane Florence.

Four months later, here's how North Carolina is doing after Florence

By Julia Masters | Jan. 30, 2019

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, North Carolina Department of Public Safety and nonprofits are still working to help survivors recover from the damage the hurricane caused.

Chapel Hill Police sit stationed Franklin Street Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.

Chapel Hill Police Reports: Jan. 26 - Jan. 29

By Anna Pogarcic | Jan. 30, 2019

Here's your update on the Chapel Hill crime logs:

College student Julia Stevens uses a Bird Scooter in downtown Raleigh.

Are electric scooters coming back to Chapel Hill?

By Julia Masters | Jan. 28, 2019

At last week's Town Council meeting, council members and the community discussed the viability of e-scooters returning to Chapel Hill.

Photo illustration. Local bartenders and bouncers are cracking down on fake IDs as ALE presence is rising.

Alcohol Law Enforcement went out this weekend, but got much less hungover than we did

By Aislinn Antrim | Jan. 22, 2019

During the first of eight planned patrols, the Chapel Hill Police Department wrote one open-container citation. Read more about how the CHPD is working to enforce underage drinking laws.

Police Reports: Jan. 15 - Jan.17

By Anna Pogarcic | Jan. 21, 2019

Keep up with crime in Chapel Hill and Carrboro:

Jason Bellavance has been a Chapel Hill Police Officer for 15 years.

Chapel Hill Police Reports: Jan. 10 - Jan. 14

By Anna Pogarcic | Jan. 16, 2019

A roundup of Chapel Hill Police reports from Jan. 10 - 14.

Maple View Ice Cream was burglarized, again

By Jonny Cook | Jan. 15, 2019

On Jan. 7, the popular Maple View Ice Cream shop was broken into in the middle of the night. This is the third instance of burglary at the store in the past three years.

Country Fried Duck lost its liquor license, however it reopened with the new name "Night School" and a new liquor license.

Two months after replacing CFD, Night School has been shut down

By Andreamarie Efthymiou | Jan. 14, 2019

Two months after Country Fried Duck was shut down and rebranded as "Night School," the bar has once again lost its liquor license.

Ed Purchase (left), Lynne Sanders (center) and Heather Hummer (right) discuss logistics of their yearly conference at C.D. Spangler Building in Chapel Hill, NC on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019.

Here's what you missed at the UNC-system Campus Safety and Security meeting

By Praveena Somasundaram | Jan. 10, 2019

Here's a preview of what the 2019 UNC-system Safety and Security Conference will look like.

Chapel Hill Police Reports: Jan. 3 - Jan.7

By Anna Pogarcic | Jan. 9, 2019

Here's some highlights from the Chapel Hill Police log for Jan. 3 - 7.

Protesters gather outside terminal two at RDU Airport on Jan. 29 in response to President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigrants from certain countries from entering the U.S.

Durham ICE arrest deviates from usual enforcement policy

By Andreamarie Efthymiou | Dec. 4, 2018

Plainclothes ICE officers posing as other immigrants filling out paperwork detained Samuel Oliver-Bruno in Durham on Nov. 23.

Protesters oppose Chancellor Folt, Chief Blue's inclusion in UNC summit on student safety

By Cynthia Dong and Maydha Devarajan | Dec. 3, 2018

“I don’t believe (Folt and Blue are) experts on student safety." “I believe their actions have been antithetical to student safety, especially on campus, but in the broader community as well.”