As of the 2022 to 2023 school year, AP African American Studies has started piloting in 60 schools across the country and will soon expand to approximately 200 schools, including Chapel Hill High School, in the coming school year.
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Meet Dave Jernigan, Jonathan Mills and Isabella Romine: three North Carolinians who played, and still play, significant roles in helping Ukrainian refugees since the Russian invasion over a year ago. “Lviv — it's a really beautiful place,” Jernigan said. “It’s a very vibrant city, but everywhere you look you see trauma.” In one of his volunteer roles, Jernigan said he helped convert a network of Soviet-era tunnels under hospitals into air raid shelters so patients and doctors could evacuate — sometimes mid-surgery — if imminent danger were to arise.
Read More »Chapel Hill has seen a rise in gun violence-related incidents in the past year, with the most recent shooting at the Chapel Ridge apartment complex on Jan. 12. Last year saw five fatal shootings in Chapel Hill, an increase from the one fatal shooting that occurred in 2021.
Read More »Housing instability is a prominent issue facing many North Carolina residents. About 348,000 renter households in North Carolina are at an extremely low income level and 69 percent of these households have severe housing cost burdens, according to data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Read More »In 2022, the United States experienced 18 different weather and climate disaster events including droughts, flooding and severe storms. Extreme weather events of this nature have become more frequent in North Carolina in recent years, with 2022 alone seeing the most thunderstorm warnings since 2012 and an above average number of tornado warnings.
Read More »It’s time to grab your milk and get ready for some cookies! Crumbl Cookies will hold a grand opening of its Franklin Street location on Feb. 3.
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Throughout the Triangle, several music groups — including the Triangle Gay Men's Chorus, Common Woman Chorus and Triangle Pride Band — create safe spaces for the local LGBTQ+ community away from discrimination or judgment. Richard Cassidy, a clarinetist, describes the Triangle Pride Band as "an instant family" amid a backdrop of discrimination toward LGBTQ+ people.
Read More »Music is a part of many people's daily routines — but while some see music as a form of entertainment, some psychologists use music as a form of therapy for patients. “I've seen a lot of cognitive skill set building through music,” Elizabeth Smith, the owner and director of Good Grooves Music Lessons and Therapy in Chapel Hill, said.
Read More »Many North Carolina high school students are encouraging their peers to show up to the polls. There are also options for those under 18 to be involved in the election process, including volunteering for political campaigns, attending campaign events and working the polls on Election Day.
Read More »The Town of Chapel Hill's Climate Action and Response Plan plan aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and help Chapel Hill become a community where everyone has access to affordable housing, clean air and water and healthy foods by prioritizing energy-efficient transportation and buildings.
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