Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Education on January 20, 2021, approved Tripp Crayton as the principal of Seaforth High School, effective February 15, 2021. Crayton has been principal at Jordan-Matthews High School, in Siler City, since 2015. …
By Gene Galin Durham, NC – The Northwood boys varsity and JV basketball teams along with the girls varsity team went up to compete against Northern high school on Wednesday. All three won their contests. Northwood Boys JV over Northern,…
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – State health secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen updated N.C. residents on COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday, January 21. She said the state is accelerating the rate in which people are vaccinated, so far administering more than 569,000,…
By Ray Nothstine Raleigh, NC – Sherry-Lynn Womack finds herself in the proverbial hot water. Her crime? Womack went up to Washington, D.C., for the rally for Donald Trump on Jan. 6. The Lee County school board voted to open…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Education has launched a survey seeking input on the characteristics, experience and skills desired in the district’s next superintendent. Board members want to hear from students, parents and community members. The survey…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham Soil and Water Conservation District announces an opportunity to apply for cost share through the North Carolina Ag Cost Share Program (ACSP), Ag Water Resources Assistance Program (AgWRAP) and Community Conservation Assistance Program (CCAP). Last…
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – As of January 18, North Carolina had received about a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Nearly 330,000 of those doses had been injected into the arms of North Carolinians. That may sound like a…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) and several community partners worked together to vaccinate 400 individuals against COVID-19 on Monday, January 18, 2021, at the Chatham County Agriculture and Conference Center in Pittsboro. The mass vaccination…
By Johnny Kampis Raleigh, NC – When the General Assembly reconvenes next week, broadband promises to be a hot topic. One of lawmakers’ first order of business, according to Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, will be to pass legislation handling…
Pittsboro, NC – An overhaul of the iconic traffic circle around the historic Chatham County courthouse in Pittsboro began on Monday, January 11. The contractor, Carolina Sunrock, completed Phase 1 of the multi-month project on January 15. This involved the…
Chapel Hill, NC – The Woods Charter School girls’ cross-country team ran extremely well, finishing runner-up and earning a spot in the 1A state championships on Saturday, January 23 in Kernersville. This is the first time in school history that the…
By Andrew Dunn Raleigh, NC – Gov. Roy Cooper is again pushing for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure bond, but Republican leaders caution that North Carolina’s still-unsteady economy makes it impossible to tell whether it would be prudent. In remarks to the…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County residents will soon have convenient options to pay their tax and water bills. Effective January 19,2021, Chatham County will begin accepting property tax payments, water connection applications and water payments at their new location, 192…
By David N. Bass Raleigh, NC – Newly sworn in Chief Justice Paul Newby is wasting little time in getting North Carolina’s court system back up and running. In an order that went into effect Thursday, Jan. 14, Newby handed…
By Kevin Roche Well, so far in Florida, people seem to be going about their daily lives fairly normally. Appalachicola, which is a cute little tourist town, and Port St. Joe, were quite busy. A lot of virus refugees looking…
By David N. Bass Raleigh, NC – A new national study says that it appears safe to reopen schools for in-person instruction in counties with lower rates of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The study, conducted by the National Center for Research on…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County is currently scheduling appointments and administering COVID-19 vaccines for individuals in Groups 1 and 2. The Chatham County Public Health Department has established a new infoline for people with questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, including…
Winston-Salem, NC – The Wake Forest men’s basketball team will face No. 20 Virginia Tech on Sunday in Lawrence Joel Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum for its fourth consecutive game against an AP Top-25 opponent. Wake Forest is the first ACC team…