By Chatham Journal staff Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County commissioners will gather for a four-hour special meeting Tuesday to address two of the county’s most consequential economic-development questions: recruiting or expanding an unidentified business and the lawsuit challenging Chatham’s moratorium…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Raleigh, NC – For nearly two weeks, NC State had to live with the evidence of everything it had done poorly in its season opener. On Friday evening, the Wolfpack answered emphatically. NC State scored…
Pittsboro, NC – A Raleigh man who was reported missing was located injured in the Haw River near Pittsboro this morning and rescued by emergency personnel. Preston Scott Hill, 35, was located in an area of difficult terrain near the…
PITTSBORO, NC— The Friends of the Chatham Community Library will host their annual Fall Book Sale, offering the community an extensive selection of books and media. The sale will feature more than 18,000 items, including hardbacks, softbacks, DVDs, audiobooks, vinyl…
By Everette Pitts Raleigh, NC – Over two years, the North Carolina Education Lottery sold $2.24 billion more in tickets and wagers. Nearly all that additional revenue disappeared before it reached the state’s Education Lottery Fund. Gross lottery sales climbed…
By Chatham Journal staff Pittsboro, NC – Pittsboro commissioners will consider advancing a new Town Hall project carrying an estimated total cost of $12.63 million, appropriating $38,000 for a Downtown Master Plan and parking study, and coordinating three major economic-development…
Chapel Hill, NC – Bill Belichick arrived at his weekly news conference prepared to discuss East Tennessee State. Instead, the North Carolina football coach spent some of the session confronting questions that reach far beyond Saturday’s home opener: the resignation…
Pittsboro, NC – 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11. A quarter century after the September 11, 2001 attacks, 100 million Americans are too young to remember the day that changed our city, nation, and world forever. It is our…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe Durham, NC – Duke did not unveil its new season with an offensive spectacle Saturday evening. It offered something more elemental and, perhaps, more revealing. The Blue Devils handed the football to Nate Sheppard, controlled…
Pittsboro, NC – Chris Ehrenfeld, owner and CEO of BOLD Companies, has acquired Chatham Mills in Pittsboro. The acquisition marks a new chapter for the historic Pittsboro property, which has become a well-known destination for local businesses, dining, events and…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Barely two months into his tenure as superintendent, Dr. Kelly Batten used a September 3 conversation with Chatham County Chamber of Comnmerce president Rebecca Dickerson to make a case for both continuity and change:…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County Schools students continue to outperform their peers statewide, according to the 2025–2026 North Carolina accountability results, with the district exceeding state averages in both academic proficiency and graduation rates while schools across Chatham County demonstrated…
By Chatham Journal staff Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Planning Board recommended approval of a 107-lot subdivision near the Haw River on September 2, 2025, after a lengthy dispute over a private section of Rock Rest Road, conservation easements,…
By Donna King Raleigh, NC – orth Carolinians are not immune to what has become near hysteria over the growth of data centers and their role in the modern economy. Just one year ago, a Heatmap Pro/Embold Research poll found…
Pittsboro, NC — The Chatham County Board of Commissioners adopted the 2026-2031 Chatham County Libraries Strategic Plan at its August 17, 2026, meeting. The five-year plan establishes priorities for the continued growth and improvement of Chatham County Public Libraries and…
By Chatham Journal staff Pittsboro, NC – Over the last two high school football seasons, sports reporter Asheebo Rojas of the Chatham News & Record revealed his weekly power rankings on the Chatham NC Sports Roundup livestream, co-hosted with Gene…
By Gene Galin Bear Creek, NC – On a late-summer practice field at Chatham Central High School, roughly three dozen young players were learning how to line up, listen for a call and move together. Some had arrived only weeks…
By Chatham Journal staff PITTSBORO – Two major residential developments totaling 657 proposed lots across more than 500 acres will come before the Chatham County Planning Board on September 1, putting the potential scale and pace of residential growth back…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – A new regional sports livestream podcast launched on August 15 with a debate that reaches far beyond scores and schedules: Should North Carolina allow students whose schools cannot field a team to compete through…
By Chatham Journal Staff Pittsboro, NC – Seaforth and Jordan-Matthews opened the 2026 high school football season with convincing home victories Thursday night, while Northwood suffered a difficult loss against a potent Harnett Central offense. Chatham Central did not take…
By The Tobacco Road Scribe CHAPEL HILL – Bill Belichick reduced North Carolina’s long trip to Ireland and its season-opening rematch with TCU to a short list of football essentials Monday: protect the ball, prevent explosive plays and respond quickly…