Pittsboro, NC – The new Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center in Pittsboro opens later this year, with plans to have large photography displays that play tribute to the great diversity of agriculture in the county. As part of this…
Pittsboro, NC – Extension Master Gardener Volunteers help make their communities a greener place to live by guiding homeowners in making environmentally sound decisions in their gardens, lawns and landscapes. Currently, over 4000 Extension Master Gardeners are actively volunteering with their…
Durham, NC – Non-tenure track faculty at Duke University have filed for a union election to join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) as part of the national Faculty Forward campaign to raise standards in higher education. Duke faculty are…
Pittsboro, NC – Three Chatham County men were apprehended after robbing a General Dollar store in Alamance County. At approximately 4 p.m. on Feb. 12, Chatham County deputies assisted following a report of an armed robbery in Orange County, near…
by Susan Myrick Raleigh, NC – When WRAL reported on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to throw out North Carolina’s congressional maps barely a month ahead of the 2016 Primary, the station’s “journalists” turned to their friends in…
Pittsboro, NC – Crews will soon begin work to address the sinkhole on Lystra Road. In January, the N.C. Department of Transportation closed the road over Jordan Lake and set up detours due to the development of this sinkhole. The…
By Susan Welch Sandford, NC — Central Carolina Community College hosted a statewide math competition for North Carolina community colleges on Saturday, Nov. 14. Ten colleges participated in the competition. Forsyth Technical Community College was the first-place winner. Wake Technical…
Washington, DC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Chatham, Alamance, Person and Rockingham counties in North Carolina as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by excessive rain and flooding that occurred from July…
Pittsboro, NC – An ordinary trip to the grocery store turned into a $1 million win for Victor Harrington of Pittsboro after he decided to play Platinum 7’s instead of his normal Pick 3. “I only scratched two numbers before…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – “When America catches a cold, Britain sneezes — eventually.” Writing in The New York Times, Matthew d’Ancona, a graduate of Britain’s Oxford University and columnist for British papers, The Guardian and The Daily…