Chapel Hill, NC – North Carolina defensive coordinator Gene Chizik, whose leadership helped significantly improve the Tar Heels’ defense over the last two seasons, has decided to step down from his position to spend more time with his family in…
by Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Saturday’s ACC wrestling dual between North Carolina and Virginia was relocated to Northwood High School in Pittsboro due to the water emergency which affected the UNC campus. Steve Kirschner, UNC’s Associate Athletic Director for…
Pittsbro, NC – Chatham County Extension Master Gardeners are creating a directory of retail garden centers, plant farms and nurseries in Chatham County that sell directly to the public. When complete, the directory will be available on the NC Extension-Chatham…
Pittsboro, NC – North Carolina and Virginia split 10 wrestling matches but the visiting Cavaliers got seven bonus points in the span of three bouts to surge to a 22-15 win Saturday night at Northwood High School. Carolina won four…
Pittsboro, NC – Saturday’s ACC wrestling dual between North Carolina and Virginia has been relocated to Northwood High School in Pittsboro due to the water emergency currently affecting Orange County. The event, which is Carolina’s final home dual of the…
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – “The case of the Wilmington Ten amounts to one of the most egregious instances of injustice and political repression from the post–World War II black freedom struggle. It took legions of people working…
Pittsboro, NC – Born into slavery but determined to read, George Moses Horton shook the shackles that kept black people illiterate and published a book of poetry, becoming the first African-American to do so. Horton lived in Chatham between 1798…
Pittsboro, NC – FEMA mitigation specialists are on hand this week at several local community facilities to answer questions and offer home improvement tips to prevent or reduce damage from future disasters and techniques to build hazard resistant homes. Most…