Month: July 2020

N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020

Raleigh, NC – Since March, the North Carolina State Fair and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have been monitoring COVID-19 guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the North Carolina Department of…

July blooms in Pittsboro’s pollinator paradise

Pittsboro, NC – Pollinator Paradise is a Demonstration Garden created by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center. Agriculture Agent Debbie Roos designed the garden to provide forage from early spring to late fall for pollinators such as native…

Most popular Chatham Journal stories of July 2020

Pittsboro, NC – Here are the most popular stories we ran during the month of July 2020: 1 Roy Cooper delays school reopening announcement without saying why 2 Another shutdown order from Roy Cooper will fail 3 Chatham Central High…

Trader Joe’s issues a notice about their product naming

Following some criticism from a petitionthat deemed product names as “racist”, Trader Joe’s has since offered some insight into its product-naming process. The original petition was begun by a 17-year-old California high school senior, Briones Bedell. In light of recent…