By Everette Pitts Pittsboro, NC — A proposed 28-mile Enbridge natural gas pipeline through Chatham County is emerging as one of the most consequential infrastructure debates in the county’s rapid transformation, raising questions about industrial growth, private land rights, river…
Sanford, NC – A $390 million expansion project is underway at the Sanford Water Filtration Facility. The project will more than double the plant’s capacity from 12 million gallons a day to 30 million gallons per day. That added water…
By Everett Pitts Raleigh, NC – Four years after North Carolina leaders celebrated VinFast’s promise to build the state’s first automobile assembly plant in Chatham County, the state is now suing the Vietnamese electric-vehicle maker, alleging it failed to meet…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – When Victor Czar was asked how long a community could last without water in a “zombie apocalypse,” the Sanford assistant city manager did not hesitate. “Nothing,” he said. The line drew a laugh, but…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – Chris O’Brien has spent most of his life behind microphones, inside studios and under deadlines. Now, after decades in commercial radio, voiceover production and major-market broadcasting, the longtime media professional is building something smaller,…
Pittsboro, NC – A planned large-scale data center in southeastern Chatham County has moved from the planning table to the courthouse, as Eco TIP West LLC sues Chatham County over a temporary moratorium that halted data center and cryptocurrency mining…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – During the April “Breakfast Club” presentation at 79 West in Chatham Park, developer Kirk Bradley offered his update on Pittsboro’s future. He laid out a philosophy of growth. A conversation with host Dustin Miller…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – When the 3 Guys from Pittsboro Having Lunch sat down at the former Havoc Brewing space in downtown Pittsboro for a casual conversation a few weeks ago, the talk quickly moved beyond kegs, walls…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC – On a bright spring day at MOSAIC in Pittsboro, with the Brightspeed stage behind us and a new season ahead, I sat down with event manager Savannah Fox and we talked about MOSAIC’s 2026…
Pittsboro, NC – When VinFast chose Chatham County in March 2022 for its first North American manufacturing plant, the announcement landed like an economic thunderclap. North Carolina had won a globally watched electric-vehicle project promising thousands of jobs, billions in…