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…
By Everette Pitts Pittsboro, NC – More than 350 people packed a special Chatham County Board of Commissioners meeting Aug. 5 to deliver an overwhelmingly unified message about Enbridge Gas North Carolina’s proposed 28-mile natural gas pipeline: They do not…
By David Larson Raleigh, NC – The controversy over AI data centers is following a very similar pattern as the panic over nuclear power. Some decided that nuclear power must not be allowed anywhere near them, and no amount of…
Pittsboro, NC – Chatham County’s Board of Education used its June 1 regular session to close out the school year with a mix of recognitions, student-support agreements, workforce-development planning and budget action, while also marking the final board meeting for…
Siler City, NC – In the formal request posted below, veteran biologist John Alderman urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement for a proposed natural gas pipeline in Chatham County. Alderman argues that…
Sanford, NC – The following students have been named to Central Carolina Community College Dean’s List for the Spring 2026 semester. Students named to the Dean’s List earned a grade point average of at least 3.5 for the term, attempted…
by Chris McLaughlin Chapel Hill, NC – Twenty-nine counties, home to over 3 million North Carolinians, conducted property tax reappraisals in 2025 after several years of rising real estate prices. Not surprisingly, these reappraisals produced substantial stress among taxpayers and…
Pittsboro, NC—WEBB Squared and Chatham County Public Libraries will offer two-part sessions on finance and entrepreneurship at all Chatham County library locations; Wren Memorial Library, Goldston Public Library, and Chatham Community Library for the Chatham County community. The programs will…
By Zach Smith Pittsboro, NC – Gene Galin from the Chatham Journal asked me to show him Quest Mouse on camera and then actually play through an adventure. It mostly went well. A fair amount also went wrong. We had a good time…
By Gene Galin Pittsboro, NC — Bruce Ham, president and CEO of the YMCA of the Triangle, came to the Breakfast Club at 79 West on June 2 with numbers, stories and a simple argument: the YMCA’s work is not…