Pittsboro, NC – The 3rd Annual Northwood Charger Stampede 5K Run/Walk will take place at Northwood high school on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 10 a.m. on the beautiful Ronald Horton Cross Country Trail. This race is a wonderful blend of…
Pittsboro, NC – The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) has reported Chatham County’s first confirmed case of monkeypox. To protect privacy and in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Chatham…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Public Health Department (CCPHD) will be offering the QuitSmart program this fall to help Chatham County residents quit using tobacco. Tobacco use is “the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United…
Siler City, NC – Hispanic families in the Siler City and greater Chatham County area are encouraged to come out for a free, fun day of fishing with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission on October 8. The event, called “Enséñame…
Pittsboro, NC – On the morning of September 20, the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a physical confrontation in progress in the parking lot of Northwood High School in Pittsboro. Student Resource Officers (SROs) on campus immediately responded…
By Christopher Havel Pittsboro, NC – Seems to me that all this talk about critical race theory misses a couple key points. Mind you, I did my time long before this was a hot issue, so I had to edumacate…
Pittsboro, NC – The Town of Pittsboro is proud to announce that the water plant was recently selected to earn one of the 2022 award-year Area Wide Optimization (AWOP) Awards provided by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Quality’s Public…
By Walter Petty Siler City, NC – You may have seen attack ads about my time on the Chatham County Board of Commissioners, accusing me of missing meetings while still being paid. There are those who would have you believe…
Pittsboro, NC – On September 24, 2022, local and state leaders joined the Community Remembrance Coalition Chatham, the NAACP, and other community groups to dedicate a historical marker memorializing several black individuals who were lynched between 1885 and 1921 in…
By Dedrah Earles Pittsboro, NC – I appreciate all the dialogue about Critical Race Theory (CRT). If I may, I’d like to just say that whether we agree with what is in CRT or how it is presented or not,…