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Chapel Hill Town Council comes to an agreement on $44 million bond

Do All of Chapel Hill’s New Multi-Family Buildings Actually Look Alike?

The GoFundMe for the UNC frat has ties to conservative political operatives

Interview: Chapel Hill Transit Director Brian Litchfield talks to us about the NSBRT

House Us Now: We Need More Homes for Fixed-Income, Low-Income, and No-Income Tenants

Chapel Hill, Carrboro Electeds ‘Strongly Condemn’ UNC Police Response

UNC Faculty member: “I don’t think I will ever get over what I saw my employer do to its own students and faculty today.”

Hop on the bike bus to Chapel Hill’s Estes Hills Elementary School

Sen. Graig Meyer talks to us about pot legalization and his recent viral video

Another Carrboro Vermicomposting workshop this weekend!

Results from the poll on when and how Chapel Hill should spend bond funds

Thoughts on Jennifer Moore, Bonnie Hauser, and the upcoming Orange County School Board runoff

The Carrboro Bike Plan, South Greensboro Street sidewalk, and Phase 2 of the Bolin Creek Greenway are being funded!

Chapel Hill is finally updating its traffic calming policy. Hooray!

Parking in Downtown Chapel Hill? A guide to using ParkMobile.

New Hope Audubon Society is contemplating a name change. That’s awesome.

Tell Chapel Hill Town Council How to Spend $50 million

Attend the Community Dinner on April 28 at McDougle Middle School

Athletes 4 Justice statement on Mark Robinson

Chapel Hill Faces Tough Choices on Budget, Bond

Floraffiti: Bringing Words to Life and Life to Words

Now recruiting: candidates for SIT and PTA officers in CHCCS district

Tonight’s Carrboro Town Council meeting will be in English and Spanish. That’s a big deal.

A bench to honor and remember Jim Huegerich

How to watch the solar eclipse in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

More than 37% of our downtown land is dedicated to parking

Pie Pan is your 2024 March Radness Champion

Interview: the North Carolina Botanical Garden

Interview: Pie Pan, the cat who lives at The Baxter

Who rides the bus in Chapel Hill?

Chapel Hill, Carrboro announce “Everywhere to Everywhere” Brownways Plan

Chapel Hill begins LLUNAR, a planning process for the moon

New Weaver Street Market to open at spot where cars from Carr Mill Mall are towed

Harm Reduction organizations around the Triangle are working to prevent unintentional overdoses

Naloxone Advocacy By Students, For Students

Dispatch: Defend Medication Abortion rally in Raleigh

Connecting Morgan Creek Greenway to Manning Drive will cost $2.2 million. It’s worth it.

Chapel Hill Insider newsletter appears to be part of a larger network of AI-generated newsletters

Is a rails-to-trail greenway on the co-gen line possible? What we learned last night

March Radness Live Blog: Championship!

The continuing predictability of CHALT’s hypocrisy

Manchester City is coming to Chapel Hill for the FC Series tour July 23

March Radness: Let’s decide the coolest person place or thing in Carrboro and Chapel Hill!

NC Law restricts funding projects that benefit people walking and biking

The Local Reporter: A very unusual local non-profit newsroom

Remembering Barb Keyworth, who devoted her life to helping others

Let the Chapel Hill Town Council Know You Want to Vote on a Housing Bond in 2024

Bonnie Hauser has asked for a runoff in the Orange County School Board race

BREAKING: Biden’s budget recommends $138.3 million in funding for NSBRT

Orange County Board of County Commissioners approve WASMPBA, setting a new path for land use in the county

Great news. President Biden is going to announce a plan to lower housing costs tonight.

Carrboro is going to start enforcing 2-hour parking limits. And other parking news.

A runoff’s possible in the Orange County School Board race. Here’s what we know.

WASMPBA: What do we want Southern Chapel Hill to look like in 30-50 years?

Election: NC Primary 2024 Live Blog Blog

Analysis: Who voted early in the 2024 NC Primary Election?

Chapel Hill is spending $51 million to build a parking deck. This council needs to act to make it a success.

Endorsements: March 5 primary election in North Carolina

Striving for zero: the struggle to end pedestrian deaths in the Triangle

Meeting students where they are: the UNC Young Democrats’ Come to Campus Campaign

It’s time to get your bocce on. A spring league is coming to Chapel Hill’s Community Center Park.

Top 5 spring tasks for birds

A graduate student’s guide to the Triangle

Who is early voting so far in the March 5, 2024 election in Orange County, NC?

The last word word on CHALT’s campaign finances (we hope)

Meet the Democrats running for NC’s Supreme Court and NC’s Court of Appeals

Looking at the network of conservative groups involved in the Orange County School Board race

Jonesing for a ferry on Jones Ferry Road

Update: The CHALT-PAC amended their campaign finance form – here’s what we noticed.

Where should the new Dean Dome go?

CHALT’s campaign finance report is missing $3,840 – and that’s not the only problem.

We made a printable endorsement roundup for voters in Orange County, NC.

Staff cuts coming as schools in Chapel Hill/Carrboro face budget crisis

Orange County School Board’s clear difference between candidates

Chapel Hill Town Council has some big decisions to make on housing

Endorsement guide for NC Democrats: 2024 school board, county commissioner and state-level races

Chapel Hill recently awarded grants to help 3 businesses stay downtown

We’re mapping Chapel Hill’s Black population and land ownership loss – and we need your help.

Northside: How did this historically Black neighborhood in Chapel Hill develop?

Tracing the Trading Path

Thoughts on renaming Carr Street in Carrboro

Come to the UNC Sustainable Strut on February 9

Cat’s Cradle is expanding down Brewer Lane…and other news

Mapping out Carrboro’s vegan restaurant scene, one restaurant at a time

Campaign for Southern Equality: NC’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law violates federal law

East Franklin Street is changing, not dying

The 5th National Climate Assessment: Lessons for Triangle residents

Take the survey: Chapel Hill’s starting public engagement around inclusive playgrounds

Carrboro’s about to test out even-year municipal elections. We look at what that means.

Help us map safe bike routes to school

Ten projects to watch for in Chapel Hill and Carrboro in 2024

The Parents Bill of Rights is on the agenda tonight at the CHCCS Board of Education meeting. Please come out for public comment.

2024 is the Year of LUMO: Five things we learned from Chapel Hill Town Council’s work session

Our schools are falling apart. We need a big bond to fix them.

The Switchback Gear Collective: A growing lending library of outdoor gear

Chapel Hill first commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 1970.

First person: My experience from being hit in a crosswalk on MLK Jr. Blvd.

When it comes to land use, Orange County is the elephant in the room. What should its future be?

New greenway red herrings from Friends of Bolin Creek

Call for Student Submissions to the Triangle Blog Blog

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