Orange County
From Finder 2019
Chapel Hill Leads North Carolina in LGBTQ+ Equality, Report Finds
The Human Rights Campaign rated the town eight points higher than in 2019, thanks to new initiatives for youth. Read more
Dec. 04, 2020
Jade Wilson
Chapel Hill Retirees Stage Ongoing Black Lives Matter Demonstration
The protest, carried out by a group of white men in their sixties and seventies, has occurred every afternoon since June. Read more
Dec. 02, 2020
John Gardiner
Ahead of Spring Semester, Has UNC Learned Its Lesson?
After a disastrous start to the school year, UNC has announced its reopening plans for spring semester. Will it be enough? Read more
Nov. 23, 2020
An Empty Chair on the Chapel Hill Town Council Is a Sign of Possible Long-Term Changes
The council is waiting to hear what the community has to say, but the virus's continuation is pushing it back further and further. Read more
Nov. 18, 2020
Abigail Haydon
Her Bone Marrow Could Be Someone's Second Chance
Chapel Hill resident Melody Kramer volunteered to go under the knife during a pandemic to help an anonymous recipient. Read more
Nov. 11, 2020
By Jade Wilson
What is Chapel Hill Without Its College Students?
Whatever recovery strategy college towns choose to implement, the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic is the biggest concern. Read more
Nov. 04, 2020
Photo by Derek Anderson
UNC Police Respond to Armed Person on Campus, Community Told to Shelter in Place
UNC notified students at 11:44 a.m. that there was an armed, dangerous person near the Ambulatory Care Center. The school has since said campus could resume normal activities. Read more
Oct. 30, 2020
Photo courtesy of the MacCarthur Foundation
Tressie McMillan Cottom Receives a MacArthur "Genius" Grant
The UNC-Chapel Hill sociologist, writer, and public scholar is recognized for “shaping discourse on highly topical issues at the confluence of race, gender, education and digital technology.” Read more
Oct. 07, 2020
Photo by Leigh Tauss
Chapel Hill Banned Chokeholds, But Police Subtly Rewrote the Rules to Allow Them Anyway
Chapel Hill's elected officials left no room for interpretation: chokeholds were meant to be banned, period. Read more
Sep. 17, 2020
Courtesy of UNC Admissions
UNC History Department Won't Take Graduate Students in 2021
It is the first UNC graduate program to make the decision. Read more
Sep. 17, 2020
