Katie Jansen
Durham Herald-Sun
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County to proceed with Rogers Road sewer project
The project that will bring sewer service to the long underserved Rogers Road neighborhood will move along as easement negotiations with landowners begin. → Read More
Leuchtenburg calls book on U.S. presidency his ‘capstone’
Historian William Leuchtenburg, professor emeritus at UNC-Chapel Hill, spoke Sunday about his book on 20th century U.S. presidents, which was published last month. → Read More
PAIGE TURNER: UNC star, Rameses promote reading at Rashkis
It was just an average storytime for Rashkis Elementary’s third graders — or so they thought. Things started to take a turn when David Fountain, North Carolina president of Duke → Read More
Appraisal set for Hillsborough’s Colonial Inn
As the town of Hillsborough attempts to acquire the Colonial Inn, it has hired appraisers to assess the value of the property. → Read More
Legal questions swirl around Barn of Chapel Hill
The development process continues despite a denied special use permit for a contentious project in rural Orange County, but two legal questions remain: What is a farm, and what is → Read More
Equity campaign asks for hand in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools plan
The group behind an 87-page report on racial inequities in schools presented their findings and recommendations to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education. They called for a change in the → Read More
MLK speaker challenges universities to do better
Shaun Harper, a racial equity scholar who spoke at Duke University’s Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration, said that universities ought to do better with racial equity before there can be → Read More
Tar Heels team up with Special Olympics athletes
The Carolina Tar Heels teamed up Sunday with Special Olympics athletes for a day of skill drills and scrimmages. → Read More
Bahama farm opens doors for lessons in farm life, sustainability
Blue Whistler Farm in Bahama opens its doors once a month for an open farm and meat market, where visitors can learn more about sustainable eating. → Read More
Honeybee mural proposed for Carrboro
The Good of the Hive project, a nationwide art project designed to raise awareness of honeybees, could soon bring a mural to Carrboro’s fire station. → Read More
MIKE’S ART TRUCK: Folk art ‘truck’ works to give artists access
Karen and Greg Mack have always loved collecting folk art, but they had no idea they’d eventually become sellers and promoters of untrained artists through Mike’s Art Truck. → Read More
Public grills potential Chapel Hill American Legion Post 6 property developer
Chapel Hill residents are again standing against a proposed development, this time on the site of the American Legion Post 6. A meeting held by a potential developer saw a → Read More
Rainey appointed to Orange County school board
The Orange County Board of Education appointed a new member to fill one of its vacancies at its Monday meeting. Dr. Millicent Rainey will fill the seat left vacant by → Read More
RESETTLEMENT: CWS helps refugees create new homes in Triangle
A local arm of an international organization helped more than 200 refugees resettle last fiscal year. Here’s how you can help. → Read More
Orange High now accessible to all
For the first time in Orange High School’s more than 50-year history, all of its students are now able to access all parts of the building, thanks to a new → Read More
MAKING HISTORY: Teachers reunite after more than 50 years apart
The two women in their nineties swapped memories of what it was like to teach before schools were desegregated. The pair hadn’t seen each other in more than 50 years → Read More
East Chapel Hill student dies in plane crash
A senior at East Chapel Hill High School died Monday in a plane crash near the border between Idaho and Wyoming. → Read More
CHCCS board member Brownstein resigns
Michelle Brownstein, who has served on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education since 2009, has resigned. → Read More
Scrap Exchange marks 24 years in Durham: Works of art on sale for $24
The Scrap Exchange, now in a new building since 2014, has changed a lot in the past 24 years. But it still stays true to its mission of promoting creativity → Read More
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education to hear equity coalition report
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education recently granted a meeting with an equity coalition after the group tried for months to present to the board. → Read More