First NC town bans cellphones while driving
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- Chapel Hill will be the first North Carolina community to ban using cellphones while driving when a local ordinance takes effect in June.The town council voted 5-4 late Monday...
View ArticlePeppers donates $250k to UNC for scholarships
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers has donated $250,000 to the University of North Carolina for scholarships.The school said Monday that Peppers' donation goes to a fund...
View ArticleHospitalized NC children test green thumb on cart
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- A small grant is helping hospitalized North Carolina children get in contact with nature in ways they're otherwise not allowed to do because of their compromised immune...
View ArticleMemorial service for UNC's Friday set
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- A memorial service has been set for Wednesday morning in Chapel Hill for former University of North Carolina President William Friday.Friday personified higher education in...
View ArticleDemocrats send Jesse Jackson, Alicia Keys to NC
DURHAM, NC (AP) -- It's been more than six weeks since President Barack Obama brought his presidential campaign to North Carolina, but his surrogates are lining up their visits.Civil rights legend the...
View ArticleSearch for UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor hears views
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- The search committee shopping for a new chancellor for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wants people to share what they hope to see in the next campus leader.The...
View ArticleUNC computer employee arrested on weapons charge
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- An information technology employee at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been arrested on a weapons charge.Forty-two-year-old Charles Hitlin of Pittsboro was...
View ArticleCaravan supporting Filipino workers stopping in NC
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- A national caravan traveling from New York to New Orleans in supports of Filipino migrant workers who have died or suffered injuries while working for Grand Isle Shipyard will...
View ArticlePower out in Chapel Hill after crash
CHAPEL HILL, NC (AP) -- Some Chapel Hill residents and businesses lost electricity over the weekend when an automobile accident knocked down power lines.Early Sunday, officers responded to a crash...
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Wilmington, Chapel Hill firms in line for multimillion-dollar government...
RALEIGH, NC (TRIANGLE BUSINESS JOURNAL) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through its National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases division has awarded contracts to five...
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