Hometown Hero: Danita Mason-Hogans
This week’s Hometown Hero, presented by the O. Max Gardner Foundation, is Danita...
Orange County Sheriff’s Office Locates Missing 19-Year-Old in Rougemont
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office sent out a missing persons alert Monday for Bryce Howerton of Rougemont, a high-functioning autistic man.
Chansky’s Notebook: Getting Filthy Rich-er
There are seven teams with $40 million plus rosters and five others just behind the tally from...
This Week in UNC Sports: August 24-30, 2026
This series of posts will be made weekly on Chapelboro with a full schedule of UNC sports...
Sheriff’s Office Charges, Seeks Pittsboro Man and Goldston Woman over Debit Card Fraud
A pair of Chatham County residents face fraud charges after stealing a debit card from the mail and making cash withdrawals from its account.
UNC Women’s Soccer Suffers First Loss of 2026 vs. No. 5 Michigan State
Despite outshooting No. 5 Michigan State 21-7, UNC fell to the Spartans 3-2 Sunday at Dorrance...
On the Porch: Anthony Flaccavento – Bridging the Urban-Rural Gap
This Week: Anthony Flaccavento is a farmer and rural development consultant from Abingdon, Virginia in the heart of the Appalachian region. The Democratic Candidate for Congress in Virginia’s 9th in 2018, Anthony co-founded the Rural-Urban Bridge Initiative (RUBI) in 2021. RUBI works to help progressives, liberals and Democrats understand the underlying causes of the rural-urban divide and take concrete steps to win back rural and working-class people. Anthony is the author of "Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up: Harnessing Real World Experience for Transformative Change" (UK Press, 2016) along with scores of articles and op-eds. He has a BS in Agriculture and a Masters in Rural Development.
Prices Soar as Gaza Smuggling Booms. Officials, Soldiers and Middlemen Are Accused of Cashing In
Palestinians face inflated prices for groceries and batteries, hospitals have turned to smugglers for medicine and equipment, and Israeli soldiers and other middlemen are accused of pocketing millions of dollars as the smuggling of goods restricted by Israel into the Gaza Strip has boomed.
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