Photo Gallery: Winter Storm Gianna Brings Snowy Weekend To The Triangle
Winter Storm Gianna touched down in NC Saturday, blanketing the Triangle in snow. Here’s our photo gallery from our team and the community.
Pennsylvania Woman Charged After Elder Exploitation Investigation in Chatham County
The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office charged 71-year-old Pamela Bagdis of Norristown, Pa. with five counts of felony elder exploitation.
The Governor’s Column: Striving for a More Perfect Union
2026 marks 250 years since the United States was founded. Across North Carolina, communities are marking America 250, or A250, by lifting up the ideals and the people who have shaped our democracy.
Viewpoints: Good Riddance to a Bad Actor at UNC-CH
One of the distressing aspects of living under NCGOP rule is that the sword of Damocles is always hanging over your head. At any given time, Republicans could do something
catastrophically embarrassing—a bathroom bill, a voter-suppression law, the denial of tenure to a respected Black intellectual.
Chapel Hill Passes Amendments to LUMO, Plans to Expand Missing Middle Housing in Town
Chapel Hill recently passed amendments to its Land Use Management Ordinance that could make it easier to expand housing options in town.
Chansky’s Notebook: Time Will Tell
UNC is not a perfect team but is becoming a good one. How good remains to be seen as the Tar Heels embark on a difficult stretch.
Viewpoints: Faith, Service and Building Homes
As clergy serving faith communities in Orange County, we find ourselves now in an awkward position. For many years our churches have been enthusiastic supporters of Habitat for Humanity, but as faith leaders we cannot support Habitat’s current plans for a new housing development in Hillsborough.
MAHA Has Reshaped Health Policy. Now It’s Working on Environmental Rules
A fragile collaboration is building between a Republican administration that’s traditionally supported big business and a Make America Healthy Again movement that argues corporate environmental harms are putting people’s health in danger.
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News on the Hill
3PM-6PM M-FThe Evening News: Snow Aftermath, Trial Aftermath, UNC Basketball
97.9 The Hill's Andrew Stuckey presents the afternoon news. Included in this edition of the news we take stock of the aftermath of this weekend's snowfall, which sees the second consecutive day of remote learning for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. We also hear from District Attorney Jeff Neiman just after the conclusion of the Ross murder trial last week. We check the local government meeting schedule, and more. In Sports, UNC Men's Basketball moves up in the rankings after a dominant road win, and prepares for a home matchup against Syracuse tonight. The women's team travels to NC State, women's tennis gets two top-ten wins, and more.
