Local Government Meetings: December 1-5, 2025
This series of posts will be made weekly on Chapelboro to help inform our community about local government meetings. All meeting days, locations and times may be subject to change. Check town, county, and school district websites for additional information. This week is a lighter one in local government, marked...
UNC Health, Cigna miss contract deadline
Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Health and Cigna missed their Dec. 1 contract negotiation deadline, according to both organizations. UNC Health hospitals, clinics and providers are all out of network, but some patients may qualify for continuity of care with Cigna, the health system said. “We are...
Which new restaurant is the best in the Triangle? Tell us your favorite
The Triangle has given us a feast this year with dozens of new delicious restaurants. Now, we want to spotlight the very best. For our final food and dining poll of 2025, we’re digging in to find out which newly opened eatery is dominating the local dining scene and bringing the best bites for foodies. From Raleigh...
N.C. A&T plays North Carolina Central on 3-game road skid
North Carolina A&T Aggies (2-4) at North Carolina Central Eagles (1-6) BOTTOM LINE: N.C. A&T will look to stop its three-game road losing streak when the Aggies visit North Carolina Central. The Eagles have gone 1-3 at home. North Carolina Central is third in the MEAC with 11.6 assists per...
A tribute to Booker T. Spicely, shot for defying Jim Crow on a Durham...
In 1944, a bus driver rolling through downtown Durham demanded that all Black passengers move to the rear, clearing their seats for three white soldiers who had just stepped on-board. The crowd moved wordlessly back, except for an Army private named Booker T. Spicely, who questioned out loud why one man in uniform...
New Durham County board chair drives a school bus in his spare time
The Durham County Board of Commissioners on Monday elected Mike Lee its new chair and former Chair Nida Allam its new vice chair. Lee, who was elected commissioner in 2024 and has been the vice chair the past year, was unanimously chosen after Allam nominated him. Lee said he was “deeply grateful for your trust in me...
Joyful Journey: The NC Chinese Lantern Festival Celebrates a Decade of Wonder
You step through the gates as twilight melts into darkness. Ahead, a path winds between trees – but these aren’t ordinary pines. They glow. They pulse. They tell stories whispered across oceans and centuries. Then you see it – a dragon. Not just any dragon. A 200-foot crimson...
Breeze Airways adds new flights from RDU and switches up its California service
The fastest-growing airline at Raleigh-Durham International Airport plans to add nonstop flights to four more destinations next year and eliminate one. Breeze Airways will begin flying nonstop to Bangor, Maine; Vero Beach, Florida; and New York Stewart International Airport in the Hudson River valley north of the...
Man in critical condition after being shot in his car in north Durham, police...
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — An early Saturday morning shooting in north Durham has left a man hospitalized in critical condition. According to the Durham Police Department, an off-duty officer was approached by a man with multiple gunshot wounds around 3:15 a.m. on the 2100 block of North Roxboro Street. Upon further...
Manny Diaz: Duke deserves to be in ACC title game
Duke finished off Wake Forest to improve to 7-5 Saturday, and after some ACC shuffling later in the day, the Blue Devils ended up in the league title game, something coach Manny Diaz believes his team "absolutely" deserves after going 6-2 in conference.
