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Chair of the Orange County Commissioners Jean Hamilton spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Wednesday, May 27, discussing county news and events. She discussed the recent movement on the budget, which as seen a flurry of amendments as commissioners and staff try to reconcile some tough budget choices without ra

Orange County Commissioners are holding a public hearing on next year’s budget Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m. in the Southern Human Services Center — and they’re asking for your feedback as they draw closer to making a difficult final decision. County leaders are facing competing demands...

Urban One Raleigh has named Karen Clark as Marketing Director, expanding the veteran personality’s role in the company to oversee marketing strategy, promotions, and community engagement for Foxy 107/104, K97.5 (WQOK), and The Light 103.9 (WNNL). Clark will continue hosting middays on Foxy alongside her new duties. She

Ben Folds was 8 years old and living in Winston-Salem when he first sat down at a piano for lessons. Why it matters: The moment would change the course of his life. Folds went on to become one of the standout talents to emerge from Chapel Hill's influential indie music scene in the 1990s, gaining international recognit

NEWTON GROVE, N.C. — Whether on the volleyball court, in a classroom leadership role, or volunteering in her community, Peyton Rose Herring has spent her high school years balancing academics, athletics, and service. That combination has now earned her a place in one of the nation’s most competitive scholarship...

Threshold says its mission is to provide employment, community and life‑skills training that support long‑term independence.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Friends and family are remembering a University of North Carolina at Greensboro student whose life was cut short earlier this month in a crash on Interstate 85 in Durham County. Kelis Gorham, 21, of Maryland, and her mother, Denise Crawford, 61, died May 8 in the...

Nearly half of the North Carolina buildings that took on floodwater between 1996 and 2020 were not inside FEMA's mapped high-risk zones, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analysis. Researchers logged more than 90,000 structures that flooded at least once and flagged more than 20,000 that fl

Raleigh Iron Works is about to smell a lot smokier in the best possible way. Next week the complex gets a new culinary anchor in Botiwalla by Chai Pani, a fast casual Indian street food spot from James Beard Award winning chef Meherwan Irani. The counter service restaurant is slated to open Tuesday, June 2 and will ser

RALEIGH, N.C. (May 27, 2026) — The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is advising coastal residents and visitors not to feed or interact with alligators. NCWRC’s Wildlife Helpline biologists are currently receiving several calls per day as public encounters with alligators increase during the spring t