Pittsboro, NC – Last Thursday the Triangle Business Journal held the latest installation of their Corridors of Opportunity series at the Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center in Pittsboro. A panel discussion centered around Chatham County’s changing demographics, the east/west…
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Carolina to celebrate HBCUs around FAMU football game, adds NC Central to ’24 schedule
Chapel Hill, NC – The University of North Carolina and Florida A&M University will open the 2022 football season in Chapel Hill on Saturday, Aug. 27 with events and activities planned around the weekend to celebrate historically black colleges and…
Chatham County Youth Livestock team takes on clinics
By Kristina Britt Raleigh, NC – Members of the Chatham County Youth Livestock Team traveled to Raleigh this week to participate in the NC State Skillathon Clinic on Tuesday and the Livestock Judging Clinic on Wednesday. These all-day events provided…
Proposed amendment would make North Carolina State Board of Education members elected
By David N. Bass Raleigh, NC – A proposed state constitutional amendment would make members of the North Carolina State Board of Education elected rather than appointed, a move that could shift the political balance of power on the state’s…
Commissioners approve fiscal year 2023 Chatham County budget
Pittsboro, NC – On June 21, 2022, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the county budget for fiscal year 2022-23. The $164.9 million budget is based on a maintained tax rate of 66.5 cents. The budget will allow…
Public support for a Parents’ Bill of Rights in North Carolina remains strong
By David N. Bass Raleigh, NC – Even as a Parents’ Bill of Rights appears to be dead for the short session of the General Assembly, polling indicates widespread support among the North Carolina public for the provisions contained in the…
North Carolina ranks in the top 20 most patriotic states in America
With the Fourth of July approaching, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2022’s Most Patriotic States in America. photo by Aaron Burden To determine where Americans have the most red, white and blue pride, WalletHub compared the 50…
Information for June 21 Chatham County Board of Commissioners Meeting
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Commissioners (BOC) will meet on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at the Chatham County Historic Courthouse, 9 Hillsboro Street, Second Floor Courtroom, Pittsboro. The Work Session will begin at 3 p.m. The Regular…
Licensing hurts North Carolina consumers more than it helps
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – Although North Carolina has become a demonstrably freer place to live and work over the past 10 years, our state remains grossly out of step with the rest of America in a key respect:…
Chatham County News Tweets: 6.13.22 – 6.19.22
Pittsboro, NC – Follow our affiliate Chatham County News Tweets here. Below is a collection of #ChathamNC tweets from last week: Chatham County News Tweets: 2022-06-06 – 2022-06-12 https://t.co/9Y6i0wPDAY 08:00:02, 2022-06-13The latest The Chatham County News Daily! https://t.co/hlzFENz7UX Thanks to @CannabisBizNews…