Pittsboro, NC – Follow our affiliate Chatham County News Tweets here. Below is a collection of #ChathamNC tweets from last week: RT @NorthwoodXCTF: He is also a Good Thrower and Basketball Player. #Three Sport Athlete ? https://t.co/KnSd2xvdeB 00:15:20, 2022-03-28RT @NorthwoodB_Ball: Watch out!!!! @powellxdrake https://t.co/E582UeTAIe 00:15:45, 2022-03-28RT @NorthwoodXCTF: Congratulations to Caroline Murrell https://t.co/EN3mugxAUH 00:15:54,…
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One on One: Who is our best-known?
By D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Who is the best-known living North Carolinian today? Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski? Legendary basketball star Michael Jordan? Gov. Roy Cooper? Activist Rev. William Barber? Senators Thom Tillis or Richard Burr? Anybody else?…
Information for April 4 Chatham County Board of Commissioners meeting
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Commissioners (BOC) will meet on Monday, April 4, 2022, at the Chatham County Historic Courthouse, 9 Hillsboro Street, Second Floor Courtroom, Pittsboro. The Work Session will begin at 4:30 p.m. The Regular…
Chatham County arrest blotter: March 2022
Pittsboro, NC – Here is the Chatham County Sheriff department’s arrest blotter for March 2022. On March 1, Shawnace Lamont Yarborough, 26, of 1060 Willow Way, Pittsboro, was arrested by SSgt. Anthony Norton for trafficking opium or heroin, possession with…
Chatham County encourages community involvement to prevent child abuse
Pittsboro, NC – On March 21, 2022, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners proclaimed April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Chatham County Department of Social Services is calling attention to this issue that greatly impacts the lives of the…
Video: UNC Coach Hubert Davis Final 4 press conference with transcript
New Orleans, LA – North Carolina’s basketball coach Hubert Davis met with the media Thursday afternoon at the Superdome in advance of their game versus Duke on Saturday in the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament game. The #8 seeded UNC…
North Carolina newspapers running ‘news’ written by donor-sponsored reporters
By David Larson Raleigh, NC – If you’ve read a news story about climate change or renewable energy lately in a North Carolina newspaper, there’s a good chance the author’s salary was not paid by that newspaper but rather by…
Incentives package worth $1.2 billion draws electric car plant to Chatham County, NC
By Theresa Opeka Raleigh, NC – A Vietnamese automaker has announced plans to build a $4 billion electric-vehicle assembly and battery-manufacturing plant at Triangle Innovation Point in Moncure, about 30 miles west of the Triangle. To attract the newly formed…
VinFast Automotive selects Chatham County for electric vehicle assembly plant
Raleigh, NC – VinFast, the Vietnamese auto manufacturer building a new line of electric vehicles, has selected North Carolina for its first North American automotive assembly and battery manufacturing plant, creating 7,500 jobs. The company intends to invest up to $2…
North Carolina Railroad Company invests $1 million in new auto ramp in Chatham County
Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) is one of several partners named in the recent announcement that Vietnam-based VinFast, a private automotive manufacturer, will construct its first U.S. based electric vehicle (EV) assembly and battery manufacturing facility…