Pittsboro, NC – Follow our affiliate Chatham County News Tweets here. Below is a collection of #ChathamNC tweets from last week: The 2021 Northwood High School Volleyball team made it into the Elite 8 NCHSAA 3A playoffs. Chatham County News Tweets:…
ACC updates football game times & networks for November 6
Greensboro, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners announced the following football game times and networks for the week of Nov. 6, which were previously under a six-day hold. Duke QB. (photo by Gene Galin) Locally, Wake…
Patrick Schmitt of Pittsboro among 223 students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC – Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society, has inducted 223 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as new members. UNC-Chapel Hill bell tower. (photo by Gene Galin) Among these…
Community invited to participate in 2021 Chatham County community assessment process
Pittsboro, NC – The research and survey process for the 2021 Chatham County Community Assessment is underway, and there are multiple opportunities for all Chatham residents to participate. Many Chatham residents recently received an invitation to participate in the Chatham…
Chatham Central & Northwood make it into NCHSAA football playoffs
Chapel Hill, NC – The NCHSAA announced the 2021 football playoff pairings today. Two Chatham County schools made it in. Chatham Central (1-7) goes in as a #24 seed to face #9 Riverside Martin (5-3) in the first round of…
Information for November 1 Chatham County Board of Commissioners meeting
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Commissioners (BOC) will meet on Monday, November 1, 2021, at the Chatham County Historic Courthouse, 9 Hillsboro Street, Second Floor Courtroom, Pittsboro. The Work Session will begin at 4 p.m. The Regular…
NC State disclosure report for the “Friends of Baldwin, Fiocco & Nass” PAC filed on 10.25.21
Pittsboro, NC – According to reports filed with the local Chatham County Election office there is one primary political action committee (PAC) focused on the local Pittsboro town election. Here is the disclosure report the “Friends of Baldwin, Fiocco &…
Northwood & Woods Charter playing in 3rd-round volleyball playoff games
Pittsboro, NC – Northwood high school and Woods Charter both won their second-round NCHSAA volleyball games on Tuesday to advance to the third-round games on Thursday. Both teams are lower seeds and will be playing away. #7 Woods Charter (18-3)…
Northwood student dies in car accident, second student injured
PITTSBORO — Two Chatham County Schools students were involved in a car accident on Old Graham Road on Saturday night. One of the Northwood High School students died in the accident and the second is in the hospital in critical…
2021 NCHSAA women’s golf 3A state championships day 1 results
Pinehurst, NC – The first day of two days of competition in the NCHSAA Women’s Golf State Championships has concluded at three courses in the Pinehurst area. Here are the results for 3A competition that took place at the Foxfire…
2021 NCHSAA women’s golf 1A/2A state championships day 1 results
Pinehurst, NC – The first day of two days of competition in the NCHSAA Women’s Golf State Championships has concluded at three courses in the Pinehurst area. Here are the results for 1A/2A classification. 2021 NCHSAA Women’s 1A/2A State Championship…
Chatham BOE designates Nov. 12 as a day of reflection for students & staff
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Education has changed the academic calendars to make November 12 a workday for students and staff to spend as a day of reflection. Students will have the day off. The decision to…
Chatham County News Tweets: 10.18.21 – 10.24.21
Pittsboro, NC – Follow our affiliate Chatham County News Tweets here. Below is a collection of #ChathamNC tweets from last week: Caroline Murrell finished 1st in a meet and was the Female Conference Runner of the Year Chatham County News Tweets:…
In the end, arbitrary rules for masks will only hurt businesses
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – I’m reticent to use this space as means of airing personal grievances, and when I do my goal is toward serving the greater good, so to speak. But I want to share an experience…
The NC State Fair is back, and there’s nothing Roy Cooper can do to stop it
By John Trump Raleigh, NC – The N.C. State Fair, after a year off because of COVID, is back, and it’s spectacular. Glorious weather and, from my point of view, an almost perfect event. NC State Fair (photo by Gene…
Surge in violence merits response
By John Hood Raleigh, NC – Are North Carolinians safer today than they were a decade ago? That depends on how you define the term “safe.” photo by David von Diemar The overall crime rate, defined as the total number…