If you've ever wondered what you'll do after retirement, you know it takes some homework: local events, travel options, and a ...

“It is what we chose to leave alone that will be our greatest legacy.” John Muir wrote those words more than a century ago, but they read today like a mission statement for a quiet conservation ...

It’s a long cinematic journey from Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903) to Black Panther (2018), from blackface to Black Power, onscreen. Where and when these and other films have played over the years—the movie ...

It’s hard to cross the James Taylor Bridge on a steamy July day and not get nostalgic for the music James Taylor created, knowing that much of it was based on his childhood in what was then the sleepy ...

For nonprofits trying to improve the Carrboro community, 2026 is not a good year. Not for any nonprofits, anywhere. “Many are contending with simultaneous and compounding pressures, including much ...

Mike Nelson, the 61-year-old former mayor of Carrboro and enthusiastic progressive advocate for gay rights, environmental stewardship, public education, and keeping Carrboro cool, made a decision in ...

Carrboro’s Century Center is so energy inefficient that “you might be better off taking it down and starting from scratch,” town staffer Aaron Kienow said. Carrboro’s comprehensive plan sets a goal of ...

Though she makes her home now in New York City, Parker Zinn is a homegrown success story, the product of a place, a time, and a family reflecting the values that mean the most to most of us: love, ...

CHAPEL HILL – Chapel Hill is home to many worthwhile charities and nonprofits that serve nearly every local need and concern. The town boasts more than 900 nonprofits of all shapes and sizes — from ...

CHAPEL HILL — The 2026-2027 season of performances from Carolina Performing Arts (CPA) is themed around wonder. Across genres, traditions and disciplines, each event helps audiences experience wonder ...

Cyclists tend to be skeptical about the safety value of paint. Spray-on bike lanes, for instance, can’t stop badly piloted cars from hitting people. But in part as a response to the rise in cyclist ...

It is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages … It is a crime for people to work full-time and still not be able to make enough to live on. —Martin Luther King, Jr.