Chatham County News

Thousands of Orange County residents are spending the holiday weekend in the dark after torrential rainstorms caused fallen power lines and flooding.

The University of North Carolina has posted campus police officers in the Chatham County park-and-ride and Friday Center parking lots after a rash of thefts from those locations.

On the heels of a weekend bike accident in Chatham County, a bike event called Durham's Critical Mass is getting ready for its monthly awareness ride on Thursday.

Every year, there are more than 900 crashes between motorists and bicycle riders in North Carolina.

Sometimes, it's better to look like a jailbird than sport a birthday suit. Police say Bill Merit, 49, left the Chatham County jail and began walking by the side of the road, naked.

One of the men who escaped the Chatham County jail in February has been sentenced to almost nine years in prison for the crimes he committed during the escape.

For the third time in three years, the bilingual mental health center El Futuro will receive no funding from Orange County.

Chatham County Line, hailing from North Carolina, fuses old-time, gather-'round-the-microphone bluegrass with a love for the progressive sounds of American-made music.

A large, early crowd turned out Wednesday for the season's first midweek session of the Lexington Farmer's Market.

At its last meeting, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners adopted a new budget that reduces the tax increase by 35 percent, with the approved tax rate for 2008-2009 being 65.3 cents per $100 of property ...

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners adopted a budget Monday that raises the tax rate 3.6 cents to 65.3 cents per $100 of assessed property value.

These days it's rare to find a commercially available soundtrack that functions as more than an advertisement or product tie-in to help generate interest or income.

A police chase ended in Chapel Hill early Friday morning with a suspect smashing his car into a local business.

The Chatham County Sheriff's Department has charged the father of two year old, Timothy Austin Parnell who drowned in a neighbors pool May 31st.

Orange County commissioners want more discussion of a bill before a House committee that would give the University of North Carolina the power to create airport authorities.

Published: Friday, June 6, 2008 at 11:10 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 6, 2008 at 11:10 p.m. Citizens forced to sue for what is rightfully theirs shouldn't be stuck with the bill.

A little less than half the state remains in drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor's weekly report.

The Governor's Crime Commission announced $20.6 million in awards to state and local agencies for projects that aim to help crime victims and make communities safer.

Goal: Keep mentally ill out of jail - Raleigh News and Observer Leaders say they also favor providing alternatives to addicts Danny Hooley, Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL - A group of North Carolina lawmakers assured ...

One hundred North Carolina college, graduate and law students have been selected for 10-week summer internships with state agencies.