Orange County News

Want to avoid spending the Fourth of July weekend in the emergency room? Fire safety officials in the Triangle suggest that you leave the fireworks to the professionals.

All this week, tune in to the WCHL Morning News with Ron Stutts and The Evening News with Jeff Hamlin as WCHL News presents, "Thank You for Not Smoking in Orange County" . The five-part series will feature the WCHL News Team visiting restaurants and bars in the community and sharing with listeners a first-hand account of the impact House Bill 2 an ...

'Croasdaile bear' comes to unhappy end in Orange County BY MARK DONOVAN : The Herald-Sun Jul 1, 2009 DURHAM -- Durham County Animal Control Administrator Cindy Bailey said Tuesday she believes a black bear found dead on Interstate 85 west of Durham Monday was the same bear northern Durham residents reported spotting repeatedly throughout the ...

Teens like Evonna Sampadro are spending four weeks of their summer break learning to make their world a little greener.

North Carolina Department of Transportation officials said they removed the remains of a small black bear from Interstate 85 near Hillsborough Monday morning.

Candidate filing for the 2009 Municipal Elections and the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School Board will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, July 6 and end at noon on Friday, July 17 at the Orange County Board of Elections office located at 110 East King Street in Hillsborough.

Durham Police arrested George Leavon Gattis today in connection to the crime. Police say the man presented a bank teller with a note and left on foot after receiving cash.

They're not making any promises, but local officials have been taking some action toward getting water and sewer along Rogers Road.

A young fox climbed into a fenced play yard at a Durham day care Tuesday morning and bit a 4-year-old girl.

The owner of Empire Homes was arrested after he called police. Mark Deweese, 47, called police Saturday afternoon after a dispute with a subcontractor who says Deweese owes him money, according to Elon Police Lt.

Dr. William Roper, dean of the UNC School of Medicine, will present a plan tonight to build a new 68-bed hospital between Interstates 40 and 85 in Hillsborough.

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to keep a Chapel Hill-owned site on Millhouse Road on the table as a potential location for a county solid waste transfer station.

In a split vote Tuesday, the Orange County commissioners kept open the possibility of siting a solid-waste transfer station on Millhouse Road, about a mile from the current garbage dump.

The 2nd Friday Artwalk takes place tonight and will display the work of Orange County's most talented artist and musicians at three new venues.

Orange County's new interim County Manager will be Frank Clifton. That's Orange County Commissioner Steve Yuhasz.

The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted 6 to 1 late Thursday to tentatively approve a $177.6 million budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The board will take a formal vote Tuesday.

Valerie Foushee, Chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, announced the selection of Frank W. Clifton, Jr.

The Orange County Board of Commissioners wants to keep its branch libraries open.

After hearing weeks of protest from library patrons and high school students, Orange County employees are weighing in on proposed budget cuts.

Aprila s unemployment rate in Sampson County declined again moving from 8.8 to 8.2 percent.