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Chapel Hill’s East Rosemary Street Begins Regular Closures for Redevelopment
The early stages of redevelopment on East Rosemary Street are leading to regular closures over the coming weeks. Starting on Monday, the downtown Chapel Hill road will be closed to thru-traffic on...
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Google Fiber Work Moves On To Downtown Chapel Hill Roads
The work to install infrastructure for Google Fiber, advertised as an ultra high-speed internet service, has largely finished in Carrboro. Now, more work is scheduled to prepare parts of Chapel Hill...
View ArticleFatal Crash Causes Closures on I-40, I-85 in Orange County
UPDATE: The North Carolina State Highway Patrol reopened the lanes of Interstate 40-85 on Tuesday afternoon. Drivers on Interstate 40 and Interstate 85 in Orange County on Tuesday likely experienced...
View ArticleChapel Hill Warns Residents, Motorists of Towing Due to House Removal
Usually when someone is “moving down the street,” it doesn’t mean their entire building is coming with them. But that’s the case for one property in Chapel Hill on Saturday. The Town of Chapel Hill is...
View ArticleExtended Sidewalks on East Franklin To Be Removed Over Winter Break
https://chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2021/December/20/Extended%20Sidewalks_WRAP.mp3 The Town of Chapel Hill plans to remove its extended sidewalks from East Franklin Street ahead of...
View ArticleTwo Pedestrians Struck, Injured by Vehicle on Estes Drive
The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating a crash involving two pedestrians on a busy road on Friday night. A release from the department said around 5:30 p.m., two pedestrians were struck by...
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Thousands Lose Power, Roads Get Closed in Orange County Due to Winter Storm
UPDATE: This story has been updated Monday evening with additional information about some power restoration in Hillsborough and Tuesday’s weather forecast. A winter storm that swept across North...
View ArticleChapel Hill Police Charge Durham Driver for Injuring 2 Teens on Estes Drive
After completing an investigation into a collision that injured two teenaged pedestrians, the Chapel Hill Police Department announced it is charging a driver. Norma Martin, a 69-year-old from Durham,...
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Gas Leaks Close Streets off MLK Boulevard in Chapel Hill
Two separate gas leaks led to residential streets in Chapel Hill being temporarily closed Tuesday morning. The Chapel Hill Police Department shared an alert shortly before 10 a.m. saying East Longview...
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OWASA Sewer Maintenance to Take Place on Greensboro Street in Carrboro
The Town of Carrboro announced Monday that sewer maintenance work will be taking place in the downtown area Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Travel lanes on Greensboro Street, Weaver Street and...
View ArticleChapel Hill Police: 1 Bicyclist Critically Injured on West Franklin Street
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect new information shared by Chapel Hill Police on Wednesday. The Chapel Hill Police Department is continuing a crash investigation from Tuesday...
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Chapel Hill Town Council Aims To Create Curb Running Bike Lanes on Franklin
https://chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2022/February/04/Restriping_WRAP%20mp3.mp3 The Chapel Hill Town Council recently met to discuss options for the Franklin Street restriping and...
View ArticleChapel Hill Police To Step Up Pedestrian Safety Enforcement
The Chapel Hill Police Department announced plans to step up pedestrian safety enforcement in the wake of several recent incidents that have raised concerns among residents. “The numerous incidents in...
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Fallen Tree Along Franklin Street Knocks Out Chapel Hill Power
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect power being restored for those customers affected on Monday. Nearly 2,000 Duke Energy customers experienced a power outage in Chapel Hill Monday...
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OWASA to Begin East Main Street Sewer Project in Carrboro
The first major work on the East Main Street Sewer Rehabilitation Project in Carrboro will begin this Friday, February 11. The Orange Water and Sewer Authority will be replacing approximately 2,000...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Traffic Deaths in 2021 Worst in Two Decades
Written by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS North Carolina reported a record 1,755 traffic deaths in 2021, topping the previous mark set in 2007 and 5% higher than the number of deaths recorded in 2020. Data from...
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Major Outage Briefly Causes 10K to Lose Power in Chapel Hill
A Duke Energy outage in Chapel Hill left around 10,800 customers without power for nearly an hour on Friday morning. The energy company reported several outages appearing to stem from Dobbins Drive,...
View ArticleTwo in Hospital After 133-MPH Chase Ends in Chapel Hill Crash
Two men are in the hospital after a high-speed police chase in Orange County ended with a serious crash in the early morning hours on Thursday. Officials with the North Carolina Department of Public...
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Sewer Line Work Will Close East Rosemary Street For Four Weeks
If you’re planning to drive in downtown Chapel Hill, watch for closures on East Rosemary Street as crews work on sewer and storm lines underneath the road. For around the next four weeks, a portion of...
View ArticleStreet Resurfacing in Carrboro to Last Two Months
If you’ve been in downtown Carrboro recently, you’ve already seen the major construction project around Main Street, as OWASA crews replace 2000 feet of sewer lines. But that’s not the only road...
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