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From masks to booster shots: an update on COVID at UNC

January 27, 2023 Kyle Turik

While UNC remains mask-optional, some students feel safer on campus if they are masked. Medical experts are urging people at UNC to get the bivalent booster shot and continue to stay cautious about COVID.

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Though inflation is cooling, rising food prices affect both small businesses and their partners

January 27, 2023 Hannah Noel

Local small businesses are adjusting to rising food prices alongside their customers.

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Photography exhibition ‘Tarred Healing’ finds new home at the National Civil Rights Museum

January 27, 2023 Lorelai Sykes

UNC wouldn’t Durham photographer Cornell Watson’s work to be displayed in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center last year.

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A new role for an ancient practice: Sheep are in demand to trim the grass at solar farms

January 16, 2023 Sophie Mallinson

North Carolina’s solar farms are gaining ‘solar sheep’ as part of a practice combining new technology with the traditional farming industry.

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Drink-friendly ‘social districts’ are spreading across North Carolina, but is the idea right for Chapel Hill?

January 13, 2023 Sophie Mallinson

New drink-friendly social districts have come to Raleigh and other cities to help businesses recover from the pandemic, and Chapel Hill is considering a social district of its own.

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The holidays are quiet times for businesses that depend on student customers

December 5, 2022 Sophie Mallinson

The hustle and bustle of UNC’s campus means customers for downtown Chapel Hill businesses. But what do college classics like He’s Not Here look like when the students aren’t here?

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UNC Board of Trustees approves tuition increase for out-of-state students, fee increases for all

December 3, 2022 Tajahn Wilson

The changes, which still must be approved by the UNC System Board of Governors, include increases of 5% for out-of-state tuition, 5% for student housing fees, and a total of 6.5% for meal plans.

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For some LGBTQ people, Respect for Marriage Act isn’t enough

December 2, 2022 Chris Kammerer

The federal bill would require states to recognize same-sex marriages, but it doesn’t require them to permit new same-sex marriages in their states.

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To protect Gov. Cooper’s vetoes, NC House Democrats may be stuck in Raleigh

December 2, 2022 Walter Reinke

Republicans are one vote away from a supermajority in the NC House. So Democrats need to stick together – and not take a day off – to protect Gov. Cooper’s vetoes of legislation.

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UNC continues to investigate lead contamination in metal water fixtures

December 2, 2022 Sophie Mallinson

UNC officials continue to search for lead contamination in water fixtures. So far, they’ve identified more than 80 University buildings with detectable levels of lead.

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