If you spot a man strolling through a Chapel Hill neighborhood with his nose in a hardcover, don't worry about him. He knows ...

At 9 a.m. Monday, Martha’s friend Annie pulled up with a young man who hoisted my bags into her truck. As we drove, the storm’s wreckage unfolded along the road: cars swept from the oceanside stood in ...

This article was paid for by Crane Janitorial Supply and does not necessarily reflect The Local Reporter's views. Crane Janitorial Supply opened its Raleigh location in April 2026, offering janitorial ...

Courtney Howell has 2 bachelor degrees from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, and an MBA from Louisiana State University. She has written for a local news media in Hawai’i and for LSU. This reporter ...

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 ...

Multiple area women’s tennis players have earned individual NCHSAA state championships in recent days, as Carrboro’s Ryan Hanes became the 4A state champion in a victory over her Carrboro teammate ...

Physics and astronomy experts debate the nature of the universe, its origins, and its ultimate fate. While scientists agree that the universe is expanding, it isn’t expanding from anywhere, and it’s ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

CARRBORO — Patrolling Carrboro’s streets at night exposes officers to a different side of town than during the day, Officer Hunter Tyson said. “People who have problems at 2 or 3 in the morning are ...