A thirst for change seeps into Chatham
Chatham County has resisted the ways of its more urban Triangle neighbors, remaining one of only 18 counties in the state where no mixed drinks are sold. Now, a few residents think the time has come for change.
Chatham house overflows with efficiency
A new house in Chatham County is recognized by federal environmental leaders as the nation's first to meet standards of a new program promoting water efficiency.
A germ of an idea for wheat
The Pittsboro-based Carolina Farm Stewardship Association is testing regional possibilities for organic wheat.
Chatham won't delay home revaluations
Chatham County Commissioners will not delay home revaluations after research showed a one-year delay would hurt property owners and the county more than expected.
Growth big issue in boards
In Chatham County, where local politicians can get into heated arguments about the direction new development should take, voters went to the polls Tuesday to elect two county commissioners and two school board members and the growth path that the candidates promise.
Chatham finds signs of whooping cough
Triangle Briefs: Health officials in Chatham County have found one confirmed case of whooping cough and about 20 more suspected cases, according to a news release.
Son gets life term in killing of mother
Triangle Briefs: Bobby Lee Person, 30, was sentenced to life in prison Monday after pleading guilty to stabbing his mother to death early last year.
Chatham County tightening its belt
Triangle Briefs: Chatham County will delay property revaluation for one year and delay for 30 days construction bids for the new joint library and classrooms at Central Carolina Community College because of the tight credit market across the nation.
Clark enters guilty pleas
Dressed all in black and facing charges of fatally beating two elderly women, Barbara Clark pleaded guilty Monday in a voice that was bearly audible.
Pittsboro biotech raises money
Biolex Therapeutics, which earlier this year scrapped plans to sell stock to the public, has rebounded in a big way by raising $60 million from private investors to develop a treatment for hepatitis C.
Debris clogs Jordan Lake's coves
Near where the Haw River flows into the lake, a half dozen shallow coves resemble floating landfills, collecting debris washed down the river. A Raleigh man spearheads effort to clean up the trash.
Animal sanctuary trying to rescue tigers
The Carnivore Preservation Trust is trying to raise nearly $10,000 to rescue four tigers from a Warrenton, Mo., facility that closed this summer after a tiger attack cost a 26-year-old volunteer part of his leg.
With her faith firmly in Obama, Pittsboro woman heads to Denver
In 1972, Pamela Cash-Roper was a "Nixon girl." She has voted Republican ever since. But on Tuesday, this grandmother and lifelong Republican is delivering a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
Council calls halt to hearing tests
Triangle Briefs: The Chatham County Council on Aging has stopped a Beltone hearing aid franchise from using the council's two senior centers for hearing tests after learning that the franchise was using the centers to sell Beltone products.
Chatham approves two new principals
The Chatham County Board of Education has approved new principals at North Chatham School and Northwood High School.
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