MONCURE — VinFast, the Vietnamese electric car manufacturer bringing the largest economic development project in state history to Chatham County, has posted initial site plans for its electric vehicle factory. more

SILER CITY — The Immigrant Community Advisory Committee (ICAC) met at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, to discuss scheduling a meeting with Siler City Police Department Chief Mike Wagner, to decide the next meeting dates and to speak about ICAC membership, in addition to reviewing the Transportation Community Priority List. more

RALEIGH — Across North Carolina, 25,825 households and 862 businesses in 33 counties will get high-speed internet thanks to nearly $80 million in additional Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) grants, Gov. Roy Cooper announced on July 6. more

SILER CITY — The Town of Siler City Board of Commissioners met at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 17, in the courtroom at City Hall. The commissioners voted to contract Hobbs Architects to conduct pre-design work on the recently acquired Carter Bank & Trust building in Siler City and for a new public works office, and voted to restructure the town’s Finance Department. more

PITTSBORO — The Town of Pittsboro Board of Commissioners met at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, for a water and wastewater utility merger workshop special meeting. more

The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office arrested three suspects in connection with a shooting that occurred on July 5, 2023. more

SILER CITY — At the 94th N.C. FFA State Convention in Raleigh in June, Reyna Nava Catalan made history as the first-place winner in the FFA Spanish Creed competition.  more

PITTSBORO – YMCA of the Triangle is aiming to open a brand new facility in the Chatham Park Planned Development District. more

PITTSBORO — At last week’s Chatham County Schools Board of Education meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 10, Superintendent Dr. Anthony Jackson presented statistics on the graduating class of 2023.  more

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, June 29, that affirmative action practices within college admissions were unconstitutional in a 6-3 decision. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion of the court, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.  more

Turn on your ACs and head inside.  The month of July has been one of the hottest months ever recorded across the world, according to the Associated Press , and between June 11 to 17, the … more

PITTSBORO — The Chatham County Schools Board of Education met at 6 p.m. for open session on Monday, July 10, agreeing to rename the Chatham School of Science and Engineering, grant a sidewalk easement and accepted multiple other action items.  more

PITTSBORO — Since the Town of Pittsboro filed a lawsuit against PFAS manufacturers — 3M, DuPont de Nemours (DuPont), Chemours Company, Tyco Fire Products LP, among others — on Jan. 26, many of these companies have reached settlements. The Town of Pittsboro is still in the process of reviewing the settlement documents.  more

Candidate filing for the 2023 municipal elections kicked off at noon on Friday, July 7. Candidates across a total of nearly 90 counties will seek office in a variety of offices within local county government. more

The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association recently held an election to select representatives to the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Education & Training Standards Commission. more

A Siler City man charged earlier this month with disseminating obscenity is facing additional related charges. more

Each month, Sheriff Mike Roberson acknowledges a Sworn and a Detention/Non-sworn employee of the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office as “exemplary employees of the month.”  more

PITTSBORO — The Board of Commissioners for the Town of Pittsboro has approved a modified schedule for Planning Board meetings in 2023. The location, time and dates for the Planning Board meetings have changed. New meeting details are as follows: more

PITTSBORO — Chatham County community members are invited to roll up a sleeve and help save lives. Chatham Community Library will host a blood drive with the American Red Cross 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 22, 2023, in the American Red Cross Blood Mobile at Chatham Community Library.  more

PITTSBORO — Chatham Outreach Alliance (CORA) is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its new warehouse, choice food pantry and administrative offices at 4 p.m. on July 20 at 40 Camp Drive in Pittsboro, N.C. more