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Beyond the badge: Durham’s grassroots response to violence

Ben Haas, director of the Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham, believes the more involved the community is, the less reliance there will be on external forces to handle harm.

‘What we’ve been trying to do is help farmers operate again’: Farmlands six months post Helene

LEAD: It’s been more than six months since Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, resulting…

Tragedy to Triumph: The Watauga Playmakers’ Story of ‘Surge’

Story by Bethany Pryor

‘You just have to be hungry’: Community fridges address food insecurity in the Triangle

Story by Eliza Benbow Cover Photo by Danielle Hart A new door is opening for…

Dedicated Kubb players seek fellow enthusiasts of this unique backyard sport

Story and photos by Annie Ham NORTH CAROLINA – Whoosh. Clack. Thump. These are the…

Short Films, Long Impacts

Tucked into the heart of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the Cosmic Rays Film Festival offers…

Triangle Sword Guild creates community through recreating Historical European Martial Arts

HEMA, or Historical European Martial Arts, is a multidisciplinary hobby that combines real-weapon dueling with researching European dueling styles across the 12th-19th centuries. For members of North Carolina’s Triangle Sword Guild, it’s not just exercise and learning, it’s also community.

Triangle Sword Guild recreates Historical European Martial Arts

Story by Mila Mascenik Photos courtesy of Andrew Eicher The sound of clashing steel rings…

Non-profit Valley Strong Disaster Relief closes distribution site that aided thousands

Photos by Henry Thomas Non-profit Valley Strong Disaster Relief (VSDR) is shifting its focus toward…

Wings of Promise

For Eli Perl, a Senior at UNC Chapel Hill from Washington D.C., flying was more…

Local 22 adds hours alongside creeping labor market, banks on Durham’s growth

Story by Ira Wilder Yianni Dontas, the executive chef at Local 22 Kitchen and Bar,…

Harm Reduction organizations around the Triangle are working to prevent unintentional overdoses

Story by Samuel Long Graphic by Macon Porterfield After Bella Grumet, a UNC-CH senior majoring…

Small but mighty: Aurora, North Carolina, is the fossil capital of the world

Story by Alexandria deRosset Visuals by Jennifer Tran On the corner of a street, on…

UNC Women’s Athletics and Rams Club make connections that will last FORevHER

Story by Emma Hall ANCHOR LEAD: UNC-Chapel Hill’s student-athlete organization Rams Club is providing a…

‘This is with us, it’s going to be with us;’ campuses think through AI policies, practices

Story by Lesley Gonzalez Cover by Adrian Tillman UNC-Chapel Hill has pushed full steam ahead…

The ‘culture war’: an ideological battle on college campuses

Story by Jessica Walker Visuals by Adrian Tillman When conservative political commentator Candace Owens visited…

Championing women’s sports at Carolina FORevHER

Story by Caroline Daly Graphic by Brennen Tripp Anna Barton, a native of Palo Alto,…

UNC gives students access to Microsoft Copilot AI

Story by Kyle Lobenhofer

The origins of the culture war and how it got so entrenched in college campuses

Story by Walter Reinke Cover by Adrian Tillman [ANCHOR LEAD] Protests on campuses, university presidents…

Durham restaurant workers return to an industry that still needs more of them

Story by Ira Wilder Restaurant employment in Durham reached its pre-pandemic level in December, according…

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UNC Media Hub is a cohort of students from various concentrations within UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media who collaborate to produce top-tier integrated media packages covering stories across North Carolina.