Addressing chemicals in the Haw River
The Haw River is Pittsboro’s drinking water supply, and upstream wastewater pollution has spilled industrial contaminants into the river.
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The Haw River is Pittsboro’s drinking water supply, and upstream wastewater pollution has spilled industrial contaminants into the river.
A cup of coffee from Oak House. A tank of gas from Circle K. While full- time residents and students alike use water to take showers and sidewalks to cross town, the sales tax from shopping locally is largely where students’ financial support ends.
Tracey Milton has been styling her clients hair throughout the course of their lives. She’s been there to style hair for clients’ school pictures, weddings, their children and even for funerals.
Elon University sophomore Kennedy Boston sat by Lake Mary Nell watching a live stream recorded over 1,000 miles away in Minneapolis. She began crying after the verdict for George Floyd’s murder was announced.
Jessica Bowman had to stop working in the spring when it was announced that her kids would be learning remotely as the coronavirus began to spread. Bowman — who works as a house cleaner — still hasn’t started working again and her kids are still doing school online. She said her kids have not adjusted.
Updated April 13 at 9:20 a.m. to include video.
Two COVID-19 vaccine clinics have opened in Alamance County in an effort to vaccinate marginalized communities in the area. CityGate Dream Center and Eric Lane where JR Cigars is, are now COVID-19 vaccination sites, as of March 19.
Updated March 8, 2021, at 5:57 p.m. to clarify a quotation from House.
Melissa Jobes’ children have had to go to the homes of friends in order to complete their school work remotely. Her family lives in rural Alamance County, an area that lacks internet availability in many places.
At the site where the historic bell hangs in Graham’s Court Square, just yards from where the 30-foot Confederate monument now stands, Wyatt Outlaw, a Black councilman in Graham, was lynched in 1870.
Updated Feb. 10, 2020, at 8:11 p.m. to include information from Elon University’s Chief Diversity Officer Randy Williams.
Daniel J. Watts’ 04 will be Elon University’s 2021 undergraduate commencement speaker. Watts, a Tony Award nominee for “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical,” got his start on Broadway in 2005.
Updated Jan. 26, at 12:19 p.m. to include information from those who remember James Markley.
The praise team sings, the drummer beats the drum and the Rev. James Wilkes Jr. gives an impassioned sermon each Sunday at Elon First Baptist Church — all to rows of mostly empty pews.
Omar Lugo wants to empower people to help themselves. He realized he wanted to help people after his time spent growing up in Venezuela. Lugo came to the United States as a political refugee from Venezuela. In Venezuela, his father was poisoned for fighting against Hugo Chavez’s regime.
Following the march to the polls in Graham on Oct. 31 that abruptly ended after a clash with law enforcement, march organizer Rev. Gregory Drumwright has a lawsuit filed on his behalf against Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson and Graham Police Department Chief of Police Kristy Cole for the actions taken at the court square.
Updated Nov. 1, at 8:56 p.m. to include video.
Within the past two weeks, ten clusters have been identified by the Alamance County Health Department amongst Elon University students. Clusters of COVID-19 cases have been popping up in residence halls and greek organizations across campus.
Elon University has moved to level 3 — High Alert after the university reported the single highest daily cases of COVID-19 with a total of 44 new cases. The move to High Alert comes on the first day of social hiatus and five days after moving to in level 2 — Moderate Alert.
Three additional coronavirus clusters have been identified at Elon University. Two of the clusters are in freshman dorms — Carolina Hall and Barney Hall, both in the Historic Neighborhood — as well as the sorority Phi Mu, according to an email from Jeff Stein, chair of the Ready & Resilient committee.