One of four people charged with vandalizing the 10-story Greenbridge condominium building last year has had his case dismissed after the prosecutor said he could not prove the man did anything more than offer muffins to a lobby desk clerk.

After some last-minute confusion, plans for a light-rail line between Chapel Hill and Durham got unanimous approval Wednesday from a bi-county transportation committee.

CVS will put a fence around both of its properties at the corner of North Greensboro and Weaver streets in Carrboro in response to Saturday's occupation of the site, representatives said Wednesday.

A UNC wrestler was charged Tuesday night after police officers responded to a call of people fighting near the Varsity theater on East Franklin Street.

Orange County commissioners approved preliminary plans to bring more bus service and light rail to the county, giving the local transit authority the go-ahead to apply for federal funding for the project.

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen has named a municipal budget and management veteran from Arizona to fill the town’s vacant manager post starting March 15.

Activists who briefly occupied a vacant downtown building Saturday say they'll plant a garden on the property next month to protest a CVS store planned for the site.

Transportation advisers plan to vote this morning on their favored route for a light-rail line between Chapel Hill and Durham, but as of late Tuesday, the Orange County commissioners were considering whether to complicate the matter.

Transportation advisers expect to vote Wednesday morning on their favored route for a light-rail line between Chapel Hill and Durham, but the Orange County commissioners could throw in a complication with vote of their own tonight.

The volunteers in Chapel Hill 2020 have taken the community planning process to schools and senior centers. They've pitched tables at the mall and knocked back beers with the under-30 crowd.

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Protesters opposed to a drugstore chain's plans to open in a vacant building here took over the site for several hours Saturday before leaving after police threatened to arrest them.

A group of anti-capitalist activists briefly occupied a building at the site of a planned CVS drug store in downtown Carrboro on Saturday but left about four hours when police told them to leave or they would be arrested.

Three UNC-Chapel Hill students with former ties to the athletic department were arrested on cocaine and trespassing charges Friday in Chapel Hill.

Food trucks will soon be allowed in Chapel Hill, but many vendors say the costs will keep them away.

The decision to send a heavily armed police tactical team to remove squatters from a vacant downtown building last fall was made without first asking the squatters to voluntarily leave, the town manager and police chief said this week.

The Triangle's second try at building a big transit system should benefit from an improved strategy here and a changed outlook in Washington, Peter M. Rogoff, the federal transit administrator, told local leaders Tuesday.