Pittsboro

Indigenous activists are leading a movement to pass a state Rights of Nature law. They say the legislation would give the Haw River more environmental protection.

Celebrated Pit Master Ed Mitchell and his son Ryan have published their first cookbook that also tells the story of their family in Wilson, North Carolina and how the African American enslaved way of cooking 'whole hog' stands today.

Chatham Community Library partnered with a local group to put together the moving memorial for the victims.

The town says companies and others are responsible for contaminating the water.

About 100 people attended a service to honor the memories of five people who were lynched in the county more than a century ago.

The past two decades have brought intensive study of PFAS and their health effects which include immune disruption, damage to the livers, kidneys and thyroids – among other problems – of exposed people. But there’s still no comprehensive understanding of how they move through people and the environment.

WRAL-TV reports Since Nov. 8, the town of Pittsboro has been performing almost-daily tests for 1,4-Dioxane after the City of Greensboro warned communities downstream of contamination in the Haw River.

A regular water quality review has environmental advocates pushing the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality on standards for E. Coli, PFAS, and 1,4 Dioxane.

A North Carolina big cat sanctuary will temporarily care for four animals seized from the private zoo in Oklahoma featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King.” Carolina Tiger Rescue says it worked with the U.S. Department of Justice and other accredited animal sanctuaries to rescue 68 big cats.

Kimrey Rhinehardt of Pittsboro, a former Capitol Hill staffer, says she’s aiming to run for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat in 2022 as an independent.