Between 1923 and 2019 (96 years!) southern Orange County had its own, locally focused, newspaper, The Chapel Hill News. Over the years, the paper changed names and ownership several times, with its heyday running from 1954 to 1987 under Orville Campbell’s ownership.
newspaper history is poorly done and incomplete. missing are the News of Orange when it was in carrboro and N.C. Anvil (now Community Sports News).
joel bulkley, 1/14/25.
It is good for our community to be reminded of our proud journalistic heritage.