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Orange County Living Wage is hosting a "Labor Day Concert for Living Wages" at Pluck Farm, raising funds for the living wage movement.

Orange County commissioners abruptly suspended a countywide climate council that its members say had made some tangible progress.

Why the Rush To Redirect Orange County Climate Action Funds? A perspective from Mark Marcoplos The last-minute proposal by Orange County Commissioner Amy Fowler would significantly change the county’s successful Climate Action Grant process. Is this a wise move that better leverages the funds to help achieve Orange County’s climate goals that are enshrined in […]

The funding will help individuals get their vaccines without having to pay for two round trips to their vaccination site, an estimated $88 per person, according to NCDOT Secretary Eric Boyette.