97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck calls in to chat with guest host Brighton McConnell as he visits Charlottesville, Virginia on the Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro’s 2026 Inter-City Visit. Keck shares details on who is among the group, what they’ve done so far, and how this is a second leg of outreach between the two communities already this year. Aaron also details what’s surprised him the most so far about the city and what he’s looking forward to in the coming days.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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Our community may be (relatively) affluent, but food insecurity remains a serious – and growing – problem. What are the trends? What are the causes? What’s being done to address it? And what more should we be doing – individually, collectively, locally, statewide and nationally?

In conjunction with 97.9 The Hill’s annual “Forum on the Hill,” Aaron Keck welcomed four nonprofit leaders into the studio for an extended discussion on food insecurity and hunger relief: Rachel Bearman of Meals on Wheels Orange County, Sofia Edelman of PORCH Chapel Hill, Kristin Lavergne of the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, and Suzanne Tormollen of TABLE.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

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97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell substitutes for Aaron Keck and shares the latest local news stories on Monday, September 28. The long-awaited trial for Miguel Salguero-Olivares – the man arrested for Faith Hedgepeth’s 2012 murder – is about to begin jury selection and McConnell shares the details to know before court proceedings get started. The Chatham and Orange County Boards of Commissioners are set to meet the next two days covering affordable housing topics and local school issues. Chapel Hill Mayor Jess Anderson details how a recent $10 million donation came about to add amenities to Cedar Falls Park. And in sports: three UNC field hockey players (temporarily) gain their fifth-year eligibility and help sweep the team’s California road trip, while a pair of UNC women’s tennis players win the ITA Doubles Championship and returning Carolina men’s basketball players share what practices are like under new head coach Michael Malone.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck recaps the day’s news, from local government to business developments to UNC sports. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s daily news reports, which you can hear live during “This Morning with Aaron Keck” every weekday from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.

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Dr. Jim Crawford

This Week:

Born into a blue collar and agricultural clan in rural Pennsylvania, Dr. Jim Crawford was the first in his family to graduate from college. Earning his PhD from the University of North Carolina, he taught US and World History at several universities in the piedmont North Carolina for several decades. He served as chairman of the Chatham County board of commissioners. He is a firm believer in American democracy and trusts that the constitution will hold firm now as it has in past crises despite the broken, distempered electorate.

Randy Voller

Come on up to the porch to have a chat with Randy Voller — former mayor, real estate developer, musician, man-about-town and more — in a recurring conversation and slice-of-life program presented by VRC Limited. If you love great conversations and amazing anecdotes, then come on up and join us…On the Porch!

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97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey presents the evening news. Included in this edition of the news, we hear a breakdown of the contents of the Board of Trustees meeting. We get more details on the newest member of the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. In sports, we hear from Athletic Director Steve Newmark on the recently concluded investigation into the football program, and more.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news in the greater Chapel Hill and Carrboro community. Every weekday afternoon, 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey recaps the day’s news, from local government to business developments to UNC sports, and everything in-between. Hear compelling stories, breaking news, and more. Find all of Andrew’s Evening News Reports by clicking here.

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97.9 The Hill’s Deborah Stroman and Brighton McConnell team up on Friday, September 25 to talk hoops ahead of the WNBA postseason. With the first round set to begin on Sunday, the pair go through which of the series seem most intriguing, how the league’s star power and varied types of basketball will be on display, and who is their choice to win the championship next month. Stroman also shares why she recently started a fundraising campaign to build a basketball court down in Costa Rica.

Dr. Deborah Stroman — who is a consulting professor for UNC and Virginia, sports businesswoman, former basketball player, and columnist — chats with 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell each week about headlines from the world of sports. Covering both local and national stories, Stroman specializes in connecting the on-field product to the impact of sports on business, culture and society. Listen to their past conversations on Chapelboro, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Friday, September 25, discussing town news and events. She discussed this week’s Good Neighbor Initiative Cookout. She previewed the Carrboro Music Festival, which gets started on Saturday and peaks on Sunday. She also discussed the upcoming election and the importance of preparing to vote, and more.

Mayor Barbara Foushee of Carrboro.

Conversations With the Mayors is an ongoing series on “News on the Hill” where host Andrew Stuckey visits with the local government leaders who help shape our communities in Chapel Hill and the surrounding area. Each Tuesday he visits with Hillsborough Mayor Mark Bell; Wednesdays feature a conversation with Chair of the Orange County Commissioners Jean Hamilton; Thursdays feature Chapel Hill Mayor Jess Anderson, and Fridays include a conversation with Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee. You can listen to previous “Conversations With the Mayors” here.

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Even though he’s missing it this year, Aaron offers the Carrboro Music Festival as this week’s prompt: what’s a festival-themed date night? Brad suggests other things to do in Carrboro, while Aaron wonders if a post-festival date shouldn’t actually take place in Chapel Hill

Are you looking for romantic date-night ideas in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and the greater Triangle community? Memorable restaurants, cultural experiences, special events, great places to get outdoors? Every Friday morning at 8:30, Aaron Keck and his husband Brad Bednar go on 97.9 The Hill and offer their recommendations during “Date Night” on This Morning with Aaron Keck. Click here to listen back to all their past segments – and tune in to This Morning every Friday at 8:30 to hear “Date Night” live on the air.

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Trending today: Victor discovers that people in Japan don’t authorize official documents with their signatures like we do in the U.S. – but rather with a personal stamp. (Victor loves this, though Aaron doesn’t like the idea of having another bulky thing to carry around.) Also: Japanese culture struggles with inflation, which is affecting the universally agreed-upon amount of money appropriate for wedding gifts.

Want to know what folks are talking about on social media? Every weekday on 97.9 The Hill’s “This Morning with Aaron Keck,” Victor Lewis scours the Internet for the day’s top trending stories, from weird news to wacky crimes to odd business ventures and everything in between. Click here to listen back to all our past What’s Trending segments – and tune in to “This Morning” on 97.9 The Hill every weekday at 7:45 to hear What’s Trending live on the air.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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Next week, the trial finally gets underway in Durham for the man who’s accused of killing UNC student Faith Hedgepeth back in 2012. Miguel Salguero-Olivares was arrested in 2021 and the legal process has been ongoing ever since; jury selection for the trial is set to begin Monday, September 28.

To preview the trial, Aaron welcomes Orange and Chatham County District Attorney Jeff Nieman.

97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every weekday morning, 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck chats with government officials, UNC scholars, business and nonprofit leaders, area musicians, and others in our community as they share their thoughts, their experience, and their expertise on the central issues of today. Click here to listen back to all of Aaron’s conversations – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” at 7:30 a.m. on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.

You can also listen to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” on Spotify. Click here to follow Aaron and listen to all his segments, from local news to fun features to hard-hitting interviews.

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