In today’s news: a Chapel Hill home catches fire twice over Christmas weekend, and CommunityWorx is ending operations at its decades-old thrift shop. (The store itself will stay open, though, run by a different nonprofit.) Also: Carrboro chooses a new poet laureate; UNC women’s basketball preps for Boston College; and we look back at some of the top local stories of 2025, including an eventful year in UNC sports and a major national honor for the town of Carrboro.

Finally, a sad note: famed folk artist Clyde Jones of Bynum passed away last week at the age of 86.

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