Looks like UNC may be pulling its plans for a new airport in Orange County to replace Horace Williams Airport.
The university had said it needed a new airport in the county to serve its medical fleet once it closed HWA to make room for the Carolina North satellite campus.
Now comes word Chancellor Holden Thorp is holding an 11 a.m. press conference to announce UNC will not be forming a state-approved airport authority to begin the search for possible sites. Read staff writer Jesse DeConto's story here and look for updates this afternoon at www.newsobserver.com
