In 1979, the City of Durham had some problems on its hands. It had a downtown area with few residents, a warehouse district with few…
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As about 80 people settled into their seats in the airy auditorium at the Durham County Library, Eddie Davis, a former City Council member and…
Minutes before midnight, the City Council unanimously struck down an annexation request for a proposed development on Monday, breaking its recent trend of development-friendly votes. …
High school senior Angus Cook arrived at Monday night’s City Council meeting with a carefully rehearsed three-minute speech. Minutes before taking the podium, he found…
Five local Durham parks could be unavailable until the end of the calendar year. Durham city officials are unsure when East Durham, East End, Lyon…
At 5:30 p.m. in downtown Raleigh on Monday night, a dozen musicians stood on a stage, trumpets blaring as singers belted out lyrics like “We…
“CPS lies, Durham County pays, how many kids did you steal today?” A crowd of about 30 Durham advocates chanted those words at the Durham…
Wheels roller skating rink, previously slated to reopen in fall 2024, will now open by December 2024 at the earliest, say city officials. When renovations…
On a recent Friday, Lu Tahaj, 52, trudged up Macon Street, an unpaved road around the corner from her house on West Markham. Seventeen houses…
Durham Police are monitoring traffic conditions and are regularly updating a spreadsheet indicating road closures, blockages and traffic light outages as a result of Tropical…