By Henry Haggart New demands that Durham Police Department improve how it treats residents swelled last week after news broke that police officers approached Black…
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Andrea Cobb, a nationally known artist based in Durham, collected and filed away the annual property tax notices she received in the mail for more…
Chances are you’ve spotted them on social media streams: super-sized words painted on pavement outside two government buildings in downtown Durham. “DEFUND” yells one in…
Last week’s early-morning fire at Historic Stagville state historic site was set, according to a fire department chief who was among the first on the…
Six Durham County Sheriff’s Office employees assigned to the county jail have tested positive for COVID-19. No inmates have tested positive, according to a press…
Stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic present a dangerous reality for victims of domestic violence: a government mandate to remain at home, in an isolated…
During a four-hour virtual Durham City Council meeting on Monday, Mayor Steve Schewel announced that the city is flattening the growth curve of COVID-19: The…
Now that most everyone in Durham is two weeks into staying home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a question emerges: If you need something…
Three hours before a court order froze evictions across North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Durham couple was forced into homelessness. On March 19,…
Durham sheriff investigators want people to think twice before using the internet to buy sex at local hotels or anywhere else. To disrupt that trade,…