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…
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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,…
Nearly a year ago, a natural gas pipeline exploded in downtown Durham, killing two people, injuring 25 others and damaging more than a dozen buildings. One…
Freddy DiVallerino was trimming trees on the 100 block of North Duke Street when he heard the explosion. “It was like a bomb,” he said.…
When Durham Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis stood before the City Council for the first time in May 2016, she introduced her plan to revamp…
Durham’s sharp drop in violent crime in the first half of the year slowed during the summer, but city officials said they’re still encouraged by…
When Annie Hoxie tried to start one of the Durham Fire Department’s old reserve trucks to drive her crew to Harris Teeter while Engine No.…