Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead issued a written statement in response to inquiries from The 9th Street Journal. The full text of the statement…
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A program that helps Durham residents struggling to pay rent because of the pandemic will close on Feb. 6 after just 25 days of operation.…
Three years ago, Josh Sotomayor offered to mop the floors of the District Attorney’s office. He had entered law school four years earlier with hopes…
Laura Jaramillo’s front yard turns into a huge lake every time it rains. Kimberly Hernandez watches as babies splash and play at West Point on…
The trouble started when Hillside High School student Logan Lewis hopped off the stage and into the audience wielding a fake handgun. Gunshots sounded, and…
City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve pay raises for police officers and firefighters of every rank, in an effort to counter staff shortages…
Judge James Hill looks at home sitting on the bench wedged in the dim corner of Courtroom 5A in the Durham County Courthouse. A gleaming…
Leonardo Williams, co-owner of the Durham restaurant Zweli’s Kitchen and former educator, was sworn into office as a Durham City Council member in December. As…
In all likelihood, most Durhamites will never see Butner Federal Correctional Complex. North Carolina’s only federal prison is just 11 miles from Brightleaf Square, straddling…
January means many things – the start of a new year, the sight of discarded Christmas trees and lists of resolutions about what’s ahead. But…