Durham school board approves walk zones near 21 elementary schools
By Lily Kempczinski
Durham schools will stop providing bus service within one mile of 21 elementary schools, and will instead require most parents living within those “family responsibility...
Five days, 12 schools, 4,800 bags: Teacher sends kids home with food for the holidays
By Niles Luke
Motown classics drifted down Lakewood Elementary's yellow, cinder-block hallways from the school’s gymnasium, alive with the shrieks and screams of third graders. In the middle...
Filling out Durham’s tree canopy, seedling by seedling
By Sophie Endrud
The message went out over a neighborhood listserv this fall with an unusual request: a plea for native tree seeds. “These seeds will be grown...
Durham schools ask parents to supplement bus transportation through Jan. 17
By The 10th Street Journal
Durham Public Schools announced today that it will ask parents to continue transporting their children to school one day per week through Friday, Jan. 17. ...
Okra, peppers and Communion: Farm Church offers a different kind of worship
By Nina Moske
On a Sunday morning this fall, Kristen Sommerfeld rang a small metal bell. Clad in overalls and a sleeve of botanic tattoos, she stood among...
‘You can’t do that in New York’: Durham among nation’s top cities for remote work
By Lauren Pehlivanian
Vanessa Hagerbaumer’s experience working from home in the Triangle is not only about what she does; it’s about what she sees. During a recent phone...

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9th Street Journal reporter wins state journalism award for revealing inmate’s death

9th Street Journal reporter wins state journalism award for revealing inmate’s death

By Cathy Clabby on March 31, 2021

For revealing a Durham County jail inmate’s lethal exposure to coronavirus, 9th Street Journal reporter Dryden Quigley has won the 2021 Frank Barrows Award for…

Another COVID death linked to Durham County jail

Another COVID death linked to Durham County jail

By Dryden Quigley on October 16, 2020

When North Carolina prison officials announced the death of an inmate from COVID-19 last month, they did not name him. They referred only to a…

City offers free “Fat Trappers” to prevent sewer overflows
Durham residents can now request a free Fat Trapper kit from the city's Water Management department so people don’t pour fats, oils and grease down their drains, where they would enter the city's sewer system. More
Property taxes due Jan. 6
The deadline to pay Durham County property taxes is Monday, Jan. 6, the county reminded residents in a news release. More
RDU’s November traffic up from 2023
Raleigh-Durham International Airport served more than 1.2 million passengers in November, marking a 2% increase compared with November 2023, according to a news release. More
CEO of Durham Housing Authority to depart
The Durham Housing Authority announced that Anthony Scott, its chief executive officer and secretary, is leaving the agency. More