Durham County Manager Kimberly Sowell presented a recommended $955 million budget to county commissioners on Monday. And while the budget includes $201 million for Durham…
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Durham school leaders will catalogue the district’s most pressing building maintenance needs and spend more than $2 million in federal funds for HVAC and other…
When Theresa Dowell Blackinton enrolled her kindergartener at Club Boulevard Elementary, she worried about the maintenance of the school’s nearly 75-year-old campus. School administration assured…
Under vibrant quilted tapestries, an army of five diligent volunteers hunched over their creations on a recent Sunday. The hum of sewing machines echoed throughout…
On a recent Tuesday night, the Pinhook bar in Durham looked more like a honky-tonk. The venue was dimly lit, but a small disco ball…
After a tumultuous few months, the Durham school board on Thursday approved a more than $27 million increase in its budget request for the upcoming…
The lights went out for Wheels Fun Park in 2020 after nearly four decades of skaters and birthday parties. Now tables are stacked inside the…
After months of uncertainty about the school system’s payroll and budget, the public had a chance to speak on interim superintendent Catty Moore’s proposed budget…
Chris Perelstein was working in the living room of his Roxboro Street apartment in early November when a cacophony of noises — squealing tires, a honking…
Story by Sofie Buckminster; Photos by Kulsoom Rizavi On Feb. 15, 14 union members faced the Durham Board of Education and their lawyers. The two…