Design flaws, missing safety nets: Parents say athletic facilities fall short at new $96 million Northern High
By Yaa Bame
On a recent Tuesday night, the stands shook as fans cheered on the Northern High School’s girls soccer team. The action was taking place on...
Record numbers of Durham high schoolers are missing school
By Tanya Wan
Over half of Durham Public Schools high schoolers were chronically absent in the first six months of the current school year — yet another challenge...
Neighborhood newsletters: filling a gap left by local newspapers’ decline
By Sophie Endrud
All 2,000 households in the Watts-Hospital Hillandale and Old West Durham neighborhoods just received a special delivery: the spring edition of Parade. From the front-page...
As a 9th Street landmark closes, Vaguely’s owner reminisces
By Bridget Mills and Torrey Lin Weiner
https://youtube.com/shorts/acySs2ihcCg Story by Bridget Mills; video by Torrey Lin Weiner On Ninth Street, where storefronts have come and gone, Vaguely Reminiscent has long felt like...
Downtown gallery finds that 10 is the magic number
By Jothi Gupta
To Yuko Nogami Taylor, 10 is the ideal number: not too many artists struggling for attention, and not too few paying the bills. As a...
N.C. will flag ‘potential noncitizens’ on voter rolls, using federal database
By Sophie Endrud
The State Board of Elections approved new rules on Thursday aimed at removing “potential noncitizens” from voter rolls by using a federal database. The 3-2...

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New map and new challenger bring energy to Fayetteville race

New map and new challenger bring energy to Fayetteville race

By Maya Miller on September 7, 2020

For the first time in years, political experts say North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District is not a safe Republican seat. Last year, after throwing out…