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Durham councilmember Freeman: 'We really want to make transformative change with this funding'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 22, 2022

Durham is divvying up its COVID-19 relief funds, and nonprofit agencies will be among the beneficiaries.

Durham City Manager Page: City not 'immune to what has been called the great resignation'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 20, 2022

Durham City Manager Wanda Page presented a $568.9 million budget proposal from City Manager Wanda Page to the Durham City Council at the Monday, May 16, meeting.

Rascoe: 'I'm guessing they were looking at my birth certificate and looking at hand sanitizer and continued to type'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 12, 2022

Attention to detail is important in many things in life, especially an official form of identification.

Frank Bruni to UNC grads: ‘I saw that the clarity of the objects around me has no connection to the sharpness of the ideas in my mind’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 9, 2022

Frank Bruni has journeyed from studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to writing columns for The New York Times, and he’s not one to forget his roots, returning to give this year’s commencement address on Saturday.

Durham mother: ‘Nobody’s focusing on the little children suffering in silence’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 2, 2022

As Durham contends with a rising number of crimes involving firearms, mothers of those who have fallen victim to shootings gathered Saturday at Cook Road Park to raise awareness of how such events leave devastation in their wake.

Tameka Brown on her charity's work: ‘I do it because I absolutely love the work that I do’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | May 2, 2022

Helping Each Adolescent Reach Their Spark (HEARTS) has won this year's North Carolina Peace Prize, an award that the nonprofit’s founder and executive director Tameka Brown said has left her at a loss for words. The award was presented Sunday.

NCHSAA commissioner on girls wrestling coming to high schools: 'This is a historical moment for us'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 27, 2022

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has broadened the list of sanctioned sports in high schools across the state for the first time in over a decade.

CEO of Durham Housing Authority: ‘We don’t want to build large pockets of poverty’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 26, 2022

With more than 5,000 people on the waiting list for public housing in Durham, the city is working to expand the pool of housing with the Durham Housing Authority (DHA) building or redeveloping 1,700 units, almost half of which will be public housing.

Durham Mayor: Shot-callers have ‘been able to help quell some of this violence’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 26, 2022

The city of Durham is implementing a new program that is tasked with working to prevent violence.

Williams on Harriet Tubman YWCA renovation: 'We are really going to have some more good times here'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 20, 2022

The Harriet Tubman YWCA had a heyday in the mid-1950s when it served as a center for community events and gatherings.

Durham mayor: ‘We are a city in pain and we are struggling to make sense of the violence’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 20, 2022

Durham Mayor Elaine O’Neal’s State of the City address April 18 seemed to be contradictory; she began by stating that the city is doing well and then enumerating its many problems, like rising violence.

Asheville reporter: 'The Asheville Police Department’s staffing shortages continue. APD has lost 97 officers since May of 2020.'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 12, 2022

Fewer people are willing to take the oath to protect and serve, creating law enforcement staffing shortages across the nation and opening the door to rising crime rates.

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Frank Dumas will represent Durham in the Scripps National Spelling Bee: 'He doesn't like to mess up'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 7, 2022

Fourth-grader Frank Dumas probably isn't accustomed to media attention, but he may want to get used to it, as Dumas is going to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this summer.

Duke Blue Devils fan: ‘Duke basketball and my relationship with my dad are like one and the same'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 6, 2022

For Rebecca Feinglos, the Duke University men’s basketball team had a reach that extended beyond the hardwood; it was also a bridge that connected her and her father.

New EV plant coming to Chatham County: 'We have the historic opportunity to charge forward on EVs'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 6, 2022

Higher gas prices are putting the squeeze on Americans with limited disposable income, and the upward trend at the pump has the Biden administration touting this as yet another reason to promote electric vehicles (EVs).

National poll: 6 in 10 Americans blame Biden and Democrats for inflation

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 5, 2022

When it comes to inflation, 60% of Americans say President Joe Biden is responsible for much of it, with his COVID-19 relief package from a year ago being a large contributor to rising prices.

Razorbacks Coach Eric Musselman: ‘Duke was phenomenal’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 28, 2022

Duke University men’s basketball Coach Mike Krzyewski is known for bringing a never-say-die attitude to the sidelines with his team. It paid off in Saturday's game, earning the Blue Devils a trip to the Final Four.

Coach Hubert Davis: ‘Right now I don't want to think about next week and lose the moment of today.’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 28, 2022

The University of North Carolina (UNC) Tar Heels missed the chance to play the Duke University Blue Devils in the Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament. This Saturday, they'll get their match-up at the NCAA Men’s Division I Final Four in New Orleans.

UNC campus community connects with Ukrainian professors: 'Incredibly striking and very moving'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 25, 2022

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a Slavic organization, has been reaching out to give interested students and professors some first-hand information from Ukraine.

Triangle small businesses are having supply issues: 'Ever since COVID, it's been hard to get products consistently'