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Two Durham Elementary Students and Their Parents Were Detained and Deported In the Span of Three Days
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (417+ words) Durham officials and advocates are reeling after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported a Durham-based family of four earlier this week. The two children, Genesis Elizabeth Espinoza Pacheco and Denis Daniel Espinoza Pacheco, were students at Durham's Burton Elementary School....
At a Soon to Open Durham Garage, Community Is the Driving Force
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (634+ words) A year after buying her first car, a Hyundai Elantra, Nikki Puckett Bosov faced a situation many people may be familiar with: A mechanic messing with her car and then trying to upsell her on a repair she didn't need....
Durham Public Schools" Requested Budget Increase Creates "Impossible Choices" for the County
1+ week, 6+ day ago (581+ words) The Durham County government has spent the last month practically begging the Durham Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education to lower its expectations for county funding." On Thursday night, the school board nonetheless asked the county for that $11 million increase....
Durham Aims for Affordable Housing on Old Police HQ Site
2+ week, 2+ day ago (694+ words) After 10 years, and many fits and starts, the Durham City Council has a plan for bringing affordable housing to the site of the former police headquarters in downtown Durham. "I want to note that the requirement for parking is not…...
Handcuffs and Hospitals Are Not the Solution: Chapel Hill's CARE Team Marks One Year
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (1697+ words) Over 50 years ago, Chapel Hill became one of the first cities in the country to send clinicians along with police officers to respond to people experiencing a mental health'related crisis." In May 2024, the city expanded this approach, launching a pilot…...
With Ambitious Youth-led Music Festival, Local History Repeats Itself In the Best Way
3+ week, 3+ day ago (688+ words) Big Pop Show | Friday, March 20 Monday, March 23, $15$40 | Various venues in Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Durham A music festival can be a beautiful thing. But it can also be a machine that launders vast quantities of money through young talent into…...
City of Durham Begins Tough Budget Season
3+ week, 6+ day ago (688+ words) Before City of Durham officials even draft the upcoming fiscal year's budget, it's already shaping up to be a challenging process. On March 16, the Durham city council will host its first public hearing for the 2026-2027 fiscal year budget process at…...
Big Ideas from the At-Large Candidates for Raleigh City Council
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (1832+ words) The City of Raleigh has changed how it elects its eight-member city council, and for the first time ever this year, it's holding a nonpartisan primary election on March 3 for all seats for which more than two candidates have filed…...
'A National Model': How One Program is Preparing Durham Youth for Life Sciences Careers
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1367+ words) The Research Triangle has been a major science and technology hub for decades. In 1984, as the tobacco and textiles industries'longstanding pillars of the North Carolina economy'moved overseas, academic and business leaders saw the writing on the wall and urged legislatures…...
Who's Running: Carrboro, Hillsborough and CHCCS
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (443+ words) If you've been having trouble sleeping, perhaps the peace and quiet of Orange County's fall municipal elections can help put you down for a little nap. Besides Chapel Hill's town council election (in which six candidates are vying for four…...