Yesterday, Durham Country District Attorney Roger Echols announced that he had found no probable cause to charge any Durham police officers in the September 2015 death of La’Vante Biggs. Biggs, clearly suicidal and holding what was later revealed to be a BB gun, was shot and killed following negotiations with DPD officers that lasted about […]
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The Morning Roundup: Raleigh Budget Deets, Elton John on HB 2, and a Defecation Mystery Solved
Hello, Wednesday. Your headlines: 1. Food desert program under attack from N.C. Republicans. A measly $300,000 program that would help put healthy food in convenience stores located in food deserts is being targeted by pricks in the N.C. House. Per the N&O, the program would “provide $6,000 grants to install refrigerators in convenience stores serving […]
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Will New FDA Regs Make N.C.’s Vaping Industry Go Up in Smoke?
Brandon Meyer used to own a computer-repair shop in Wilmington. Seven years ago, his now-ex-wife opened up an e-cigarette business in the front of the space. It was among the first shops of its kind in North Carolina. I’d be in the back, working on computers all day, hearing customers up front come in and […]
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Ben and Jerry’s Debuted its New Flavor at North Carolina Central University Today
Both Ben and Jerry were in Durham this morning. On the campus of North Carolina Central University, the ice-cream impresarios announced their Vermont-based company’s latest flavor: Empower Mint, a blend of peppermint ice cream, fudge brownies, and fudge swirls. Empower Mint is part of a larger effort the company is making this summer to register […]
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Pedestrian-Friendly Art Projects Coming to Downtown Durham
Last week, the Durham Arts Council was awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The cash, which will arrive in the fall (along with another $100,000 in state and local matching funds), is headed for a parking deck on the northwest corner of Ramseur and Corcoran. It’s not going to cure […]
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The Morning Roundup: Bernie, a Bad Santa, Coach K, and More
Oh, hi—didn’t see you there. Shall we discuss the headlines of the day? 1. There were primaries yesterday. Bernie Sanders is still in the race, and still winning states, which is sort of remarkable if you think about it, given that nobody thinks he has any chance to win the nomination. Sanders took home West […]
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Downtown Durham Has More Cars Than It Can Handle
Your irritations are justified: parking in downtown Durham has reached a dire and critical level. The good news is that people are working on it. The bad news is that it’ll be a while before anything improvesand it’s only going to get more difficult and expensive in the meantime. Street parking is currently free for […]
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Accounting Errors Put the Carolina Theatre in a Hole. Can Dan Berman Dig It Out?
When Aaron Bare came to work for the Carolina Theatre in 2006, it wasn’t the buoyant venue the city knows today. “The shows weren’t particularly exciting. It’d be Gregory Popovich’s Comedy Pet Theater or [saxophonist] Boney James or Todd Oliver’s talking dogs,” says Bare, who came on as the theater’s director of marketing and was […]
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Moogfest Announces Partnerships Against HB 2
You may be aware that, yesterday, Gov. Pat McCrory and Republican leaders in the state legislature filed a lawsuit against the federal government, arguing that the Department of Justice’s demand that North Carolina back off its plans to implement HB 2 is a “a baseless and blatant overreach.” The suit was in reaction to a […]
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Human Relations Commission Recommends Changes to Bull City Connector
Back in February, representatives from community organization SpiritHouse addressed Durham’s Human Relations Commission about Duke-centric route alterations that had been made to the Bull City Connector, Durham’s free bus that services downtown, Ninth Street, and Duke. Among other things, the new route cut service to Durham Station, a particularly important hub for those who rely […]
