The safety and health of American workers is the subject of “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect,” an extensive report released last week by the AFL-CIO. In 2011, there were 148 workplace fatalities in North Carolina. One-third of these deaths involved transportation incidents, while about 20 percent resulted from violence and assault. Latino […]
Elizabeth Van Brocklin
Bio: Elizabeth Van Brocklin is an INDY Week intern.
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Support group Straight Talk helps families of prisoners
Straight Talk What A support group for families of people who are incarcerated Where Health Touch, 3500 Westgate Drive, Suite 504, Durham When Every other Tuesday, 7 p.m. Phone 919-699-4093 Prisoner population in North Carolina 37,612 prisoners 35,103 male inmates 2,509 female inmates 44% rearrested within two years of release 25% reincarcerated Note: Figures as […]
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Student journalists delve into Durham’s untold stories
Each school year, a crew of young journalists hits the streets to report on the little-known news of Northeast Central Durham. They write for The Durham VOICE, a community newspaper that partners with schools, churches and local leaders to uplift Durham’s vulnerable urban areas. Its contributors are young, but The VOICE is “more than a […]
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Triangle loses major spay/neuter service POP-NC
A popular animal clinic in the Triangle is closinga loss that threatens to unleash trouble. Over the past nine years, Pet Overpopulation Patrol (POP-NC) performed nearly 30,000 spay/neuter surgeries. A low-cost spay/neuter clinic on wheels, POP assisted low-income pet owners in remote areas, including senior citizens on voucher programs. Most of the animals the group […]
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Welcome to peak tree pollen season
Flowers are blooming, animals are mating, humans are sneezing … Welcome to April, the peak month of tree pollen season in North Carolina. The N.C. Division of Air Quality reports that pollen levels have spiked in the past week. Each day billions of these tiny particles are released by trees, dispersed by wind or insects […]
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McCrory’s budget supports drug courts, closes five state prisons
Is that a glimmer of criminal justice reform tucked into the new state budget plan? Following its release last week, Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget proposal stoked controversy for its deep cuts to education and social services. But it could present some promising changes for criminal justice and public safety. If approved, the budget would allocate […]
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Domestic violence incidence reports rise as community struggles to meet victims’ needs
Durham Crisis Response Center 24-Hour Crisis Line 919-403-6562 English 919-519-3735 Español Crisis email Office 206 N. Dillard St. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Website Facebook In the heat of summer in 1993, Bessie Elmore stood at a pay phone in downtown Durham, wondering who to call for help. Three weeks earlier, she’d stepped off a bus […]
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Number of homeless in Durham increased in past year
View Point-In-Time Count data for Wake, Orange and Durham counties 2008-2012. On a late January evening, despite heavy rains and fierce winds, at least 759 people in Durham had no place to call home. The figure was announced last week as a result of the Point-In-Time Count, an annual one-night tally of the homeless. On […]
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Number of Durham homeless increases
On a late January evening, despite heavy rains and fierce winds, at least 759 people in Durham had no place to call home. The figure was announced last week as a result of the Point-In-Time Count, an annual one-night tally of the homeless. On Jan. 30, 2013, Durham County officials collaborated with 13 local shelters […]
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Commerce committee hears destructive fracking bill
“This is simple,” began state Sen. E.S. “Buck” Newton at a commerce committee meeting yesterday. “This country needs the energy and this state needs the jobs.” Newton, who represents Johnston, Nash and Wilson counties, is a primary sponsor of Senate Bill 76, which would allow hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to begin in North Carolina in […]