Kenyon, a veteran bartender in the Durham nightlife scene, slings up style and shots for customers at Rubies on Five Points.
Justin Laidlaw
Justin Laidlaw is a reporter for the INDY, covering Durham. A Bull City native, he joined the staff in 2023 and previously wrote By The Horns, a blog about city council.
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Stakes Are High for Durham County’s Board of Commissioners Elections
All five seats are up for election as the county grapples with a DPS salary dispute, dwindling education bond funds, and an ongoing affordable housing crisis.
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Durham Advocates, Residents, Elected Officials Gather for Transit Equity Week
Staff members from the City of Durham, Durham County, and GoTriangle presented updates to their combined transit plan, followed by a brief Q&A with state and local officials.
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Scenes from a Sick Out: DPS Educators, Staff, and Their Supporters Rally for Higher Pay and More Transparency
Hundreds of Durham Public Schools workers called out of work Wednesday to demand the district not cut salaries, honor work experience, and commit to meeting regularly with Durham schools advocates.
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DPS Will Cover Salary Payments Already Made to Classified Employees, But Questions Remain
At a packed meeting Thursday evening, DPS school board members assured classified staff that they wouldn’t have to pay back money they already received. But it remains unclear how salaries will be impacted going forward.
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‘A lot of this job is making bad legislation less bad:’ A Q&A With State Sen. Mike Woodard
Woodard has served as a state senator in a district covering Durham since 2012, following seven years on the city council. He faces a primary challenger, Sophia Chitlik, on March 5.
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Durham Council Selects Legal Aid Attorney Chelsea Cook to Fill Vacant Seat
The council voted unanimously Tuesday morning for Cook to fill the Ward Three seat that was left open following Leo Williams’s election as mayor.
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Exclusive: A Q&A With Sophia Chitlik, Candidate for Durham’s NC Senate District 22 Seat
The Democrat is challenging longtime state Senator Mike Woodard in the March 5 primary. .
Posted inCulture
A Durham League of Their Own
Through an upstart recreational league, hundreds of basketball players come together for the love of the game.
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Durham Council Opts Out of ShotSpotter, For Now
Over the next three months, city staff will enlist experts at Duke to study data collected from the gunshot detection technology during the city’s year-long ShotSpotter pilot program.