Rejoice, ye dogs of Durham! (Or, maybe don’t. Read on.) The city’s Parks and Recreation Department received a $25,000 grant this month to build a new and much-needed off-leash dog park at Duke Park. The grant is one of twenty-five given by PetSafe, a company that sells pet-behavior products, as part of its “Bark for […]
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Durham Pool Closing Leaves Swimmers Looking for Alternative Facilities Months Before the Season Starts
UPDATE: Durham Parks and Recreation Department reached out to the INDY saying it is working with all of the displaced teams to find practice space and will be updating us when that happens. With the Summer Olympics behind us, you’d think pools would be eager to accommodate swimmers who want to go for gold or […]
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Meet the Latest Media Start-up: The Daily Tar Heel
North Carolina’s newest newspaper start-up is the 123-year-old Daily Tar Heel. Yep, you read that right. The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s student newspaper is rebranding itself in response to continued financial losses. Betsy O’Donovan, the DTH’s general manager, said the paper has been operating at a deficit since 2011. “In recent years, the annual […]
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The Morning Roundup: Duke Sues Estate, Pence Talks Trade, and an Indecisive Orange County Board of Elections
Well folks, it’s Thursday, and the weekend is almost upon us. Here are some of the finest headlines for your reading pleasure. 1. Duke is going after the estate of an alum months after his death. The Wall Street Journal had quite an interesting article about Duke University suing the estate of Aubrey McClendon’s for […]
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New Poll: Pat McCrory Is Screwed
It looks like Pat McCrory will become a one-term governor after all—and utter humiliation couldn’t happen to a more deserving fellow. The latest Monmouth University Poll released Wednesday shows Attorney General Roy Cooper, the Democratic candidate, nine points ahead of McCrory. Especially good for Cooper? He’s running a good seven points better than Hillary Clinton, […]
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Forget Politicians. Durham Wants to Talk about the Elections Process.
Most election years, you focus on politicians. But this year, the Durham City Council is taking a different spin on things. It wants to focus on process. Right now, Durham uses a nonpartisan primary; parties don’t have a formal role. Instead, all candidates battle it out, and the top vote-getters move on to the general. […]
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What Would Possess Someone to Run a Hundred Miles?
Runners looking to tackle marathons train for months to be able to complete the 26.2 miles. Their training pays off after a four- or five-hour raceor two-plus if you’re at the elite levelbut for some runners, that’s just not far enough. Ultrarunnersrunners who clock fifty to one hundred miles or more in racesdo things differently. […]
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Metered Parking Is (Probably) Coming to Downtown Durham This Fall
Free parking in downtown Durham before 7 p.m. on weekdays will become a scarceif not extinctcommodity by winter. The word on the street since February has been that the city will do away with free on-street parking by year’s end, as the INDY has previously reported (“We Have No Parking,” May 11). Thursday it came […]
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New Allegations of Racial Mistreatment in City’s Water Management Department Raise Old Concerns
In 2014, allegations of employee mistreatment and racial disparities in the Durham’s water management department were first brought to light when a group of former employees, who said they were wrongly terminated or disciplined while working for the city, went to the Human Relations Commission. The HRC then spent months investigating the department, including interviewing […]
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Ex-Provost’s Stepson Named in Latest Title IX Suit Against Duke
A lawsuit filed in Durham County—and then shuttled to the North Carolina Middle District— earlier this month alleges the stepson of former Duke University provost Peter Lange participated in at least one sexual assault of a female student. The complaint states a former Duke University student was “subjected to a drug-facilitated rape” by two students, […]
