Three Triangle-area attorneys testified in a Durham courtroom Monday that the actions and media coverage of embattled District Attorney Tracey Cline have caused them to lose confidence in Durham’s justice system. Lawyers across the state are talking about the public accusations Cline has made against Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson, said Staples Hughes, […]
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Attorneys for Cline to appear in emergency hearing, 3 p.m. today
Attorneys for suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline are scheduled to appear at 3 p.m. today to ask a superior court judge for more time to prepare for a hearing that could result in her removal from office. A Durham defense attorney filed a petition with the courts last month that Cline lose her job […]
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Durham officials: Greenfire Development must repair Liberty Warehouse by October
City of DurhamThis photo, included in a city report released Wednesday, shows the roof of Durham’s Liberty Warehouse. A portion of the roof collapsed in a rainstorm last May, and has not been repaired. Greenfire Development, owner of the Liberty Warehouse near Durham Central Park, must fix the decaying structure by October, according to a […]
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Hearing for Durham DA postponed until Feb. 20
Editor’s note: After this story was published, attorneys for Tracey Cline scheduled a hearing for 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17. Please check the Triangulator news blog for continuing coverage and updates on Cline’s removal hearing. Her voice cracking and wavering, suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline persuaded a judge Monday to give her another […]
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Citing pneumonia and need for lawyer, Cline gets more time
Pool Photo/Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer Suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline packs her files after an hour-long hearing on whether she should be removed from office. A judge granted Cline, who is recovering from pneumonia, a continuance to Feb. 20. Her voice cracking and swerving in pitch due to illness, suspended Durham District Attorney […]
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Durham council to consider granting 751 South utilities at Feb. 20 meeting
Wikimedia Commons This post has been modified from its original form. See deletions and italicized phrases below. Despite initial plans to wait until a civil lawsuit was over, Durham’s City Council has now decided it will consider at a meeting Feb. 20 whether to grant utilities to Southern Durham Development. The company wants to build […]
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Investigation into Liberty Warehouse resumes
Eight months have passed since the roof of the historic Liberty Warehouse partially collapsed during a heavy rain last spring. But this week, when city planners inspect the property, located on the edge of Durham Central Park, they’ll still see mold creeping up some walls and a tarp-covered hole in the roof of the 1940s-era […]
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Liberty Warehouse repairs unfinished; city could set new conditions, deadline next week
file photo by D.L. AndersonIn 2008, actors used a portion of the Liberty Warehouse as a rehearsal space. Durham’s planning department held a public meeting Thursday to determine whether Greenfire Development, which owns more than 25 properties downtown, neglected its historic Liberty Warehouse property on Rigsbee Avenue. Part of the roof over one of the […]
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Number of dropouts declines statewide and in Wake, Durham, Orange
The N.C. Department of Public Instruction released reports today on school discipline and high school dropouts. The rate of dropouts decreased statewide and in Durham, Orange, Wake and Chatham counties. The rate increased slightly in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools. Statewide, the numbers of suspensions and expulsions of students decreased, as well, according to a statement […]
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Can school districts truly affect which charter schools are approved?
Most public school officials won’t be shy if you ask them how a charter school impacts their local budgets. For every student who is eligible to enroll in a traditional public school but chooses to attend a charter, the student’s home school system must send the charter a chunk of money. In short, the money […]