The civil court case around the controversial 751 South development is scheduled for trial Monday, but attorneys for the developer have asked for a continuance. Attorney J. Calvin Cunningham, representing Southern Durham Development, filed Monday for a continuance in the case, saying his son Cal Cunningham Jr., also an attorney on the case, had been […]
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How potent is pepper spray? That shit can stop a bear.
See the Huffington Post slideshow on parodies of pepper spray-wielding cop Lt. John Pike. Police officers from coast to coast have made headlines in the past few months when they have used tactics including pepper spray to subdue protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Most recently, the public turned its attention to campus police […]
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Prosecutors push lawmakers to revisit Racial Justice Act repeal
The N.C. Conference of District Attorneys, which has opposed the 2009 Racial Justice Act since it was enacted, pushed conservative lawmakers this week to renew their attempt to repeal the milestone legislation. On Monday, the prosecutors’ group sent a letter to Sen. Phil Berger, a Republican from Eden, pushing for the General Assembly to repeal […]
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Ruffin’s raise ruffles Republicans; other salaries boosted
Other salary boosts • Durham County Sheriff Worth Hill: a $5,189 increase, equivalent to 4.25 percent. New salary: $127,279. (Hill recently retired. Salary information for his replacement, Mike Andrews, was not immediately available.) • Register of Deeds Willie Covington: a raise of $7,693, or about 7 percent. New salary: $119,693 • Clerk to the Board […]
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UPDATE: Clerk’s 31-percent raise was for professional certification
courtesy Durham CountyDurham County Manager Mike Ruffin UPDATE, 11/15: County Manager Mike Ruffin responded this morning to let us know the 31-percent raise for commissioners’ clerk Michelle Parker-Evans was awarded after she obtained a two-year professional certification for clerks, which she didn’t have when she was originally hired. “This certification was factored in to her […]
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State considers five new Triangle charter schools
Matty Symons/ Dreamstime.com State education officials are reviewing 27 applications for new charter schools across the state, including two in Durham County, two in Wake County and one in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district. A new state law passed this year raised the limit on charter schools in North Carolina, which previously had been capped […]
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Final tally: Rougemont incorporation denied by 10 votes
Durham County elections officials tallied up more than 400 provisional ballots Friday, and in the end, not much changed from the results published Tuesday night. The northern Durham community of Rougemont still will not become a town, after a close vote by residents in that area. With 326 of 644 registered voters in the area […]
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Rougemont hopes dashed; Durham voters OK taxes
That little town that could? After Tuesday’s vote, it might not be able to. According to unofficial results, voters in the northern Durham County community of Rougemont rejected the opportunity to incorporate into a town by just 11 votes. Provisional ballots have yet to be counted, so it’s unclear where the final tally will leave […]
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Rougemont hopes dashed; Durham voters OK taxes
That little town that could? After Tuesday’s vote, it might not be able to. According to unofficial results, voters in the northern Durham County community of Rougemont rejected the opportunity to incorporate into a town by just 11 votes. Provisional ballots have yet to be counted, so it’s unclear where the final tally will leave […]
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Orr to step down from constitutional law post
courtesy NCICLJustice Bob Orr Former N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice Bob Orr is stepping down as executive director of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, according to an announcement on the nonprofit organization’s website. Orr, who had been the group’s founding director and ran the organization for seven years, will return to private practice. Orr […]