The city of Durham is taking steps to acquire a defunct rail line and convert it into an urban greenway. The City Council approved a master plan for the Durham Belt Line project at its regular meeting this past Monday in a six-to-one vote. At its next regular meeting, on August 20, the council will […]
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Durham PD Identifies Man Killed in Shooting, Officers Involved
The Durham Police Department identified the man fatally shot by officers Wednesday night as thirty-seven-year-old Shaun Jeffery Christy. In a statement this afternoon, the agency also announced that two officers in the patrol division — Cpl B.M. Glover and Officer G.F. Paschall — have been placed on administrative leave following the shooting, per standard procedure.
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Durham Police Fatally Shoot Man At New Hope Commons Shopping Center
Durham police officers shot and killed a man Wednesday after he pointed a gun at them, according to a statement from the Durham Police Department. As of early Thursday morning, neither the man nor the officers involved had been identified.
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The Fight Over Who Should Own an Old Church Is Really a Battle Over the Soul of Old East Durham
On a recent rainy afternoon, construction crews are taking shelter under the porches of the Driver Street bungalows on which they’re working. The street is dotted with homes under renovation, sandwiched between understated Victorians, duplexes with peeling paint, and the occasional new construction. Towering above them all is Shepherd’s House United Methodist Church, a red […]
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By 2020, the Durham Housing Authority Will Begin Redeveloping One of Its Downtown Properties, But It Doesn’t Know Which One
The city of Durham will pitch in just over $2 million to help the Durham Housing Authority plan for the redevelopment of about fifty acres of downtown property that DHA owns. The housing authority plans to redevelop more than eighteen hundred public housing units in the coming years through the U.S. Department of Housing and […]
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An Exhibit at the Museum of Durham History Chronicles the Oldest Muslim Community in North Carolina
West Chapel Hill Street has changed significantly since Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center opened its doors in 1971. Where the Islamic Center once operated a bakery and loaded up its food truck (the third in Durham, the story goes) stands The Cookery, an event space and culinary incubator. Ar-Razzaq’s fish market, mechanic shop, restaurant, and music venue […]
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Drag Diva Vivica C. Coxx, Redneck Revolt’s Dwayne Dixon and Duke Professor Joseph Winters Discuss Tearing Down Power Structures
A drag queen, an anarchist and a religious studies professor walk into a bar.
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Autopsy: Heroin, Fentanyl Killed Man Who Died in Durham Jail in May
An autopsy report released today by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner says Dashawn Devonte Evans, a twenty-three-year-old who died in the Durham jail in May, died of heroin and fentanyl toxicity. Evans had been in the jail for about seven months prior to his May 27 death. An initial report from the Sheriff’s […]
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With a Half-Mile of Our Hotel, the Quintessentially Southern Southern Pines Offered an Idyllic Weekend Getaway
I first visited Southern Pines when I was living in Lumberton, a town of about twenty thousand in rural Robeson County. My time as a reporter there was rewardingI met earnest people and learned a lotbut I’d be lying if I said it was an exciting place to live. So, my significant other and I […]
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When an Informal Lease and an Informal Eviction Combine, Tenants Can Have Few Means to Hold Landlords Accountable
Four hundred and five days ago, a judge ordered Laticia Singleton to leave the Liberty Street apartment she shared with her sons. That month, June 2017, 871 eviction cases were filed in Durham County.
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