The school’s Sociology-Psychology Building will be named for the late Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, one of Duke’s “First Five” Black undergraduates.
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Durham Social Services Will Soon Offer Tax Relief to Low-Income Homeowners
The Low-Income Homeowners Relief Program is for Durham residents who have owned their home for 10 years or more and are not currently receiving any state tax subsidies for their property,
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Following an Unprecedented 48 Hours of Shootings Around N.C. Central’s Campus, University Leaders Plead for More Resources to Address Gun Violence
A Durham police spokesperson says gun violence has been on a downward trajectory. Shooting incidents in the city have decreased by 16 percent, while the number of people shot has gone down by 12 percent compared to the same period last year.
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Comedian Khari Reid Is on a Mission to Lighten Things Up in Downtown Durham
Downtown pubs, bars, and breweries on Main Street, shuttered for months during the pandemic, are now abloom with giggles, groans, and guffaws to accompany their beers and burgers.
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Durham’s Emergency Communications Center Has a Staffing Problem
Last week, only 50 of the 911 Center’s 83 full-time positions had been filled. More pointedly, just 30 of the 60 frontline positions for call-takers, dispatchers, and shift supervisors were occupied.
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Puppy Kindergarten Started this Week at Duke’s Canine Cognition Center
The service dogs in training got their class photos taken in a very cute and entertaining live-streamed video.
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Are You Ready For Some Football? Durham to Host NAIA Championship Game
Durham County Memorial Stadium will host NAIA’s championship football game in 2021 and 2022.
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“A Trio of Champions” Will Spend the Weekend Guiding Young Black Men in Durham Towards Success
This weekend’s Durham Success Summit embodies the African proverb “each one teach one.”
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Durham Will Likely Make History this Year by Electing Its First Black or Latina Woman as Mayor
Judge Elaine O’Neal and Council member Javiera Caballero, plus five other hopefuls, face off in Durham’s primary on October 5.
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Durham’s Ward I Race Features Two Progressive Candidates Who Differ in Their Approaches to Inclusion and Achieving Equity
Marion Johnson is challenging Ward I incumbent DeDreana Freeman for her seat in what’s expected to be a close race.
