Company officials estimate that about 90 percent of the jobs will be entry level positions that pay an average wage of $56,408, plus benefits
Thomasi McDonald
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Sanitation Workers in Durham Worked on MLK Jr. Day
The pastor and civil rights pioneer was assassinated while supporting a sanitation workers strike in Memphis in 1968. Nearly six decades later, Durham County sanitation workers didn’t get the holiday off.
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NCCU Will Celebrate Football National Championship This Weekend
The NCCU Eagles won their fourth HBCU championship, defeating Jackson State University Tigers.
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Fidelity Launches $250 Million Initiative to Help Black and Brown Students Graduate College
The Triangle has been selected as one of the three regions where the pilot program will start, along with Boston and Dallas.
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NC School of Science and Math Readies for Its Annual Powwow
On February 4, the NC School of Science and Mathematics will host its 31st annual Powwow celebration.
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New Piedmont Laureate Dasan Ahanu Ushers In a New Literary Era
Ahanu was appointed as the 15th Piedmont Laureate, the second Black poet named to the post.
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For a Durham Man, a Pardon of Innocence Is the Only Way He Can Escape His Past
Derrick Allen was declared innocent of raping and killing a child, but he’s still imprisoned by his past.
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Rousing Tune “Bull City Anthem” Brings a City Together
Khedron Mims, owner of Rivals Barbershop, released the track on New Year’s Day.
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Afghan Man Killed Two Weeks After Becoming U.S. Citizen
Ainzargul Totakhil was found shot on New Year’s Eve while driving for Uber in East Durham.
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Durham Activists Petition for a Reduced Jail Population
The petition comes as detainees are confined alone in their cells for up to 23 hours a day due to what the sheriff says are ongoing COVID-19 protocols.
