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The closing of the W. G. Pearson Magnet Middle School draws attention to Durham's battle with disparities
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May 18Anita Daniels deserves the nod to replace Joe Bowser on the Board of County Commissioners
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Proposed Durham budget raises tax rate 1 cent, implements special downtown tax
Thedurhamnews.com News
May 22The $372.7 million plan is about $10.2 million or 2.8 percent more than last year. It raises the city tax rate one cent to 56.75 cents per $100 of tax valuation. »
Durham’s Five Points: Everything old is new again
Thedurhamnews.com News
May 20Architect Scott Harmon is giving one point of Durham’s central downtown intersection a whole new personality. Last week, he led tours of the construction site where a run-down, city-owned, century-old building is getting turned into something fresh and... »
City ponders insurers’ bids
Thedurhamnews.com News
May 20Once city staff decided a Minnesota insurance company had a better deal on employees’ health coverage than local Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Chapel Hill firm started making offers to keep the Durham business. Last week, BCBS President Brad Wilson apolo... »
Durham police charge two men in 13-year-old’s slaying
Thedurhamnews.com News
May 18Shakanah China was playing with her younger sister and brother and texting on her new cell phone when she was shot May 10, 2011, a few days after her birthday. »
NCCU Fellows to work with Durham youths
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May 17Three N.C. Central University graduate students have been selected as North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows for 2012-13. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Why Malcolm X matters
RevElution
May 21 The plaza was submerged in black. From the impromptu Soul Train lines to the reminders of black & white televisions with wire hangers dangling from the back, the Bimbe Festival highlighted what happens when old school ways hangs out with the new sch... »
The closing of the W. G. Pearson Magnet Middle School draws attention to Durham's battle with disparities
RevElution
May 18I keep praying that we will get past the growing pains of school merger. After all that fighting, and Bill Bell putting his political career on the chopping block, the deal was made in 1992. It wasn’t easy convincing the black community to surrender ... »
Anita Daniels deserves the nod to replace Joe Bowser on the Board of County Commissioners
RevElution
May 16It’s only six months. Right? Selecting someone to complete the term vacated by Joe Bowser is no big deal. Right? Members of the Durham Board of County Commissioners can easily make that decision. Right? Hold on, wait a minute. This is Durham, NC, and... »
Bulls' interminable skein continues in opener of 10-game homestand
Examiner Durham Nc Edition
Apr 28The Durham Bulls returned from the worst road trip in club history hoping that some home cooking might make things better.Not yet, anyway, and for one night now even close.Nick Evans homered, doubled and singled twice for four... »
Did Sgt. Smith Forget His Memory Pills?
DurhamInWonderland
Apr 27The Liestoppers forum has posted the deposition transcript of Duke police first sergeant Gary Smith. Smith’s name would be known to people who followed the case very closely as the Duke employee who, in violation of FERPA, handed over the lacrosse play... »
