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Durham News June 9, 2026
Durham County Commissioners Up DPS Funding—and Taxes to Pay for It—in Final Budget Vote
In a tight budget year, the county’s funding allotment for Durham Public Schools falls short of what the district requested, but gives classified workers a minimum wage bump. INDY Week | News…
Durham News May 22, 2026
Hearing Jazz and Seeing Art the Fred Joiner Way, With a Poetry Debut 50 Years in the Making
“The Mirror in Our Music,” a new collection by former Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner, is rich in references to art, music, and collaboration. INDY Week | News…
Durham News May 5, 2026
City of Durham Passes 60-Day Data Center Moratorium
City and county officials indicated they would explore a longer ban. INDY Week | News…
Durham News April 17, 2026
Lawsuit Alleges Repeated Sexual Assault by Durham Rescue Mission’s Former Volunteer Coordinator
In the suit, an anonymous plaintiff says Mission leadership discouraged him from reporting the abuse. INDY Week | News…
Durham News March 30, 2026
“Laughter Is Medicine”: Talking With the Creators of Bear Grease About Reimagining a Hit Musical
Hip hop duo LightningCloud’s grassroots musical, which plays in Durham April 2-3, infuses a familiar story with lively Indigenous touchpoints. INDY Week | News…
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Durham County
- Durham County Commissioners Up DPS Funding—and Taxes to Pay for It—in Final Budget Voteby Regan Butler on June 9, 2026 at 9:46 am
In a tight budget year, the county’s funding allotment for Durham Public Schools falls short of what the district requested, but gives classified workers a minimum wage bump.
- Wake County Commissioners Poised to Support Well Fed Garden as New Site for Athens Drive Community Library by Jane Porter on June 8, 2026 at 6:26 pm
It’s not official yet but county officials negotiated a $1.6 million deal to buy the site, just across the street from the current library location.
- Durham Mother Sues Property Owner Over Son’s Death in Laundry Roomby Greg Childress, NC Newsline on June 8, 2026 at 9:03 am
The lawsuit says Jason Pulliam died of heart failure after he became trapped in the laundry room of his mother's downtown apartment building.
- Four North Carolina Choreographers Bring Dynamic Works to the American Dance Festivalby Lauren Wingenroth on June 5, 2026 at 12:22 pm
Courtney Liu, Jabu Graybeal, Tracey Durbin, and Amanda K. Miller's Made in NC commissions will premiere on June 22.
- CHCCS to Close Glenwood Elementary Amid Declining District Enrollmentby Tori Newby on June 5, 2026 at 9:27 am
In a highly anticipated vote, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board voted Thursday to shutter the magnet school in 2027, sparing Ephesus and Seawell elementaries.
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