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Eli Global Founder Gets 12 Years for $2B Fraud

Thousands of policyholders are still collectively owed over $1 billion, with a court-appointed special master now tasked with sorting out repayment.

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Durham Shooting Deaths Doubled in Q1 2026

Deadly shootings, non-fatal injuries, rape investigations, and assaults all climbed together, a pattern that goes beyond any single incident.

May 31, 2026

Andia's Ice Cream Opens Inside Nanny Goat

The rotating scoop shop runs four days a week with 11 changing flavors, adding a dessert stop to the Geer House bodega one block from Durham Central Park.

May 30, 2026

RDU Awards $400M Runway Replacement to Balfour Beatty

The contract lands as RDU is already mid-build on a $775M terminal expansion, stacking two of its largest construction awards ever in the same window.

May 29, 2026

Durham Locks In Engineer for $30M Sewer Project

The Goose Creek basin is full, and Durham keeps approving housing nearby. A two-phase, $30 million fix now has a design team.

May 26, 2026

Camden Takes Over 400-Unit Hopson Road Project

High Street Residential spent years winning approvals; now a national apartment REIT steps in to build, betting on Durham's southwest corridor.

May 26, 2026·Southpoint

Durham Weighs Election System Overhaul

Four ideas are on the table, from dropping primaries to changing who votes in ward races.

May 26, 2026

Durham Launches Savings Accounts for Kids

A bipartisan coalition is betting federal wealth-building accounts can reach Durham children who have the least access to financial mobility.

May 25, 2026

NCCU Is the Only UNC Campus Rated Financially Unhealthy

North Carolina's budget stalemate is starving the Durham HBCU of $159 million in enrollment funding it says it needs to recover.

May 23, 2026·Hayti

Duke Plans $23M Data Center on Central Campus

The project would raise campus energy demand and end Duke's carbon-neutral status, drawing scrutiny from faculty and nearby neighbors.

May 22, 2026·Duke/East Campus

Durham Eyes One Free Parking Hour Downtown

A $74,000 annual pilot could draw weekday foot traffic near DPAC and the Carolina Theatre, but Downtown Durham Inc. wonders if one hour is enough.

May 22, 2026·Downtown

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Events

An Evening with Cowboy Junkies (Night 1)

Haw River Ballroom

Red Hat Amphitheater

Durham Refugee Day Film Screening

Durham County Library

An Evening with Cowboy Junkies (Night 2)

Haw River Ballroom

CLUB SLAYYY : SLAYYYTER + HYPERPOP NIGHT

Motorco Music Hall

Bayside w/ Adjust the Sails

Paddington Screening w/ Marmalade Making

Durham County Library

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS

Motorco Music Hall

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Civic

Board of Education

Regular Meeting · May 28, 2026

Board of County Commissioners

Work Session · May 28, 2026

Board of County Commissioners

Regular Meeting · May 26, 2026

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