The Durham coffee brand moves from Northgate Park pop-ups to a permanent home at 123 Market St., open Fridays through Sundays.
May 18, 2026
A $7 million repair proposal goes into the city budget draft May 18, with aging courts in East Durham at the center of the fight.
May 17, 2026
Classified staff say the county's proposed $10.9M school funding boost falls short, and a cafeteria manager did the math on her own check.
May 17, 2026
The union says this would be the third time in seven years firefighters go without promised pay increases, and some may leave for other cities.
May 17, 2026
Fewer than 300 red wolves exist in human care and the wild combined. The births mark the museum's third straight year of successful breeding.
May 15, 2026
The 90,000-square-foot venue lands next to Topgolf after years in development, adding another entertainment anchor to the corridor.
May 14, 2026
Two senior-oriented housing projects and an RTP-style tech campus cleared the advisory board Tuesday. City Council votes come later.
May 14, 2026
A $12 million cleanup strategy is ready, but DEQ hasn't cleared it, leaving parks in majority-minority neighborhoods locked for a second summer.
May 14, 2026
State approval is required before construction begins. Public hearings are set for June, with a comment deadline of June 1.
May 14, 2026
Four years in, Durham's alternative crisis-response unit is saving thousands of police hours, but still can't cover overnight calls.
May 13, 2026
Gaines inherits a team that went 9-20 last season and says she plans to turn it around fast. She's done it before.
May 13, 2026
The Villages of Hayti will bring affordable apartments to a Merrick Street lot that sat vacant for nearly two decades after the demolition of Fayette Place.
May 13, 2026
Sylvan Esso's Durham festival skipped 2025. Now it's back with Tyler Childers at DPAC, club shows across downtown, and a free afternoon concert.
May 13, 2026
Slowing commercial tax revenue forced the county's hand. DPS still won't get everything it asked for.
May 13, 2026
The Grammy-winning producer left campus three decades ago to chase a music career. Saturday, he came back to finish what he started.
May 11, 2026
Five community partners will develop or preserve 270 units and serve 135 households needing housing stabilization across Durham.
May 11, 2026
Half of Durham Tech students reported housing insecurity. A $35M project a quarter-mile from campus aims to change that for students and neighbors alike.
May 11, 2026
North Carolina hasn't passed a budget since 2023. Durham County, which leans heavily on state funding, is now absorbing costs Raleigh used to cover.
May 11, 2026
After three years as one of the city's most popular sweet shops, the bakery is close to signing a deal on its own brick-and-mortar space.
May 9, 2026
The South Ellerbe Restoration Project shuts Duke Street from Trinity to Monmouth through fall, with detours to Washington Street or Buchanan Boulevard.
May 8, 2026
Hanson takes over Duke's full property portfolio as the university navigates scrutiny over its role in Durham's land and housing landscape.
May 8, 2026
A former resident says a Mission supervisor assaulted him for nearly a year, then the shelter discouraged him from going to police.
May 8, 2026
Keebler Health's platform reads unstructured clinical notes to find diagnoses that coded records miss, affecting how value-based care organizations get paid.
May 7, 2026
Diaz's run on the 23rd season ends after a bitter Sancocho eliminated him in episode nine, closing out a stretch that had judges calling his barbacoa one of the season's best dishes.
May 6, 2026
The council capped the pause at 60 days to sidestep a county review requirement, but members said they want a longer ban.
May 5, 2026
The federal government won't renew $258 million in grants to Duke and Scripps, leaving two decades of HIV vaccine work without a path forward.
May 5, 2026
Public records show the North Roxboro center spans 13.6 acres, with Harris Teeter and Duke Health anchoring the retail mix.
May 5, 2026
More than 5,000 runners from 40 states and 17 countries competed, and qualifying spots for the Boston Marathon were on the line.
May 4, 2026
With DPS classes canceled for a statewide educator walkout, community groups stepped in at seven sites to fill the meal gap for families already stretched thin.
May 3, 2026
Six resident-led projects in Lakewood, West End, and Lyon Park share $13,250 to build gardens, murals, and gathering spaces.
May 2, 2026
Four students with disabilities got as little as 30 minutes of instruction a day during a lockdown. DPS must plan ahead, but no makeup time was ordered.
May 1, 2026
Residents at Ashton Place and Willard Street Apartments say years of ignored complaints forced their hand. Management has agreed to meet.
April 30, 2026
Two and a half years after opening, soccer fields sit unused on game nights and a field house built for 45 serves teams of 80.
April 30, 2026
Federal research cuts hammered the Durham-Chapel Hill metro last year, even as Raleigh ranked among the state's biggest job winners.
April 29, 2026
Thousands of runners will wind through downtown, the American Tobacco Trail, and Duke's campus. Plan for closures starting Thursday.
April 27, 2026
After selling 10,000 buns through Durham pop-ups, Chris McLaurin's bakery gets its first permanent home.
April 27, 2026
State regulators control who gets to expand, and a split award is possible, leaving both systems with less than they want.
April 26, 2026
Cameron Boozer and Isaiah Evans are headed to the NBA draft, but key returners and a transfer addition give coach Jon Scheyer a foundation to rebuild around.
April 26, 2026
Durham's absenteeism rate already led the state's 12 largest districts. Now new data shows the problem deepening for the most vulnerable students.
April 25, 2026
The pause would give Durham more time to weigh water, power, and land impacts before more facilities or crypto mines move in.
April 24, 2026
The project could bring 734 jobs, more than 2,000 construction roles and one of Durham's biggest economic wins yet.
April 23, 2026
County leaders say a statewide levy limit could squeeze schools, jails, health services, and other programs funded mostly by property taxes.
April 23, 2026
The all-women squad brought home $100,000 and gave NCCU its first Honda Campus All-Star Challenge championship.
April 23, 2026
The new shop brings retail, custom printing and workshops back to a Durham artist tied to the city's Runaway era.
April 23, 2026
Durham's mayor used his State of the City address to call for collective action on gun violence and set a 2031 target to make homelessness rare.
April 23, 2026
A new Durham venture combines co-working, event space, and direct investment to keep startup talent from leaving for the coasts.
April 22, 2026
Harper's Home needs $275,000 to finish free housing for families traveling 40+ miles to Duke Children's Hospital.
April 22, 2026
Three elementary schools could be torn down to offset a nearly $1 billion repair backlog, but families say the cost to their neighborhoods is just as real.
April 22, 2026
A 2 a.m. council vote cleared 300 homes on Burton Road but turned away hundreds more over flooding and infrastructure fears.
April 22, 2026
More than 600 DPS teachers requested the day off to join a statewide protest over school funding and pay, leaving a quarter of the district's educators out.
April 22, 2026