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In a town hall-style meeting Wednesday night, Duke senior administrators updated Durham residents on the status of the University?s plans for large-scale Central Campus revitalization. Dozens of residents showed up to the event, seeking to learn more about the plans and to have their opinions heard.
Durham Mayor Bill Bell delivered his annual State of the City address Monday night in the City Hall chamber. He focused on the year’s positive developments in a number of areas but warned that increased violent crimes and problems with the housing authority were “the not-so-good news.”
National attention on Ku Klux Klan activism in North Carolina peaked following the Nov. 3, 1979 Greensboro Massacre, but factions of white supremacist groups continue to exist today.
A crowd of more than 400 people marched to Greensboro's City Hall Saturday to commemorate a Nov. 3, 1979 massacre of pro-civil rights labor activists by Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis.
RALEIGH — Gov. Mike Easley defeated Republican Patrick Ballantine Tuesday, setting high expectations for his second gubernatorial term. The Democrat pledged to bring in more jobs, to improve public education and to strengthen the state’s economy.
1st Lt. Matthew Lynch, Trinity '01, died in Iraq Sunday after suffering injuries from a roadside bomb explosion Saturday near Ramadi, the capital of the Al Anbar province, the Department of Defense said Monday. Lynch, who lettered in baseball and swimming at Duke and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps a few months after graduation, is the first Duke casualty of the war in Iraq. He was 25.
The embattled arts center proposed for downtown Durham, it turns out, will get an encore.
The total number of reported crimes in Durham decreased by 10 percent over the period from January to July 2004, but homicide and rape are on the rise, said Steven Chalmers, chief of the Durham Police Department, at a Durham City Council meeting Monday night.
The Board of Durham County Commissioners named Deputy County Manager Wendell Davis the interim county manager in a special meeting Wednesday afternoon.
Richard Burr and Erskine Bowles, North Carolina candidates for U.S. Senate, accused each other of going against past votes and actions as much as they debated policy points at a Monday night debate at the University of North Carolina television studios in Research Triangle Park.
At 8 p.m. Thursday, more than 100 people gathered near Brightleaf Square in downtown Durham, candles in hand, imposing an austere silence on the popular destination.
They couldn’t make it to Republican National Convention in New York City, so they did the next best thing.
Reports released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau have shed light on the growing economic problems that affect North Carolina residents, particularly children. The state is one of just seven nationwide to see a rise in the poverty rate and one of 10 states in which the median household income declined.
At a special meeting Wednesday, the Durham City Council came one step closer to finding a replacement for former City Manager Marcia Conner. Members of the council narrowed the preliminary list of eight search firms down to two.
In a heavy blow to the already embattled performing arts center proposed for downtown Durham, industry juggernaut Clear Channel Communications Inc. pulled out Monday from its commitment to be the theater’s operator. The corporation would have borne the brunt of the operation costs while paying a percentage of the center’s profits to the city.
Rising health insurance costs have given Duke students a headache in recent years--but at least premiums won't be as expensive next year as students anticipated about a month ago.
In their final meeting of the semester, members of the Graduate and Professional Student Council reviewed the progress the organization has made this year. GPSC President Rob Saunders, Treasurer Heather Dean and the chairs of each of GPSC's subcommittees reported on how successful they had been in accomplishing their objectives.
In a three-hour marathon meeting, the Graduate and Professional Student Council elected its leaders for next year Monday night. Unlike in previous years, many of this year's races were decided by narrow margins and occasional runoffs.
Chances are, you've heard of Anthony Vitarelli.
