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RALEIGH — Former Gov. Jim Hunt spearheaded a health policy forum in Raleigh Monday and Tuesday, where policy makers, academics and CEOs gathered to discuss what needs to be done to make healthcare in North Carolina work.
Bewildered, beleaguered seniors and on-the-ball underclassmen alike gathered in Griffith Film Theater Saturday for Career Week’s keynote address and wrap-up, in hopes of gaining deeper insight into the question that was on everyone’s mind all week: What will I do after I graduate?
Two Durham residents, Richard Mullinax and Perry Pike, filed a lawsuit Monday night against Durham County after they were denied a marriage license by Register of Deeds Willie Covington. The license request marked the first challenge to North Carolina's policy of not recognizing same-sex marriages and added fuel to the fire of what is shaping up to be a state-wide controversy.
"The proof is in the pudding" was Mayor Bill Bell's response to concerns raised at Monday's City Council meeting that the redevelopment strategy for Durham's Barnes Avenue Area needs more financial research.
Community members and area students flexed their political muscles in a demonstration Tuesday to criticize the Durham-based Research Triangle Institute's involvement in rebuilding Iraq.
External consultants from Wolf, Keens and Co. presented the preliminary draft of Durham's cultural master plan to citizens Wednesday night at the Armory, outlining the findings of its nearly year-long evaluation of Durham's arts scene and its recommendations for growth and development.
What happened in 1892? Grover Cleveland was elected to serve his second presidential term, Congress extended the Chinese Exclusion Act and Ruby Drakeford was born.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Student Health Service has seen approximately 130 students afflicted with a mysterious illness, puzzling administrators and SHS officials alike. Although the epidemic seems to have tapered off, UNC has yet to identify the cause of the mini-outbreak.
City employees removed a one-ton granite monument from the grounds of Winston-Salem's City Hall Tuesday morning. The monument--a granite block engraved with the Ten Commandments on one side and the Bill of Rights on the other--was placed there by Vernon Robinson, current City Council member and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Thirty years ago, Exalted Grand Cyclops of the Durham Ku Klux Klan C.P. Ellis was enlisted by a city council member to co-chair a community committee addressing school desegregation problems. Ten days later, he tore up his Klan membership card in front of 1,000 people.
Influenza claimed the lives of eight children in North Carolina last month--an amount unusually high for entering January--but officials said there are signs the flu season is past its peak.
The academic achievement gap between Latinos and whites in North Carolina is closing, but there is still work to be done, officials say.
The Record Industry Association of America's blitz of subpoenas last October hit a little closer to home than most Duke students may care to know--the organization has requested that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provide the identity of a system user who allegedly violated copyright laws with peer-to-peer software.
The North Carolina 2002-03 Annual Report on School Crime and Violence showed a drop in school crime on a state-wide level, but crime figures for Durham Public Schools increased significantly from the previous year.
The future for trade relations with Cuba is looking sweet.
Amidst a flurry of appeals and paperwork, defense attorneys are pursuing multiple legal avenues to stop the execution of Timothy Keel, whom they allege to be mentally retarded. N.C. Gov. Mike Easley listened to arguments from the state and defense at a clemency hearing Wednesday.
Durham City Council members reviewed the safety issues surrounding the demolition and construction of a bicycle and pedestrian bridge near Burton Elementary School at its meeting Monday night, along with an economic development loan program aimed at supporting small businesses.
Voters will make their way to the polls today to choose three of the six city council candidates who emerged from primaries last month to fill the contested positions and will decide whether to re-elect Mayor Bill Bell to a second term. Durham County residents will also cast their ballots on a school bond referendum and a proposal to lengthen the terms of county commissioners.
The Triangle Transit Authority will hold its second round of discussions this month on the aesthetic design of 16 rail transit stations that will link Durham, Raleigh, Cary and Chapel Hill.
Durham citizens head to the polls today to cut the list of candidates for three open at-large city council positions from 14 to six--those who make the cut after the municipal primary will then proceed to the general election Nov. 4.
