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As Durham Mayor Bill Bell campaigns for his third straight term in office, the Washington, D.C. native faces a number of tough issues, from economic development to crime. Unlike his opponents, however, Bell has already had the opportunity to show citizens what he's made of in the mayoral seat.
RALEIGH - As many Blue Devils slept off the previous night's revelry or chugged beers at tailgate Saturday morning, one Duke student prepared to share the limelight with Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek.
The national media can't seem to get enough of Durham's alleged gang problem, despite city officials' efforts to convince them otherwise.
Durham County joined a short list of municipalities in July 2004 when it enacted a living wage by raising the minimum pay for workers to 7.5 percent above the poverty level.
Dr. Etta Pisano, School of Medicine '83, never dreamed she would follow in her father's footsteps.
City residents and Duke students staged a march against the war in Iraq Saturday afternoon in downtown Durham, ending with a rally on Duke's East Campus.
RALEIGH - "Katrina" was the buzzword on everyone's lips Thursday evening as protester Cindy Sheehan and her supporters met to speak out against the war in Iraq at the the McKimmon Center in Raleigh-one of 51 cities on the "Bring Them Home Now" tour.
Ever since Duke’s plans for revamping Central Campus were announced, area business owners have begun to focus their thoughts on the future of Ninth St. But long before the new Central becomes a reality, construction will be complete on the Triangle Regional Rail—a transportation system that will irrevocably alter the way many area residents move from place-to-place.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency designated North Carolina as a primary destination for Hurricane Katrina evacuees Monday, as hundreds of victims arrived in the state from regions devastated by the storm.
Discriminating North Carolina drinkers will soon have a more diverse array of beverage choices at their disposal.
This fall there will be a new face amid the continuing controversy over tensions between students and residents off East Campus. The Office of Judicial Affairs, a branch of Student Affairs, has created a new position to field neighbors’ grievances regarding excessive noise and disrespectful behaviors from students living and partying off campus.
After years of battling noise, litter and other alcohol-related problems, distressed residents around East Campus have decided it is time to develop new responses to the ongoing disruptions.
U.S. News and World Report unveiled its 2006 graduate and professional school rankings last week, and the results showed little improvement for the University.
RALEIGH — Life or death? Currently in North Carolina, judges and juries are at times required to determine whether a convicted murderer deserves the harshest punishment of all: death. But recently, many state residents have begun to question the legitimacy of this system—and demand that the government do so as well.
Facing an audience filled with protesters, the Durham City Council convened Monday night to discuss an issue it has grappled with for weeks—whether to award a considerable construction bid to Hairston Enterprises, a Durham-based construction firm known for its employment of minorities.
Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court began reviewing an issue that has plagued believers and non-believers alike since the ratification of the Constitution—the separation of church and state. At the heart of that current discussion stands Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky.
An ex-military recruitment officer, his wife, a local activist, a spoken word artist and a soldier’s wife may have seemed like a mismatched crowd. But sitting before a dozen local educators and activists in Durham Thursday night, they were part of a group that hopes to change the face of military recruitment across the state—and perhaps the country.
Documentary filmmaker Steven Channing believes Durham is “the most interesting city in this part of America.”
City and county leaders turned their ears to the public Monday night to discuss future planning of the Durham area. In a rare event, the City Council and County Board of Commissioners oversaw a joint public hearing in order to discuss the local government’s plan for future development.
Diversity. Duke University is quick to tout this particular aspect of its ever-growing community of students, faculty and staff. But only in the last half-century has the University been able to claim the word as one of its defining features.
