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About 10% of registered voters cast their ballots in Durham's primary municipal elections on Tuesday. The top two vote recipients in each category will go on to the election in November.
After not receiving payments for a year, landlords are beginning to evict for non-payment of rent after a recent Supreme Court ruling. Who's primarily affected by the evictions? What's driving up the cost of living in the area? And what is Durham doing to help its tenants?
With midterm season in full swing, you’ve been counting down the days until fall break kicks off. If you need to get off campus during your long weekend, here is a world of activities and opportunities to explore in Durham.
“Our board is absolutely committed to maintaining the safety of all of our students and staff, and they see that vaccination is the way to go,” said Chip Sudderth, chief communications officer of Durham Public Schools.
“As an elected official, I’m a brand ambassador of the city of Durham. All the wonderful things that go on in our city, I believe it, I trumpet it and I represent it, not only here, but around the country."
"First, you have to do the work in the community that is impacted or knows … and then you have to do the work with your colleagues so that they know why this is important to you, and what you're hoping the outcomes will be.”
The vans, equipped with a multitude of data-collecting devices, collect and compile information about every street maintained by Durham Public Works to help plan street maintenance funding.
Though election days are still weeks away, Durhamites will be able to take advantage of early voting in municipal elections starting this Wednesday, Sept. 16. For those unsure of when or where to go, The Chronicle has put together a quick guide to early voting in Durham.
“If you knew that today was your last day on Earth, what would you be proud of? Did you have the opportunity to do that one thing that you would be known for? I believe that everyone has a talent, everyone has a skill set, and you just have to realize it.”
The CDC’s COVID-19 tracker reported Thursday that there were 889 COVID-19 cases in Durham County in the past seven days. There were 77 new hospital admissions and less than 10 deaths in the same time period.
The city of Durham recognized Burruss in November 2018, when she received the Neighbor Spotlight Award for her “efforts to improve her community.”
![City Council Ward III candidate AJ Williams hopes to bring community members and leaders together with the goal of “holistically [changing] the way we think about public safety.”](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/dtc/edc6fd87-af10-467c-bd56-ed1a6fdf932e.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=220&ar=4%3A3&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format&dpr=1.5)
Williams, a Durham native, said that his platform is “going to take the buy-in of community leaders, of faith leaders, of elected officials, community organizers, families.”
Johnson said that she hopes to make city government as accessible as possible and geared towards amplifying marginalized voices.
Davis said that she feels so strongly about fighting poverty because she has had to overcome obstacles many Durhamites experience today: food and home insecurity, underemployment and gun violence.
While Duke has seen the most positive tests of the four schools, it is the only university of the four to require regular surveillance testing for vaccinated students.
“The point of it was to see Durham—see Durham with a vision of how we could all live, work and play safely. The vision is for an equitable Durham.”
Durham's restaurant industry saw a dip during the pandemic, and the primary cause seems to be understaffing.
The recent changes to Duke and Durham's COVID-19 protocols are driven by an increase in cases in Durham and North Carolina, with more cases now occurring in children and young adults.
The main reason for the new measure is the recent spike in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to officials.
President Joe Biden nominated Mark Gitenstein, Trinity ‘68, as ambassador to the European Union on Tuesday.