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Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle Fellows Bring the Magic of Music to Local Schoolchildren
It’s a little before the busy ruh of lunch at Southwest Elementary School in Durham, but when the familiar strains of the Harry Potter theme float quietly over a chattering crowd of third graders, a magical hush falls over the assembly. All of a sudden, a sterile school gym...
Talking With DéLana R. A. Dameron About Her Debut Novel, “Redwood Court”
South Carolina poet DéLana R. A. Dameron’s debut novel, Redwood Court, begins with the voice of a grandmother to her youngest granddaughter: “You have all these stories inside you: all the stories everyone in our family knows and all the stories everyone in our family tells. You write ’em in your books and show everyone who we are.”
Wake County’s Political Landscape Could Change as Democrats and Republicans Vie for Seats on Board of Commissioners
Policy changes may lie ahead for the Wake County Board of Commissioners as three of the board’s seven members face elections this year. While Democratic incumbent Susan Evans, the board’s vice chair, is running unopposed, that doesn’t mean we won’t see political shifts. In District 5, community activist DaQuanta Copeland is challenging recent appointee Tara Waters. Since both candidates are Democrats, the winner of the seat will be decided during the March 5 primary.
Incoming! Road Trip Capers,German Parables, and Bob Marley
The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have a pretty sterling pedigree when it comes to filmmaking—Blood Simple, Fargo, Barton Fink. As such, fans were nervous when the brothers announced in 2019 that they were going to start making their films separately. Would the movies still be good? Half as good?
Satana Deberry’s Bid for the Democratic AG Nomination Tests How Far Progressive Policies Can Take Her
When Satana Deberry was cut open for an emergency C-section, she felt the searing hole where the air of the operating room came right up against her insides. The regional anesthetic failed, so she still had full sensation in her abdomen. “You’re laying down on the table,” Deberry recalls. “It’s...
Raleigh City Council Votes to Reinstate City Support of Citizen Advisory Councils
In a move that harkens back to 2020 when, without public input or notice, the Raleigh City Council voted to disband the city’s 50-year-old Citizen Advisory Council (CAC) structure, the council voted today to officially reinstate CACs. The vote was unanimous. Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said during the meeting that...
Durham Closing off 35 Additional Areas of Five City Parks After EPA Strengthens Lead Screening Levels
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. The City of Durham is fencing off 35 additional lead-contaminated areas of Walltown, East End, East Durham, Northgate, and Lyon Parks today, based on new guidance from the EPA. Portions of these parks are contaminated with lead, the legacy of municipal incinerators...
Scenes from a Sick Out: DPS Educators, Staff, and Their Supporters Rally for Higher Pay and More Transparency
This story was published in partnership with student reporters at the 9th Street Journal. Protesters gathered outside the Fuller Building in downtown Durham Wednesday afternoon were considerably energetic for people supposed to be “sick.”. Hundreds of Durham Public Schools staff and teachers, who had called out of work as...
After a Controversy-Filled Two Years in an Iconic Geer Street Space, Pioneers Durham Will Close Its Doors
A schismatic downtown Durham saga drew to a close on Tuesday when Pioneers Durham—an amalgam of church, coffeeshop, market, and co-working space located inside the iconic Hutchins showroom on Geer Street—announced that it is shuttering. The last day of operation for the business will be February 25. (The...
City of Durham Sues Durham Housing Authority Twice in Past Year Over Alleged Disability-Based Discrimination
The City of Durham has sued Durham Housing Authority (DHA) twice in the past year for alleged violations of the city’s Fair Housing Ordinance. Both cases, one filed on March 28, 2023, the other on January 22, 2024, allege disability-based discrimination against tenants. Both suits are related to requests...
DPS Will Close 11 Schools Tomorrow as Educators Call Out of Work to Attend DAE Protest
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Durham Public Sschools will close 11 schools in the district Wednesday as educators and staff plan to attend a Durham Association of Educators (DAE) protest, according to a statement from DPS sent to families Tuesday evening. A release from DAE president,...
Op-Ed: Buried Beneath the Fight for Fair Funding a School Year is Unfolding
While January marks the beginning of the year for most folks, anyone lucky enough to be connected to public schools will mark this time of the year as a halfway point. We are almost halfway through the 2023-2024 school year, and about six months away from summer. If you have been listening to the news this school year, you know we need the legislature to fund and implement the court-mandated Leandro Plan, endorsed by the State Board of Education. Leandro will be revisited next month by the NC Supreme Court. While we wait, public schools in North Carolina are fighting for their lives—and that means eight out of 10 children in our state are facing the consequences. It has disastrous implications for the communities that raise them, and the educational professionals who deserve to be paid fairly.
Duke Raleigh Hospital Maintenance Workers Vote to Join a Union
Last Thursday night, the maintenance workers at Duke Raleigh Hospital voted 14-11 to join the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 465, a union that also represents the maintenance workers at Duke University. “We’re just trying to provide for our families, be treated fairly, and have our hard work respected,”...
Committee Named to Find Next Chancellor of NC Central University
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. UNC System President Peter Hans named the committee to find the next chancellor of North Carolina Central University Friday. “We have a distinguished group that will be committed to finding the best leader for North Carolina Central,” Hans said in a statement...
Media May Be in a Crisis, but on the Court, Rival Student Journalists Keep It Lively
The Chronicle and DTH will release a joint “rivalry edition” in print on both campuses on Friday, Feb. 2. Donation pages (Chronicle and DTH) are open online until the men’s basketball tipoff on Saturday, Feb. 3. On February 3, the towering titans of Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill...
Raleigh-Based Health Center Works to Reduce Rates of Black Maternal and Infant Death
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. A Raleigh-based community health center that low-income and uninsured people have relied on for decades is opening an OBGYN clinic with the intention of addressing, head-on, the factors that have Black mothers and babies dying at higher rates than white mothers and infants.
Case Dismissed Against J.J. Henderson Resident Accused of Arson After Burning a Bagel
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Pearlie Williams, 63, was supposed to appear at the Durham County Courthouse for her final eviction hearing on December 13. Then two days beforehand, it was postponed—again. The Saturday after, she messaged The 9th Street Journal in all caps:
Durham Public Schools’ CFO Resigns Following Raucous School Board Meeting
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Update: On Friday afternoon, Durham Public Schools issued a brief statement saying that the school system’s Chief Financial Officer has resigned: “Durham Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Paul LeSieur has submitted his resignation to Superintendent Dr. Pascal Mubenga today. Dr. Mubenga has accepted the resignation, which will be effective January 31, 2024. LeSieur worked for DPS for 13 years.”
DPS Will Cover Salary Payments Already Made to Classified Employees, But Questions Remain
At a raucous meeting last night, hundreds of Durham Public Schools employees, parents, and supporters turned out to admonish the school board for its mixup over salary payments to about 1,300 classified staff members. By the meeting’s end, staff were assured that they wouldn’t have to pay back any money...
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