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Protected: Legal Nonprofit Emancipate NC Sues Durham Sheriff’s Office Over Redacted Jail Policies
The complaint asks the office to disclose most of their policies or provide more specific justifications for the redactions, which the sheriff’s office says fall under the act’s exemption for sensitive security information.
Four Triangle Chefs, Restaurants Land James Beard Semifinalist Noms
Raleigh chefs and restaurants today scored four semifinalist nominations for the annual James Beard Awards. Cheeni Indian Food Emporium owner Preeti Waas is a Best Chef Southeast semifinalist for the second year in a row. Waas, who recently launched a second Cheeni location in Durham, told the INDY that the nomination “feels just as surreal as the first time.”
Hillside High School Students Propose Their Own Solutions to Durham’s—and the World’s—Most Pressing Problems
On a January morning at Durham’s Hillside High School, more than 100 civics students presented possible solutions to some of the most pressing issues of our time: gun violence, the housing crisis, climate change, criminal justice, and education. The students, who spent the last month dreaming up these solutions,...
Op-Ed: Durham Should Pay the $6 Million That the City Owes Darryl Howard
Who would suspect that Concord would be more progressive than Durham on the subject of compensating victims of police corruption?. Yet last week, Concord made good on a $25 million judgment for Ronnie Long, a man who spent 40 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit—and the city also wrote a sincere note of apology. But in Durham, Darryl Howard is still waiting for a $6 million judgment that a jury awarded him in 2021. Mr. Howard is an innocent man who spent 24 years in prison for a rape and murder that he didn’t commit. DNA evidence proved he didn’t do it. The case was weak all along. At trial, one of the prosecution’s coerced witnesses declared: “You can’t force me to come and tell something I didn’t see!”
Backtalk: Beer drinkers who were demanding better choices
Last week, for the web, we wrote about Sam’s Bottle Shop—formerly Sam’s Quik Shop and Blue Light, all Durham institutions owned by the Boy family—and its current owner John Boy Jr.’s plans to close the shop’s doors for good next month. Sam’s Quik Shop was one of the first to bring curated, craft beer to the Triangle market, as reader Julie Johnson recalled in an email, and the shop’s knowledgeable staff, not to mention its vast collection of specialty beer, will be missed by many:
Bus Driver Shortages and Power Failures Add Up to a Tumultuous Few Days for Durham Public Schools
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. On Thursday afternoon at Club Boulevard Magnet Elementary School—the second day of a district-wide bus driver shortage that has left schools and parents scrambling—teacher Cierra Boyce was exasperated. “It was extremely hectic. As I was subbing for a...
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