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Disparity Study report postponed

A presentation on city and county programs to encourage contracting with companies owned by minorities or women that was scheduled for the City Council’s work session Thursday has been delayed…Click to Continue »

 

Durham 'good and getting better,' mayor states

Mayor Bill Bell gave his weather-delayed 13th State of the City address Thursday, telling a cable-television audience and a small crowd in the City Council chamber that "the state of…Click to Continue »

 

Wake County year-round students may still have classes Feb. 21

Wake County school officials will announce Friday if conditions have improved enough to still allow year-round schools to hold a makeup day on Saturday, Feb. 21.Click to Continue »

 

Triangle cold snap a test for plants, too

The NC Botanical Garden, Duke Gardens and the JC Raulston Arboretum all say that this week's cold and snow will test the hardiness of the plants in their collections. And…Click to Continue »

 

Debate deepens over possible closure of 3 UNC system centers

Two centers connected to the UNC law school respond to heavy criticism by some members of the UNC Board of Governors.Click to Continue »

 

Parsons' home a house of horror, family says

Erica Parsons lived a stark life of punishment and terror at the hands of her adoptive parents and siblings before vanishing in 2011, according to testimony Wednesday during a sentencing…Click to Continue »

 

Study finds disparities in Durham contracting

Durham and Durham County have long-standing policies to encourage contracting with minority- and women-owned businesses, but those policies aren’t working very well. Such companies are significantly underutilized as prime contractors…Click to Continue »

 

Holocaust survivor shares WWII story with Efland students

She will never forget how Germany’s concentration camps changed her life during World War II, Holocaust survivor Rebecca Yomtov Hauser told eighth-graders at Gravelly Hill Middle School.Click to Continue »

 

Film industry supporters in NC call for expanding new grant program

With state legislators unwilling to bring back the film incentive program, supporters of the industry said Thursday that they’ll instead push to expand the state’s new grant program.Click to Continue »

 

VP Joe Biden and DOT chief Anthony Foxx push transportation proposal

Vice President Joe Biden joined U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx near Charlotte’s Amtrak station Thursday to push for a long-range plan to finance national transportation infrastructure projects.Click to Continue »

 

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