Durham NC

Chapel Hill Mayor Jess Anderson spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Thursday, February 19, discussing town news and events. She touched on the proposed timeline for the affordable housing project at the legion road property. She also talked about some upcoming progress toward extending some multi-modal...

USA Today Sports has released its bracketology, and North Carolina has moved back to a top-five seed. The Tar Heels are currently the No. 5 seed in the Midwest Region. UNC is 20-6 overall and 8-5 in ACC play. The Tar Heels will play Syracuse on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. They remain as a No. 5 seed up after a blowout...

UNC Health system has plans to add advanced proton therapy at its main campus to treat cancer patients particularly among its pediatric patients in the Triangle area. Officials say proton therapy is one of the most precise forms of radiation treatment available. And, according to a release, it will be the first in...

The cost is $2 per student. There’s no charge for adults or chaperones. Purchase tickets here. All groups must include at least one adult who will remain with their student(s) at all times. Groups with 7+ children should have multiple adults. Note: You do not need to have a...

Dozens of Orange High School students have stopped at classroom 311 to look through the mostly-covered door window in hopes of grabbing a peek of the school’s new tech lab. For days there wasn’t much to be seen. Long curtains going up over windows, tables moved in, furniture rearranged, but nothing jaw-dropping.

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Minutes after 61-year-old Richard Ferguson Jr. was fatally injured, Durham police knew the vehicle they should be looking for. “A witness told responding officers that the vehicle was an orange or red Jeep Wrangler with a hard top,” court documents state. Three days later, Wilmer Fuentes Mejia, 30, would be arrested...

Marc Donald Soucy, a 59-year-old engineer with the Cary Fire Department, was arrested Wednesday evening and booked on two counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, according to police. The arrest stems from an investigation tied to an incident reported last October and has sparked questions inside a...

The city's new crime report shows violent crime down nearly 17% in 2025. Some say the data is encouraging, but there is still much more work to be done.

On a stretch of Fayetteville Street where history and community run deep, one restaurant has been quietly setting the standard for Southern comfort food for generations. The Chicken Hut is more than a place to eat; it is a Durham institution that has been welcoming families through its doors since 1957.