Durham NC

On September 10, the Chapel Hill town council took a unanimous vote to forever change the character of the idyllic collegiate village. “[This] is a travesty, a cop-out and a dereliction of duty,” one resident wrote to the council’s email after the vote. “The ‘Southern Part of Heaven’ is no more—and hasn’t been for a...

Homes were damaged in Durham, Fuquay Varina, and in Southern Pines, where a 138-year-old building was destroyed.

Former employees have filed a complaint against Duke University and its investment advisory, accusing them of misusing forfeitures in the Duke University Faculty and Staff Retirement Plan. The case, Beroset v. Duke University et al., filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, alleges Duke...

Those who served are more likely than the general public to die by suicide, but an alternative treatment holds promise.

The UNC Police Department shared Wednesday it is searching for a suspect in an assault that reportedly took place at the Old Well on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Campus police shared a pair of photos of the suspect on its social media accounts, showing them wearing a mask and holding a rainbow umbrella. According to UNC Police’s...

Two-and-a-half weeks after an unauthorized safety alert was released by the dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, N.C. Central University’s administration and police department has offered little explanation about the alert banning former faculty member, Jason Bowers. Despite repeated attempts...

Chapel Hill Police are seeking the public’s help as they search for a missing teen. Fifteen year-old Dyani Grant of Chapel Hill, was last seen around 12 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, in the area of Seawell School Road and High School Road, near Chapel Hill High School. Police say they believe Grant ran away.

Investigators tracking down who sent the letter to Police Chief Patrice Andrews. Investigators are probing who sent a “threatening letter” that contained racial slurs and a white powder, which ultimately was tested as not harmful, to Durham Police Chief Patrice Andrews. This startling episode comes on the heels...

The area between Raynor Street and North Miami Boulevard will be closed until further notice..

RALEIGH, N.C. — The government shutdown is nearing the end of its second week, and it's leaving federal workers in limbo. Porcelain Mills says having a federal government job meant having stability, but now her primary source of income is gone. Now she is leaning into her backup plan as a business owner.