County Commissioners appear likely to give Durham Regional Hospital’s leaders permission to change the county owned facility’s name to Duke Regional Hospital.
The move is coming at the request of hospital board members who say they fear losing patients long-term as Durham residents increasingly identify Duke as the county’s leading health care provider.
The search for a new chancellor at N.C. Central University is entering its final stages.
The university’s chancellor search committee meets today for closed-session interviews with “the final four or five candidates” for the post, said committee chair Harold Epps. The committee members are bringing in the candidates for a second series of interviews as they attempt to narrow the field to three finalists.
Plans to convert downtown’s former Mutual Community Savings Bank into a boutique hotel cleared another hurdle this week, receiving an OK from Durham’s Historic Preservation Commission.
If you are out and about the night of April 23 and someone comes up and gives you a copy of Tina Fey’s book “Bossypants,” Ray Bradbury’s novel “Fahrenheit 451,” or Sandra Cisneros’ novel “The House on Mango Street,” do not be alarmed.
Greensboro police say a woman shot and killed her son and injured her daughter and boyfriend before killing herself Monday.
A judge has sealed for another 45 days the search warrants and the 911 calls associated with the death of Faith Hedgepeth.
For the third consecutive year, the Durham Performing Arts Center has placed among the most attended theaters in the United States, as tracked by an industry- leading trade magazine.
Proposed changes to middle school assignments to relieve crowding at Githens and increase attendance at Brogden seemed fine with most parents who spoke on the topic at Tuesday's Durham Public Schools meeting.
DURHAM - Michael W. Smith, Durham County’s Emergency Medical Service director, recently announced plans to retire effective June 30 after 37 years with the department.
Durham County had the fourth-largest year-over-year decrease in average weekly wage among large U.S. counties in the second quarter of 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The county’s average weekly wage fell 3.6 percent to $1,180 in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the same period in the prior year, according to preliminary data released by the bureau on Tuesday.
Police charged a man Tuesday with a second December bank robbery in Durham.
The Durham Grand Jury indicted Carlos Antonio Riley Jr. Monday for allegedly shooting a Durham police officer in the leg Dec. 18.
A Durham man pleaded guilty to felony child abuse after his 17-month-old stepson was found to have serious internal injuries in 2010.
Public charter schools in Durham could more than double in the next two years.
As of last week, the state Department of Public Instruction had received 161 letters of intent for new charters. Of those, 11 are in Durham, including one virtual school.
From the ashes of a fire, the John Avery Boys & Girls Club of Durham plans to rise to new heights thanks to a grant to replace destroyed equipment and a capital campaign to rebuild and expand the nonprofit.