Durham County (North Carolina)

Duke University was nearly encircled Saturday as an estimated 1,000 dogs and their best friends marched in a huge line along the East Campus wall at the annual Walk for the Animals fundraiser. From Great Danes to Chihuahuas, the animals came....

Will newly rediscovered evidence in the trial of Raven Abaroa reveal the truth about what happened the night Janet Abaroa was stabbed to death on April 26, 2005? On Thursday morning, after receiving information about the location of evidence in the...

Gov. Pat McCrory's proposed revamp of statewide transportation spending appears likely to continue to shortchange urban areas and may make it difficult for Wake County to finance its portion of a regional transit system, local officials say. Members...

Durham County remains a healthy place for the creative economy, according to a report released Thursday. Durham scored above the national average on the Creative Vitality Index. Creative jobs in the county also increased 22 percent from 2006 to 2011....

This semester, Wake Tech sophomore Micheal Proulx says he had a 15-minute walk from English to a finance class "that would've been perfect for a cigarette." Instead, Proulx usually waits until after his last class to smoke a Camel Crush in his Hyundai...

Jurors saw a home video Tuesday in which Raven Abaroa implies Durham police left a knife behind in the house where his wife was murdered eight years ago. A police investigator who testified in Durham County Superior Court said that did not happen....

The City Council on Monday tabled a request for a conditional-use permit that is needed for a youth center with council members saying they need more information about how the center will operate and be funded. Nathaniel Stubbs has proposed the center...

Raven Abaroa's second wife took the stand in his murder trial Monday, recalling how Abaroa threatened to hit her the night of her bridal shower. "He backed me into a corner of the bedroom and he was poking me hard in the chest," Vanessa Pond testified....

Nearly 200 protesters crowded inside the Legislative Building early Monday evening, singing, chanting and echoing many of the same concerns that demonstrators have for the past three Mondays. As members of the state House of Representatives tended to...

The search for a new city manager will likely be a complicated process that takes up to six months, UNC-Chapel Hill government professors told the Raleigh City Council this week. A meeting with two experts from the UNC School of Government on Tuesday...

I heard a great story from a former colleague last week, a story of small but telling measures to tackle seemingly overwhelming challenges. April Johnson, who I worked with at Preservation Durham, on a recent Saturday helped with a project spearheaded...

Mayor Bill Bell confirmed Thursday that he's been talking behind the scenes with the would-be developers of 751 South about the future of their controversial real-estate project. The discussions could set the stage somewhere down the line for a...