DURHAM – The Durham Housing Authority reached a major milestone in the redevelopment of 214 public housing units in downtown Durham, as demolition began on the last original building at 519 E. Main Street Apartments. The redevelopment of 519 E. Main and the adjacent Liberty Street Apartments is supported by a $40 million Choice Neighborhoods Grant

CHAPEL HILL – The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP is holding a press conference June 11, 11 a.m., at Lincoln Center to publicly declare our deep concerns with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District Office’s treatment of Carrboro High School Principal Helena Thomas. The branch requests that CHCCS keep Dr. Thomas in her current role, in its

It’s not every day that elementary school students get to record an album with two GRAMMY Awards nominees and then have that new album get a GRAMMY nod, as well! Then again, Easley Elementary School students (and sisters) Aaliyah and Aayana Scott are not exactly everyday people. Born into a musical family, Aaliyah and Aayana are featured on the

Jason Johnson and Orange High students. Orange High School Principal Jason Johnson is the 2025 Wells Fargo principal of the year. He is known and regarded for leading with love. Johnson first served as principal of the high school from 2012-16, before returning in 2021. When Johnson was asked what he was most excited about as he returned to Orange High,

RALEIGH – Rain could not stop Octavia Rainey from receiving a birthday gift like no other on Monday. Many of her fellow community advocates and civic leaders gathered at Tarboro Road Community Center simply because Rainey told them to be there. “I wanted all of them to come out and see the fight for 20 years,” she said. “Now, we

CARRBORO – Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee has launched her reelection campaign. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the Carrboro community for the past year and a half as mayor, and I look forward to doing more if I'm reelected to serve as mayor,” Foushee said. “I want to keep a seat at the local government table to

RALEIGH – It can be understood why Alaya Mack, Miss Shaw University and president of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority campus chapter, might be perceived to be an extrovert. Then, again, Mack, a Presidential Scholar and business administration major with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average, participated in the first TEDx Shaw University last spring,

DURHAM – Jordan Baccus, who will complete her Bachelor of Science in public health education and minor in business in May, grew up in Nichols, South Carolina. She moved to Cary at age 11 and Durham at 15. At 13, she experienced multiple strokes. She underwent four months of treatment and rehabilitation at the UNC Children’s Hospital. The