Durham County will settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by its former manager for $790,000, records released by the county this week show. Wendell Davis, who is African American, sued the county last ...

Local leaders are working to decide how to budget for the upcoming year. The City of Durham and Durham County have separate budgets. The city takes care of funding police and fire, trash and parks, ...

As Durham deals with an increase in overall homicides and more than 500 shootings this year, officials are launching the first phase of a Violence Reduction Plan.

A woman accused of fraud and impersonating a bank agent had her bond reduced after her first court appearance on Wednesday. Yanru Cui had her bond reduced to $60,000. She also received a ...

Durham Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved a $1.04 billion county budget on June 9, and Durham City Council approved a $772 million financial plan for the city on June 16. Both budgets will ...

In January, the county’s tax administration office completed its two-year reappraisal process, which reassessed the property values for all of the roughly 126,000 parcels within Durham County. Notices ...

Durham had a predictable night for local races. Residents voted for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot, with most winning results ranging from 70 to 80 percent of the vote share, including ...

Durham’s longest serving mayor is being honored for his service to the community with a building name change. Durham County’s Administration Building II, at 201 E. Main St. downtown, will be renamed ...

Residents across County Durham are being reminded of changes to bin collections over the Christmas period. Collections will take place as normal up to and including Christmas Eve. Durham County ...