Durham City Council passed four rezoning requests during its Monday meeting, two of which were approved by a narrow vote after residents raised concerns about their impact on surrounding properties.
In a North Carolina Supreme Court race with over five million ballots counted, a Duke Law student trails by just 623 votes. Now, he’s suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
City officials highlighted recent efforts to invest in the community through youth engagement, jobs and housing programs.
Should Duke students — temporary residents of the city who often don’t pay property taxes — have a say in on local bond referenda?
A longtime adviser to Trump, Miller began working for the then-candidate as a speechwriter in his 2016 presidential campaign. He later became a senior adviser in Trump’s first presidential administration and was involved in many of his hardline immigration policies, most notably the 2018 move to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence strategy.
Trump’s decisive victory was not viewed with the same energy by all Duke students and Durham residents — with some sharing their excitement and others expressing worries for their rights under a MAGA presidency.
The event was set to occur regardless of which candidate won the 2024 presidential election. The rally's message, “whoever wins, we lose,” advocated against the notion of having to “choos[e] the lesser of two evils.”
Since 1996, WNM has provided Walltown’s residents with assistance in the form of a food pantry, clothing and personal hygiene products for the homeless, and an Angel Tree program to provide children in need with Christmas presents.
The messages have included hateful language, most notably saying that the recipients were “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”
Several Blue Devils, including alumni, former employees and a law student, ran for office in Tuesday's statewide and federal elections. Here’s a look at how they fared.
Durham City Council passed two rezoning requests for the development of new townhouses, despite concerns raised by residents, and named Kunshan, China, an official sister city of Durham during its meeting Monday evening.
Trump’s victory — called by AP at 5:37 a.m. after Wisconsin brought the Republican candidate's electoral vote count to 277 — concluded a heated election cycle. The final result was released just over 11 hours after the first polls closed, in stark contrast to 2020’s presidential race, which took nearly four days to call.
The Associated Press called the race at 8:50 p.m. As of 8:38 p.m., Stein had won 53.48% of the vote, according to the NCSBE. His opponent, Republican Mark Robinson had won 42.01%.
Read The Chronicle’s live coverage of scenes from around campus and several Durham polling locations today as residents of the Tar Heel state await the final results of this historic election cycle.
With the election underway in North Carolina, The Chronicle is providing insights into national and state-level races and recapping the results.
With Election Day less than 24 hours away, the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns made last-ditch campaign efforts early this week to win over North Carolina.
A June 2024 Bass Connections report found that one in eight Duke students and nearly half of North Carolina Central University students who voted in the March 2024 primary had their vote thrown out due to provisional balloting.
Karsh accounted for 13,956 of the record 4,465,548 votes across the state, ranking sixth out of Durham County’s 12 early voting locations.
Major party nominees Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have vastly different viewpoints and track records on voting rights. Trump has supported restrictions he contends will protect election integrity, while Harris has promised to expand access to the ballot box and combat laws she considers restrictive or discriminatory.
From pushup competitions to donation drives, Duke student organizations and offices have been actively involved with relief efforts for western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
