The budget is a moral document, one speaker said. ‘It tells the truth about who we value and whether the people who make this city work can afford to live in the city they serve.” ...

Monday’s city council meeting featured a public hearing on the budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year and Durham’s long-term development plan, as well as a vote on an amendment to the city’s contract ...

This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. After a year-long trial of the controversial ShotSpotter program ended in December, many Durham residents assumed the gunshot ...

In a five-hour meeting last month, the Planning Commission heard from residents opposing four large housing projects in rural areas of Durham.

The Durham City Council will meet this Thursday to address critical sewage capacity issues in East Durham that have stalled hundreds of housing units and aren't expected to be fully resolved until at ...

Durham’s city council will have two new members following Tuesday’s municipal election. The biggest news of the night was the defeat of incumbent city council members DeDreana Freeman and Mark-Anthony ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- After weeks of heated debate that included Durham sanitation workers walking off the job earlier this month, the conversation over Durham city workers pay hit a boiling point ...

As Durham heads to the polls for Tuesday’s general election, candidates for the City Council’s three ward seats are making their final cases to win voters’ trust. In races defined by the contentious ...

DURHAM (WTVD) -- Durham city leaders are set to review a controversial report that accuses its police force of racial profiling. It comes as the department defends itself against an excessive force ...