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

The News & Observer reports the Cheek Road plan would have rezoned roughly 69 acres for about 190 homes, included a small neighborhood park and only a few affordable units, and relied on extending the ...

The ABC11 I-Team obtained over a hundred pages of emails sent between Durham city councilmembers and city leaders after extortion allegations surfaced. The emails reveal the steps and conversations ...

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 ...

Construction of up to 100 townhomes will proceed in southeast Durham, despite some council members and residents’ environmental concerns about the development. In two votes Monday, the Durham City ...

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 ...

A city centre pub is fighting to keep a giant mural after a council refused planning permission.

A petition signed by over 2,000 people is urging the Durham City Council to rescind the March 2025 rezoning vote.

Endorsements for Durham mayor and City Council are largely in, with Durham voters set to head to the polls for early voting on Sept. 21. The local races each have wide fields that will be narrowed in ...

Development in east Durham is at a standstill after the discovery that the sewer system is at full capacity. Necessary ...