Rent prices in Durham, Triangle hit a peak this summer. Why do housing costs remain high?

After receiving positive feedback on Durham’s guaranteed income pilot program for formerly incarcerated residents in the city, nonprofit StepUp Durham, which administers the program, hopes for additional funding to continue its efforts. Since March 2022, 109 formerly incarcerated Durham residents have received monthly stipends of $600 through the Excel...

Local non-profit B3 Coffee has found a fitting home in their kiosk at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Libraries, long-held as bastions of education and community congregation, provide individuals from all backgrounds the opportunity to connect with one another, learn and grow. B3 — using coffee as a means of providing community-integrated social and vocational opportunities for people of all abilities — is much the same.

Western Washington median home prices saw a year-over-year decline for the first time since 2012 as prices fell $5,000 from November to December, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (Northwest MLS). The decline comes amid an increase in inventory following interest rate hikes that began part way through 2022.

There’s something special about seeing places that are usually hustling and bustling completely devoid of energy, the helter-skelter nature of a teeming thoroughfare transformed into silence and quiet. My experience working nights at Duke Hospital was no different. As part of the pediatrics rotation in medical school, one of...

My grandmother was born two years before Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which declared racial segregation in public schools illegal. Then there’s me, an undergraduate student at the prestigious Duke University, and my sister, who is Ivy bound. With the Supreme Court currently hearing a case that could mean the end of affirmative action, it’s important that people hear from the mouths of students who will be impacted most, students like me.

Duke hits the road once more for a date with struggling Georgia Tech, hoping to get back in the win column. The Blue Zone is here with a player on both sides who can make a difference:. Duke: Tyrese Proctor. Freshman guard Tyrese Proctor has grown mightily this season. His...

OLYMPIA — Earlier this month, Charlene Tillequots attended a funeral service for her close childhood friend for the second time. The first service was decades ago. At the time, the friend had been missing for seven years and there was no body to bury. Her remains were recovered over...

Oh, how the times have changed. The last time Virginia Tech traveled to Durham, the Hokies came back to trounce Duke after the home side built an 80% win probability, according to ESPN. In the teams’ first matchup since, the result could not have been any more different. No....

Another year, another new look for the Blue Devil defense. Duke is bringing on former Texas A&M co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Tyler Santucci as its next defensive coordinator, the program announced Tuesday evening. Santucci, 34, assumes the role left vacant by Robb Smith after one turnaround season with head coach Mike Elko and the Blue Devils.

Three orphaned moose calves have found a new home in Western Washington. After arriving in August from Alaska, the three young moose will make their public debut Friday at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Eatonville, Pierce County. The three moose — Atlas, Luna and Callisto — are living off-exhibit and...

A bill coming up this session is HB 1025. It is a bill that will open up each and every law enforcement officer and private security guard to nuisance litigation, and will also transfer liability to the hiring jurisdiction in many cases. The bill creates what it calls a new...

The Blue Devils will be without one of their top freshmen for Saturday's game against Georgia Tech, head coach Jon Scheyer said in his Thursday press conference. Freshman forward Dariq Whitehead suffered a lower left leg injury during Duke’s Monday evening loss on the road against Virginia Tech. Whitehead was putting together one of his better performances of the season with 10 points prior to exiting the contest early in the second half.

State Rep. Chris Corry, R-Yakima, introduced a new bill this week that would reform the governor’s emergency powers, according to a statement released on Tuesday. The bill, House Bill 1535, is co-sponsored by state Reps. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, and Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, and is identical to Corry’s HB 1772 that received bipartisan support during the 2022 legislative session.

After each Duke men’s basketball game this season, check back here for the Player of the Game and more. The Blue Devils dropped a close game on the road against Virginia Tech, and the Blue Zone breaks down the game:. One player: Kyle Filipowski. In a disappointing loss for...