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Raleigh News & Observer
Viral South Durham soul food restaurant has quietly closed its doors
Kale’s Kitchen Express, a build-your-own-plate soul food spot, has closed their Durham restaurant after more than 10 years in the catering business. The fast-casual comfort food spot announced on Instagram that they were no longer serving food from their 2100 Angier Ave. brick-and-mortar location in Durham after customers inquired about its absence. “Our messages are full of people saying y’all went by the location!,” the Oct. 21 post to followers said . “We decided it wasn’t in our best interest to renew our lease there... We genuinely appreciate all of the love and support! Please stay tuned as we transition and step into this new chapter of our journey.” The family recipe-inspired restaurant offered four-item trays in two sizes, standard and heavy. Guests could pick a main dish, two sides and choice of bread for their soul food combinations. Kale’s Kitchen featured Black American favorites like mac & cheese, fried chicken, collard greens, cornbread, turkey wings, stuffed salmon, candied yams, baked beans and more. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @kales_kitchen While the storefront is no longer associated with Kale’s Kitchen, customers can still purchase meals through occasional pop-ups, catering, meal-prepping services and personal chef appointments, the
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Former NC lawmaker and former Mooresville commissioner face embezzlement charges
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Durham Hosts Black Southern Writers Conference With Danez Smith Keynote
The Griot & Grey Owl Black Southern Writers Conference & Book Fest is scheduled for November 13-15, 2026, in the Durham/RTP area. The three-day gathering is built around the theme “We Were Never Meant to Survive: Rest, Resilience, and Radical Joy” and brings together workshops, panels, author conversations and a keynote address from poet Danez Smith.
Raleigh News & Observer
Durham board rejects nearly 500 homes over traffic, environmental concerns
Residents fighting against traffic congestion and strained infrastructure in Durham celebrated a preliminary victory Tuesday night after the Planning Commission rejected two proposed developments. During a nearly three-hour meeting, the commissioners heard proposals for three new housing developments across the city, rejecting two controversial ones. Both the 437-home Morgan Farm II subdivision and a downsized 27-unit townhome project on Grandale Drive failed to secure the advisory board’s favorable recommendations. A 192-unit affordable housing project in Braggtown, however, got a unanimous recommendation for approval. The commission’s decisions are recommendations to the Durham City Council, which will vote on the projects at a later date. A fourth planned hearing, for 300 apartments on 10 acres along Slater Road in southeast Durham, was rescheduled to December. An approval for Bragtown Walk In the first case of the night, the Bragtown Walk project returned to the Planning Commission not for a rezoning, but for a “Statutory Development Agreement” to help the construction of a 192-unit affordable housing development and on-site daycare on eight acres at Old Oxford Road and Danube Lane. The project’s rezoning was successfully approved in 2023 under the name “Fairhaven Walk.” A Statutory Development Agreement is a legal contract between a
Raleigh News & Observer
Over 2,000 people in Durham are homeless. How Duke and others will help house hundreds
Duke University and the philanthropic A.J. Fletcher Foundation are putting $1.65 million into a Durham fund that pays housing costs for people moving out of homelessness, officials announced Thursday. The $1 million from Duke Health and $650,000 from the foundation are the first two major private contributions to Durham’s Strategic Framework to Make Homelessness Rare and Brief. The fund is expected to support about 100 households, or about 210 people, for a year. It pays costs including deposits, application and move-in fees, utilities and a year of rent. City officials estimate the first year costs about $15,500 for a single adult and $17,300 for family of three. Flexible funding is available before a landlord commits to a tenant, allowing partners to clear financial barriers in days rather than months, officials say. “I experienced homelessness as a teenager, early in my life,” said Ian Lee Brown, a health executive at Duke University, at a news conference Thursday. “So, when we talk about the plan, I’m thinking about what it means for a person and for a family to finally have a door of their own.” As of September, over 2,000 people were experiencing homelessness in Durham. Of that number, 1,066 were
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Duke, Illinois basketball’s wire-to-wire losses make for college basketball first in at least 20 years
Tuesday night in college basketball saw multiple ranked teams in big-time games. Top-ranked Florida visited Florida State, while Kansas and Kentucky faced off in a top-25 clash. Meanwhile, third-ranked Illinois faced off with Texas Tech, losing 84-78. Second-ranked Duke also had a ranked matchup, squaring off with fifth-ranked Michigan State. Duke […] The post Duke, Illinois basketball’s wire-to-wire losses make for college basketball first in at least 20 years appeared first on ClutchPoints.