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Home destroyed in large fire in Durham County

A brick home off Southview Road in Durham County was destroyed in a fire Friday morning. Before 7:30 a.m., Sky 5 flew over the structure, which was in a heavily wooded area close to the Westgate Recycling Center in eastern Durham County. The home burned to the ground and was...

Durham County, NC · 1d

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Kale’s Kitchen Express Closes Its Durham Restaurant After 10 Years

Kale’s Kitchen Express has closed its Durham restaurant after more than 10 years in business. Owner Monica McLaurin is not renewing the lease at 2100 Angier Ave. The decision was posted to Instagram on Oct. 21. In a report published Wednesday, The News & Observer said customers can still get meals through occasional pop-ups, catering, meal-prepping and personal-chef appointments, and that McLaurin is moving into content creation.

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

Durham, NC · 1d

WRAL

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Water main break in Durham neighborhood, near Southpoint Mall

Crews are working to contain a water main break in Durham Saturday morning. A water main break was reported in the 500 block of Chancellor's Ridge Drive, a residential neighborhood near NC-751 and close to Southpoint Mall. WRAL's Breaking News Tracker arrived at the scene and saw water spewing onto...

Durham, NC · 16h

USA TODAY Sports Media Group

Duke's women's basketball team makes history in absurd blowout

Duke's women's basketball team enjoyed a historic victory Thursday night, taking down Norfolk State in an absurd score line, winning 85-23. Norfolk State's 23 points are the lowest Duke has allowed to any opponent in the history of their women's basketball program. Norfolk State scored fewer than 10 points in every quarter and five points or fewer in two quarters. Duke's biggest quarter was the first, outscoring their opponents 28-5. Junior forward Toby Fournier finished with a game-high 20 points, adding five rebounds, one assist and one block on 9-for-13 shooting. Aaliyah Crump and Riley Nelson were the other players to finish in double figures, as they combined for 25 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists. Duke forced 19 turnovers and held Norfolk State to 7-for-43 shooting from the field (16%). Now 3-0 to begin the year, the No. 5-ranked Blue Devils will face Marshall Sunday, who is also undefeated, having started the season 4-0. Contact/Follow us @DukeWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Duke news, notes and opinions. Follow Mack on X: @MackBaltes This article originally appeared on Duke Wire: Duke's women's basketball team makes history in absurd blowout

Norfolk, VA · 1d

Keeping it Heel

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Sayon Keita makes UNC basketball history with a performance unlike any other

The freshman big man accomplished something that has never been done by a Tar Heel prior.

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Mr. Fries Man Closing Its Only Durham Location After Five Years

Mr. Fries Man's Durham restaurant will shut its doors for good after service on Saturday, Nov. 21, ending a five-year run near Brightleaf Square. The chain announced the closure through an Instagram post that did not explain the reason behind the decision. The restaurant at 1105 W. Main St. is...

Durham, NC · 16h

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‘Sizable Fallout’: Durham County Officials Raise Concerns over Proposed Federal Grant Regulations

Durham County officials are bracing for possible changes that would entrench the Trump administration’s policy positions into federal grant regulations and could have a major impact on the county’s federal funding and overall budget. In May, roughly 40 federal agencies, led by the Office of Management and Budget...

Durham County, NC · 19h

ABC11 Eyewitness News

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Durham city leaders announces goal of helping 400 people secure housing by June 2027

Durham city and county leaders have announced a public-private partnership with a goal of helping 400 people secure housing by June 2027.

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ABC11 Eyewitness News

Christmas parades and holiday events across central NC: 2026 Holiday Guide

Here are some events across central NC the whole family can enjoy together.

Raleigh, NC · 2d

ABC11 Eyewitness News

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Drought conditions worsen in Durham, city could move to Stage 3 water restrictions

The latest drought monitor shows conditions worsening across NC and Durham city leaders could soon move to stage three water restrictions.

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NCCU Receives Historic $1.5 Million Bequest From Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Norman Anderson

DURHAM, NC — North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has received a historic $1.5 million bequest from distinguished alumnus Dr. Norman B. Anderson, marking the largest bequest in the university’s history and creating a lasting legacy of educational opportunity for future generations of psychology students. Anderson, a 1977 NCCU...

Durham, NC · 1d

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Malone blames loss on ‘bad habits,’ lack of ‘game plan discipline’

CHAPEL HILL — With defensive rebounds consistently eluding Carolina down the stretch and 3-point shots repeatedly clanking, a 21-game home win streak is history. While UNC shot just 23.7% on a school-record 38 3-point attempts, Georgia hit 14 3s in a 78–70 win Friday at the Smith Center after trailing by nine with 10½ minutes left.

Raleigh News & Observer

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Triangle TV station announces new manager at the end of the year

ABC11 and WTVD-TV announced the appointment of a new general manager, Martin Ortiz, former manager of ABC30 and KFSN-TV Fresno. Ortiz will join the station at the end of November when longtime general manager Rob Elmore retires after his 45-year career in broadcast journalism, The News & Observer previously reported . ABC11 is The N&O’s newsgathering partner. “I am honored and thrilled to lead the talented team at ABC11 and to serve the Raleigh-Durham community,” Ortiz said in a press release. “WTVD has a proud legacy of delivering trusted news and being a vital presence in central North Carolina. I look forward to building on that foundation, growing our reach across every platform...” Ortiz has worked for ABC-owned television stations for more than 20 years.

Raleigh, NC · 2d

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New ‘Bachelor’ Sam Hartman Suffered a Devastating Family Tragedy at Just 16 Years Old

The new 'Bachelor' experienced a heartbreaking loss as a teenager, just days before one of the biggest football games of his young career.

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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

‘Means too much to him': UNC guard wants to win, not lead ‘Terrence Brown Show'

Terrence Brown doesn’t do video games. The now-North Carolina men’s basketball guard had tried. He was in a new, different environment after he transferred to Utah last season. So he bought himself a PC and gave gaming another go. “But I still just didn’t like it,” Brown said. He needed a hobby, though, and music filled the role. Every morning, he plays music when he’s in the shower, again when he’s headed to the gym and “pretty much” all day until he sleeps. There was a studio about five minutes from where he lived in Salt Lake City and his Utah teammate Seydou Traore remembered the producers there would let them come in whenever they wanted. Not that Brown needed long — Traore remembered he’d write songs in four or five minutes, rapping just off the flow of the beat. “Just, like, off the top of his head,” Traore said, “so that made it impressive.” But that’s because it’s real. Brown said he feels a lot of rappers rap about things that aren’t. “I usually rap about things that’s realistic,” Brown said, “like what actually go on in my life.” It’s a way of getting his feelings out, in the

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