To support the long-term sustainability of local businesses and anchor wealth within the community, the city of Durham officially launched the “Keep It Durham-Owned” initiative during a press conference at Provident1898. Partnering with the North Carolina Employee Ownership Center and...
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Cameron Williams THE CHARLOTTE POST HUNTERSVILLE – Torrence-Lytle School is more than a set of shuttered buildings to Varona Wynn. It’s part of her family’s legacy. Wynn, a Torrence-Lytle alumnus whose father was a teacher there from 1949-66, supports saving...
By Yasmine Regester Peacemaker Staff Writer Black business owners say they are already losing contracts and struggling to meet payroll after North Carolina eliminated the office that helped minority- and women-owned companies compete for government work. Now, a statewide coalition...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams joined youth from GRACED, Inc. last week for a conversation about youth violence. The GRACEDfully Unmuted Podcast is spearheaded by Durham teens. Williams and Attorney Jonathan Wilson sat down with the teens...
By Roger Johnson The Daily Drum The history of racial violence in the United States is marked by countless tragedies, among them the haunting legacy of unsolved lynchings of Black individuals. Over the decades, at least 70 cases remain unresolved,...
Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST Charles Osborne’s brush with predatory towing left him angry. Osborne, owner of Golden Cleaning Services, said his pickup truck was towed from his Dilworth apartment complex when the leasing office issued him the wrong...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com The recent hangings of African Americans across the South have resurrected lynching fears. The hanging death of an unidentified man in Raleigh last month was called a suicide, as Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce stated in...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com DURHAM – Durham’s newest police chief wants to emphasize respect, constitutional integrity and professionalism as she joins the force. Stephanie Mardis, former assistant police chief of the Greensboro Police Department, will begin her new job Sept....
Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST A bill passed in July by North Carolina lawmakers rewrites voting laws that increase voter purges and automatically audits election results. House Bill 958 mandates audits of local elections in all 100 counties and...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in downtown Raleigh last weekend is being ruled a suicide. Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce and Mayor Janet Cowell issued statements to the...