City of Durham

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.

Here are some Pride events being held throughout the month of June.

After 35 years in operation, Neo-China in Durham closed its doors at the end of May. The family-owned Chinese restaurant struggled to keep up with rising operational costs, including the increased prices of imported Chinese goods that resulted from the high tariff earlier this spring.

Durham-based visual artist Raj Bunnag, a self-described “political printmaker,” creates works with a strong perspective about history and the presence of white supremacy in our society. That hasn’t posed an issue with showing his work at galleries until this year, when he had two exhibitions canceled, including at the North Carolina Museum of Art.

The NorthStar Church of the Arts in Durham, along with scores of other arts organizations across the country, was notified in early May that it would lose federal funding. In the last week, the organization launched an emergency campaign to raise the money it needs to keep hosting free community programming.

Local nonprofit Reinvestment Partners finished their renovations of Maple Creek Apartments last week. They bought the property in 2019 and have since updated its amenities and utilities for its 42 affordable units.

A writer for a conservative media outlet has pleaded guilty to joining a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly years ago. Steve Baker of Durham, NC, who has written articles about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot for Blaze News, is scheduled to be sentenced on March 6.

North Carolina environmental regulators say it could take until the end of the year to determine how to clean up lead contamination at five public parks in Durham.

Welcome Baby, a Durham County program, has launched a new initiative aimed at giving Spanish-speaking fathers a supportive space to learn parenting skills.

Now, 2,500 PhD students who work as teaching assistants and researchers at Duke University will have a union that can collectively bargain a contract.