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Two years after resettling, Afghans face legal delays in the U.S. immigration system while adapting to a new life.
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DoCo Thrives will provide $750 a month to 125 families.
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Tuesday's severe thunderstorms caused damages, outages, car accidents, and road closures. One 78-year-old Durham woman died after a tree fell on her car.
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The recruitment push comes as many state agencies are struggling to retain workers.
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The Strong Fathers Parenting Program serves fathers in Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties.
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Leaders in the city and county of Durham are considering a proposal to keep Carver Creek apartments affordable and expand them into a supportive housing campus for people transitioning out of homelessness.
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The proposed budget would raise the property tax rate by three cents, to 75.22 cents for every 100 dollars of valuation.
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The effort is backed by gun-rights advocates who already celebrated weeks ago when the Republican-controlled General Assembly repealed another kind of permit issued by sheriffs before someone could buy a pistol. Gun-control advocates said ending the mandate would result in higher rates of violent crime and homicide.
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In Durham County, the sheriff’s office has 125 open positions. About 100 of them are at the county jail. WUNC's Will Michaels spoke with Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead about why the vacancies persist.
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A near-unanimous vote of the Durham School Board will mean the largest school reassignment plan in 30 years will happen in 2024.