Court records show a Durham man has been charged in a 2024 Holloway Street bus‑stop homicide; the suspect was booked by Durham police, records show.

Three people died and another was seriously injured in an early-morning wrong-way head-on crash on I-40 in Sampson County; troopers are investigating.

A proposed 28‑mile Enbridge gas pipeline from Siler City to Moncure has sparked landowner and environmental opposition over waterways, data centers and permitting.

A crash on I‑85 North near Red Mill Road shut down northbound lanes and caused major backups in Durham; at least one person appears to have been killed.

The city awarded its first round of opioid‑settlement grants to three local programs, funding expanded MAT, mobile treatment and syringe services.

Three people were found dead at a Fairview home; a 16‑year‑old resident was later located in Gatlinburg and will be questioned as investigators probe the deaths.

North Carolina set a new tourism record in 2025 with $37.2 billion in visitor spending, boosting payrolls and tax receipts across the state.

A car struck the basement of a Durham home on the 2000 block of University Drive on Friday, causing a gas leak. Crews contained the leak and no injuries were reported.

Brookfield's new cottage plans at Wendell Falls — compact, 26-foot-lot single-family homes starting in the mid‑$300Ks — are being snapped up by first-time buyers as the community nears buildout.

Little Barb’s will close its stall at Durham Food Hall on May 31 as owner Barbara Nigro prepares to open a standalone storefront. She hopes to reopen by September.

After midweek rain, the N.C. Forest Service removed the last statewide burn restrictions — including parts of the Charlotte metro — but permits and local rules still stand.

A person who police say fled a Walgreens in a black SUV died after the vehicle crashed on the Phillips Avenue bridge; the Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating.

Duke and NCCU commencements are set to flood Durham this weekend — hotels are filling, restaurants are staffing up and city parking plans are in effect.