Durham County
OWASA will continue fluoridating water in southern Orange County
An agency serving southern Orange County will continue to fluoridate its drinking water, and the Durham County Board of Health has recommended that Durham do the same.
Durham County
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DURHAM COUNTY
Durham sets $381 million budget for 2013-14
The Durham City Council adopted a $381 million budget for 2013-14, including the city’s first fee for collecting residential garbage.
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LOCAL/STATE
Life stories: Jurina Vincent-Lee was a leader in community, mind and spirit
Jurina Vincent-Lee strongly believed in keeping not just the mind and spirit in shape, but also the body. When she died, she was going on her third year as a member of the police department at North Carolina Central University.
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JOSH SHAFFER
Shaffer: Brier Creek pet cemetery abandoned to mud and weeds
After uprooting and moving the graves of 500 animals, Pet Rest Cemetery shut down and surrendered the plots to the elements. But is a cemetery something you can close? It's not like its a laundromat.
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DURHAM COUNTY
For husband of Durham homicide victim, life remains 'empty'
Harold Wright lost his wife to a robber's bullet 15 months ago. Disabled since 2003, he sits at home, surrounded by reminders of their life together and by bills he cannot pay. "How much more can I take?" he said.
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DURHAM COUNTY
Durham Police investigate skeletal remains found on Morreene Road
An investigation is underway by Durham Police after a citizen's call led them to skeletal remains on Morreene Road Sunday morning.
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DURHAM COUNTY
Tour de Fat promotes bikes, safety, recycling in Durham
The 13th annual Tour de Fat, sponsored by the New Belgium Brewing Co., pulled into Durham for the third stop of its 12-city national tour to promote bicycling, safety, recycling and reuse.
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DURHAM COUNTY
Civil War horses' hard paths retraced
the Bennett Place State Historic Site holds a daylong event in Durham about the role that horses and mounted soldiers played during the Civil War.
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ORANGE COUNTY
Fight against fluoride in water comes to Orange and Durham counties
On Thursday, the Orange County Water and Sewer Authority will hear petitions from citizens who want the county to stop fluoridating public water. And in Durham County, Board of Health directors will hear from a subcommittee that was asked to look into the issue.
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DURHAM COUNTY
State House gets bill to overturn Durham’s 751 South vote
Legislation to force Durham to provide a utility extension and annex the 751 South site was introduced Tuesday in a state House committee. The bill, S 315, goes for a reading in the full House Wednesday.
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DURHAM COUNTY
Speakers seek more money for schools at Durham County budget hearing
The Durham County Board of Commissioners heard from 27 speakers, many of them seeking more local money for schools, at a public hearing on the fiscal year 2013-14 budget.




