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Food tax opposition in Durham

A citizen's group in Durham is opposing the proposed prepared foods tax that Bull City voters will see on their ballots in November.

 Unity in the Community for Progress believes the pro ...

County giving flu shots

The Durham County Health Department is giving influenza vaccinations on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m., while vaccine supplies last. 

The shots are fr ...

Committee stance disappoints meals-tax backer

Chuck Watts, co-chairman of the "A Taste for Durham's Future" committee promoting Durham County's proposed 1 percent sales tax on prepared food, said he is "disappointed and, ...

Fire in your yard!

To copperheads, squirrels and Canada geese, the Triangle’s roster of pestiferous critters now adds fire ants.

The Cooperative Extension Service says it has had more than 25 complaints in ...

Financial crisis and you

Campbell Harvey, a Duke University professor of international business, speaks and answers question about the economic situation at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 14) at the Southwest branch library in D ...