Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead was elected for a third term in the 2026 primary election. Durham County Sheriff ...

DAE swept the school board, Deberry, Birkhead, and Chitlik were reelected, while District Court Judge Clayton Jones was unseated.

Tuesday’s nonpartisan election for four open seats reshapes the school board during a time of budget and pay pressures.

Local leaders are working to decide how to budget for the upcoming year. The City of Durham and Durham County have separate budgets. The city takes care of funding police and fire, trash and parks, ...

Durham Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved a $1.04 billion county budget on June 9, and Durham City Council approved a $772 million financial plan for the city on June 16. Both budgets will ...

Durham’s district attorney was reelected to a third term and an incumbent District Court judge was unseated in Tuesday’s ...

An aerial view of downtown Durham from the American Tobacco Campus, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com Many Durham County homeowners have already seen their property values ...

On Tuesday, a Durham judge pushed the criminal cyberstalking trial of TikTok influencer Brenay Kennard out to May 7, 2026.