Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead plans to seek another term as he officially announced his re-election bid early ...

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, ...

This is going to be a huge health benefit, a huge social benefit for our residents across the county,” said Commissioner Nida Allam ...

A woman accused of fraud and impersonating a bank agent had her bond reduced after her first court appearance on Wednesday. Yanru Cui had her bond reduced to $60,000. She also received a ...

Durham had a predictable night for local races. Residents voted for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot, with most winning results ranging from 70 to 80 percent of the vote share, including ...

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, N.C. (WTVD) -- Durham County Commissioners.met Monday for the first time since ABC11 learned that County Manager Dr. Kimberly Sowell was on paid leave. "Without transparency, there will ...

Durham County will settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by its former manager for $790,000, records released by the county this week show. Wendell Davis, who is African American, sued the county last ...

A community member looks at a budget outlook presentation by County Manager Claudia Hager during the Durham County Board of Commissioners meeting in the Administrative I Building on Monday, May 12, ...

Durham County Manager Kimberly Sowell has resigned after over six weeks of unexplained paid leave. County commissioners emerged from a closed session meeting around 9:15 p.m. Monday and voted ...