Expanding smoking ban the right move
Surely, the juxtaposition was not lost on anyone who was present on Wednesday at a celebration marking the Durham County Board of Health’s Smoking Rule taking effect.
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We have, around here, a distinguished history of success in women’s athletics. Add another award to the career of Becca Ward, who has earned a place among the luminaries in Duke athletics.
View ArticleChick-fil-A, free speech, and inclusiveness
“Boycott” is something of a loaded term. They do, though, have a long and distinguished history.
View ArticleMore questions than answers as chancellor departs
Charlie Nelms served as chancellor of North Carolina Central University for five years, before his abrupt resignation that is scheduled to take effect on Aug. 6.
View ArticleDanger on the American Tobacco Trail
In her column that appeared in The Herald-Sun’s news pages on Sunday, reporter Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan wrote a moving column about the disturbing attack on a runner last week along the American...
View ArticleJustice sought for the Wilmington 10
“Why not?” That was the question asked by North Carolina Central University law professor Irv Joyner last week, referring to efforts to pardon the Wilmington 10 after 40 years. “My answer is always the...
View ArticleWelcoming a new college year
The beginning of the fall university semester is a big deal no matter where you are. But around here, it is an extra-big deal.
View ArticleWeek’s end
The University of North Carolina family mourned the death of Kirk Urso, who helped lead the Tar Heel men’s soccer team to a national championship.
View ArticleAnother shooting, a different sort of tragedy
Coming on the heels of the awful multiple-shooting deaths in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, the news this week emerging from Oak Creek, Wis., brought another wave of despair: seven people dead in a...
View ArticleA mixed ruling on phone records
The ruling was convoluted enough that one media outlet initially reported that Butch Davis’ phone records were protected from being released.
View ArticleCatching presidential election fever
As one of a handful of toss-up states, North Carolina is in a position in which every presidential vote matters - a lot.
View ArticleSharing the entrepreneurial spirit
Sometimes, it seems that we too often look to the heroic entrepreneur as the symbol of American exceptionalism.
View ArticleMore potential scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill
The revelations just keep on coming. This latest, in the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill academic scandal, is a strange one.
View ArticleCows on Parade coming to town
The Cow Parade Round Up, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Golden Belt, 807 E. Main St. in Durham, offers the opportunity to view about 80 Cow Parade creations like “Birtha.”
View ArticleMaking noise over church’s decibel levels
The Herald-Sun reported last week that an attorney in a dispute over noise coming from a church criticized the acting district attorney for not moving against the church for alleged violations.
View ArticleSchools reach out to Latino families
Durham Public Schools has more than 33,000 students in its system, and just under 21 percent of them are categorized as Hispanic.
View ArticleKicking off the football season
The high school football season is in full swing, and The Herald-Sun is in the middle of the fun, bringing coverage of the action under the Friday night lights. As football and other fall sports get...
View ArticleGreeting the Republican convention
The Republican National Convention has arrived in Tampa, Fla., and potential tropical storm effects have caused just some of the drama expected to play out this week.
View ArticleMaking progress on creative commuting
The Triangle region does not lack for highways, and does not lack for single-car-driving commuters.
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