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Jan 14, 2025 | msn.com | Mary Moore

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Jan 14, 2025 | heraldsun.com | Mary Moore

Durham county commissioners approved a new training facility for the Sheriff’s Office on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Courtesy of Durham County DURHAMA gun range and law enforcement training center costing over $18 million can be built in Durham, county commissioners decided late Monday night. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office staved off a push from anti-police activists and frustrated elected leaders to secure a 3-2 vote on the construction.

Jan 6, 2025 | heraldsun.com | Mary Moore

After weeks of protests, Durham County leaders will vote next week on whether to spend $16.6 million on a law enforcement training facility that the sheriff says is years overdue. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office renovations call for a new outdoor gun range and 10,000-square-foot classroom building with bathrooms, lockers and showers. Sheriff Clarence Birkhead said the current training grounds and firing range are bare-bones and have a single portable toilet.

Jan 2, 2025 | heraldsun.com | Mary Moore

READ MORE The last few years may have had some economic challenges nationally, but the Triangle remains one of the fastest-growing regions in the country (and North Carolina one of the fastest-growing states). Here are five locations around that Triangle that will look significantly different, thanks to that growth, by the end of 2025.

Dec 18, 2024 | heraldsun.com | Mary Moore

Twins Blythe and Celeste, both 5 and in matching starry puffer coats, paused on the sidewalk along their route home from Lakewood Elementary School. The girls were approaching an apartment complex driveway, hidden from cars by a white picket fence taller than them. “We want you to think of a driveway just like a road,” instructed Jacopo Montobbio, who coordinates education efforts for Bike Durham. That means stop and watch for cars before crossing, even if you’re safely on the sidewalk.