Independent news and updates for South Durham, covering local development, government, health, and community life.

[Gallery] Southpoint At A Walking Pace

A July 7 fitness walk around The Streets at Southpoint offered familiar signs, summer skies, public art, and a test of willpower near Cinnabon.

Durham Opens $400K Festival and Event Funding Application

Nonprofits and festival organizers working with nonprofit fiscal agents can apply through Aug. 12 for city support, with workshops planned July 8 and July 15.

SoDu Daily: July 8, 2026

Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.

[VIDEO] Home Alone in SoDu

Neighborhood News Guy Wes Platt brings readers up to speed about the new Durham Public Schools Board of Education, Alexan Farrington, and record-setting swimmers at the Durham Summer Swim League championship.

Durham Summer Swimmers Break Six Records at Championship Meet

Swimmers from Woodcroft, Hope Valley Country Club, Garrett Farms, Umstead Pines, Five Oaks, and other Durham Summer Swim League teams posted top finishes July 5 at Greensboro Aquatic Center.

School Supplies 2026-27: Parkwood Elementary School

From crayons and composition books to headphones and hand sanitizer, here's what students in each grade at the Durham Public Schools year-round elementary will need for the 2026-27 school year.

In Memoriam: Durham Obituaries – July 7, 2026

Honoring lives recently lost in the Durham community, with upcoming services and remembrances.

SoDu Daily: July 7, 2026

Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.

[SeeGov Enhanced] Durham School Board Picks New Chair, Vice Chair

Joy Harrell Goff succeeds Bettina Umstead as chair, while returning board member Xavier Cason is elected vice chair.

[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 13] Notice of Misdelivery Escalation

A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.

SoDu Daily: July 6, 2026

Rolling live updates from Southpoint Access, your neighborhood news source in South Durham.

NC 54 Waterline Work Bringing July Lane Closures Near Farrington Area

Durham’s waterline replacement project is moving into tie-ins, service reconnections, and pavement restoration along parts of NC Highway 54.