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SoDu Daily: June 29, 2026

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

12:08 p.m.: Updated Weekly News Trivia via Atrivial!

11:14 a.m.: Rezoning Radar for June 2026

8:24 a.m.: [Fiction - Dispatches Received in Error Issue 12] Weather Advisory for a Name Storm

8:21 a.m.: NCCU chancellor responds after financial health concerns [ABC 11]

8:20 a.m.: Former Durham teacher charged in Hinge date assault [The News & Observer]

8:18 a.m.: Man shot during Durham family disturbance [CBS 17]

8:16 a.m.: NC lawmakers reach budget deal, may vote this week [WRAL]

8:15 a.m.: Traffic relatively light in the Southpoint area along Interstate 40.

8 a.m.: Fuel prices around South Durham continue to hold below $3.70 at all stations currently monitored by Southpoint Access.

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SoDu Rezoning Radar: June 2026

SoDu Rezoning Radar: June 2026

Across the cases, Rezoning Explorer comments show recurring neighborhood concerns about traffic, stormwater, school capacity, density, and whether roads and public services can keep up with continued growth.

[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 12] Weather Advisory for a Name Storm

[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 12] Weather Advisory for a Name Storm

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

[Editor Review] Sociopath, A Memoir - Jeff Stanford

[Editor Review] Sociopath, A Memoir - Jeff Stanford

What he didn't like: "Gagne is sometimes too clever for her own good. Not every moment needs a clever aside. We get it, you’re witty. Her exploits in the LA music scene come off less like a memoir and more like bragging."

[Reader Review] Supergirl - William P.

[Reader Review] Supergirl - William P.

What he didn't like: "The script, the lighting, the villain, the songs during action sequences taking me out of the movie, the young girl sidekick, action sequences were sometimes hard to follow, trying too hard to be edgy, Supergirl does not act heroic and is unlikable."