Thursday Mayor Bill Bell was accompanied by Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews and Interim Durham Police Chief Larry Smith to address Durham’s rising violent crimes. The new year started off with two murders in the opening days of 2016. Mayor Bell said the problem is too serious to wait while the city is looking for […]

  Hopefully you got a chance to go to the polls yesterday. Chapel Hill’s Mayor Kleinschmidt lost his run for his 4th term to former Commissioner Pam Hemminger. Durham’s Mayor Bill Bell easily won his 8th term. Fayetteville’s Mayor Nat Robertson wins his 2nd term ABC11 has all of your results.       Text […]

Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane will serve a 3rd term defeating challenger Bob Weltzin. Also Durham Mayor Bill Bell and James Lyons prevailed in the primaries and will face-off again in the general election next month. Click Here for more election coverage.

  Mayor Bell says he is very thankful to the people for their support, and that he plans to continue to focus on improving inner city neighborhoods and downtown Durham.  Mayor Bell won his 7 term fairly easy with a 87%- 13% against his opponent Rev. Sylvester Williams. Other results:  Fayetteville:  Nat Robertson narrowly defeated […]

  On Monday Mayor Bill Bell delivered his annual state of the city address in Durham.  He focused on areas of which he believes Durham needs to grow and feels that cutting down on crime and building downtown are amongst some of the biggest issues. We know that President Barack Obama’s gun laws is a […]