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Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Durham County adopts 9-month pause on data centers (wral.com) — Durham County commissioners have approved a nine-month moratorium on most new or expanded data centers, aligning their timeline with the City of Durham to coordinate regulations. The pause, which still allows some smaller projects, responds to residents' concerns over land, power, and water use while leaders study how to better manage the region's data center boom.
2. Football safety remains focus as new CTE study released (abc11.com) — As Durham Public Schools kick off football season, district leaders are doubling down on safety amid new research underscoring the risks of CTE from repeated head impacts. Guardian Caps, on-site medical professionals, and strict concussion protocols are in place to better protect student-athletes and guide safe returns to play after injuries.
3. 'Doing the best we can': Record-breaking 911 call volume strains Durham EMS resources (wral.com) — Durham's surging 911 call volume is stretching EMS so thin that lower-priority medical calls can now wait 30 minutes or more, and sometimes up to an hour. County emergency leaders say they're hiring, adding ambulances, and reworking response models, but acknowledge demand is still outpacing staff and vehicles as residents feel the impact at games, homes, and workplaces.
4. Women push for greater equality as barriers to jobs, housing and child care persist (abc11.com) — Women in Durham are still facing major hurdles to good jobs, housing, health care, and especially child care, local advocates and a county commissioner warn. A Durham nonprofit, Dress for Success Triangle, is helping women gain confidence and professional clothing, while the Durham County Women's Commission pushes leaders to tackle persistent economic and racial disparities affecting women and families.
5. 'Hope is not a strategy': Durham school officials look to enhance security after gun, ammo found (cbs17.com) — Durham Public Schools leaders are tightening their focus on safety after a gun and separate ammunition were found on students at Southern School of Energy and Sustainability, prompting a lockdown. Officials are weighing additional security measures, urging early intervention, and stressing that guns have no place in Durham schools while encouraging students and staff to report concerns anonymously.
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