DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Durham city leaders announced on Tuesday evening the immediate termination of the city's Solid Waste Management director after just three weeks on the job. James Lyons started ...

This story originally published online at NC Newsline. This is a developing story. It was updated at 2:55 pm with the cost of the national search. A former Durham mayoral candidate recently hired as ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Curbside yard waste pickup is still suspended in both Durham and in Raleigh because of COVID-19. But this week crews will make a one time exception for yard waste. The city ...

Leftover food comes and goes easily. Wilted salad left from a potluck, daily coffee grounds, the moldy butt of a loaf of bread, slick potato peels from Thanksgiving prep—if you’re like most people in ...

For the fourth day in a row, most of the trash isn't being picked up in Durham. Many of Durham's solid waste workers didn't get on their trucks to collect trash on Thursday. Instead, they're on strike ...

For the past 20 years, Durham’s waste management priorities have been guided by the 2000-2020 Long-Term Waste Management Strategy Plan approved by Regional Council in 1999. The strategy included goals ...

Durham has new rules requiring pet waste bins in neighborhoods and along trails, getting homeowners associations involved in the push to get dog walkers to do their ...

The manager of a Durham waste facility that caught fire last month is now on administrative leave. About the same time that Durham's yard waste facility started burning in September, city officials ...