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Laura Wickwar marks 35 years cancer-free at this weekend's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Durham. Her journey from shocked first-time diagnosis at 31 to longtime advocate shows how far breast cancer treatment has come.
One of the pharmaceutical industry's biggest players is planting roots in Durham with a $1.4 billion campus that will create over 730 jobs and produce life-saving medicines. It's the largest private investment in Durham's history and positions North Carolina as home to eight of the world's ten biggest drug makers.
Behind the effortless beauty of Duke Gardens lies a coordinated team of 50 volunteers, staff horticulturists, and students who tend every bloom and pathway year-round. Their hidden labor transforms what could be a simple garden into one of the nation's premier university botanical spaces, welcoming over 650,000 visitors annually with free admission.
When the sirens fade after a shooting, Durham's new Office of Survivor Care steps in with free mental health counseling, food, clothing, and long-term support for victims and families. This compassionate program fills the gap when immediate crisis help ends but trauma continues.
A Durham nonprofit launched by three local churches now offers free rides to medical appointments for seniors who can't get there themselves. Twenty volunteers have already helped 30 seniors in the program's first year.
When a severe winter storm threatened Durham this weekend, three local groups gave volunteers just 48 hours to collect supplies and create shelter for unhoused neighbors. Hundreds of residents answered the call.