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Stay informed with Southpoint Access, your trusted source for the latest South Durham news, events, school updates, local government coverage, and community stories. Our newsletter delivers hyperlocal reporting on everything from development and traffic to education, elections, and neighborhood happenings. Like this: Like Loading... Related Published by Wes Platt Lead storyteller. Game designer and journalist. Recovering Floridian. Email: southpointaccessnews@gmail.com. View all posts by Wes Platt

Welcome to your SoDu Week in Review, the Saturday roundup that goes to all of our readers – free and paid alike. Each weekend we pull together the biggest developments, stories, and neighborhood updates shaping life here in South Durham. Southpoint Access is your community newsroom for South Durham, North Carolina. We cover the issues that matter here – schools, neighborhood businesses, traffic, youth activities, development, and the people who make this area home.

Welcome to your SoDu Week in Review, the Saturday roundup that goes to all of our readers – free and paid alike. Each weekend we pull together the biggest developments, stories, and neighborhood updates shaping life here in South Durham. 👉 [Support Southpoint Access here] Thanks for being part of the SoDu community – let’s dive into this week’s top stories. An active weather pattern continues through the weekend and into early next week.

Welcome to your SoDu Week in Review, the Saturday roundup that goes to all of our readers – free and paid alike. Each weekend, we pull together the biggest developments, stories, and neighborhood updates shaping life here in South Durham. 👉 [Support Southpoint Access here] Thanks for being part of the SoDu community – let’s dive into this week’s top stories. Early voting for the Durham municipal election primary has begun. Until Oct.

Subscribe to Southpoint Access newsletters! Southpoint Access provides hyperlocal newsletters covering the people, places, and practical details that shape life in South Durham. Whether you’re commuting down Fayetteville Road, raising kids in Parkwood, or just want to know what’s happening beyond the headlines, this newsletter helps you stay informed – clearly, quickly, and without the noise.

Around 11:30 on Monday morning, my phone buzzed with an alert from Rogers-Herr Middle School indicating it was a “safety update.” Soon, I read the message from RHMS Principal Dr. Tawauna Stewart, explaining that a student had posed with a weapon for an image shared on social media. No one hurt, and the photo was taken down. Dr. Stewart also indicated that education privacy laws prevented her from revealing consequences for the student in question. I’m not sure that’s true.

I spent last week near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, on the banks of the Mississippi River, finding myself at a crossroads for Southpoint Access. For a little more than a year, I’ve worked on finding the kinds of content and a publishing cadence that works for my neighbors in Hope Valley, Parkwood, Fairfield, and other South Durham communities.

Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Get signed up for our newsletter! Here’s what happened around South Durham this week: After a school shooting in Minneapolis killed two and injured 17 (mostly children), Durham Public Schools leaders assured families that safety remains a top priority. DPS outlined existing safety protocols, including building access controls, drills, and partnerships with local law enforcement.

Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Hey, South Durham neighbors! Some exciting news: Starting next week, I’ll be publishing almost entirely at soduwelikelocal.news. If you’ve been following along on Southpoint Access (this WordPress-based site), thank you. It’s been a great base for building SoDu’s local news rhythm – and I’m proud of what’s grown here. But it’s time for the next phase.

Support neighborhood news with our Southpoint Summer fundraiser on GoFundMe! Our wine trip in France continues with the infamous Beaujolais (BO-zho-lay). Beaujolais has the unfortunate luck to be stuck between two absolute powerhouses of fine wine, Burgundy and Northern Rhône. Though technically in Burgundy, Beaujolais is an outlier in many respects; soil type, grapes, and vinification to name a few.