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The Bull City Future Fund, a partnership between United Way and the Triangle Community Foundation, will work to support overstressed local youth programs.
The Bull City Future Fund, a United Way and Triangle Community Foundation partnership, will support overstressed local youth programs.
Thousands of college students across Wake County experienced housing insecurity last year, and tens of thousands experienced food insecurity. A local nonprofit is making a small dent in those numbers.
Thousands of college students across Wake County experienced homelessness and food insecurity last year. A local nonprofit is helping.
The “treats cafe and market rolled into one” at 600 Foster Street will carry just about everything that the flagship store does, according to owner Summer Bicknell.
The “treats cafe and market rolled into one" at 600 Foster Street will carry just about everything that the flagship store does.
Op-ed: A hunger-free Bull City could exist, but the city government needs to join the fight.
A hunger-free Bull City could exist, but the Durham city government needs to join the fight
Several city council members were skeptical of granting the university a rezoning without also offering more detailed development plans.
Several city council members were skeptical of granting Duke University a rezoning without also offering more detailed development plans.
“People are really responding to it,” Mary Unterreiner says. “They’re beautiful pieces, and people connect with the images, the concept. Everyone should feel included and welcome and comfortable feeding their children.”
The project, a collaboration between Breastfeed Durham and Durham Parks and Recreation, aims to encourage and normalize breastfeeding.
Rents are rising, restaurants are closing, and as new residents move in, downtown Durham feels disconnected. Can the city act quickly and intentionally enough to help keep local businesses afloat?
Rents are rising, restaurants closing, and downtown Durham feels unwalkable. Can the city act quickly enough to keep local businesses afloat?
As Chinese writer Yan Lianke’s artistic portal from east to west, Durham translator Carlos Rojas provides insights into Yan’s work, censorship, and creativity under authoritarianism.
Carlos Rojas on working with Yan Lianke, and how the work of China's renowned Novel Prize hopeful might speak to American audiences.
Despite months of community pushback, the board voted unanimously to close Durham School of the Arts’ downtown campus and approve its relocation to a site a few miles north.
Despite months of community pushback, the board voted unanimously to move Durham School of the Arts away from its downtown campus.
Williams, 43, is one of the youngest mayors in the city’s history. As a former NCCU drum major and Southern High School band director, he knows how to put on a show.
Halfway through his first year, Mayor Leo Williams has a vision for Durham, a growing list of policy wins, and discontented constituents.
Stephen Judge tells INDY that the Chapel Hill closure is the result of several business and personal pressures—including the well-documented challenges of running a business on Franklin Street.
As rent ticks up, chains expand, and the college students come and go, Franklin Street has seen local businesses struggle to stay open.
The endorsements for state and local races come after a group of prominent Democrats asked the party’s executive council chair and executive director not to weigh in on Raleigh races.
The endorsements for state and local races come after a group of prominent Democrats asked the party’s executive council chair and executive director not to weigh in on Raleigh races
After weeks of confusion, city staff used Tuesday’s council meeting to explain their plans for the new amphitheater to council members and the public alike.
City staff used Tuesday’s council meeting to explain plans for the new Red Hat Amphitheater to council members and the public alike.
Weird is a word that’s been getting a lot of mileage lately, but try this on for size: A Raleigh-based secret society comprised of 21-to-35-year-old white men has unknown agents scouring the state every year to find young women from wealthy families.
Raleigh writer Mary Lambeth Moore's new podcast, "Recovering Debs," takes a look at North Carolina's shadowy debutante culture.
“I don’t have a speech prepared because I learned about this an hour ago and I begged my mom to come with me,” said Lucia Harrington, a rising junior at DSA. “Everybody I’ve talked to is very much wanting to stay in our downtown Durham community.”
The district's plan to move Durham School of the Arts has seen fluctuating cost estimates and significant community pushback.
The board voted in favor of a 4 percent bump to public school teachers’ local salary supplement and a new $20 minimum wage for bus drivers.
The Wake County school board voted for a 4 percent pay raise for teachers, raised starting wages for all workers, and increased pay for bus drivers.
"At COPA, a meal could be leisurely and, to a certain degree, dramaturgical: a stiff aperitif, to start, followed by a succession of small plates, a slow-roasted showstopper, a coffee pot denouement, a dark rum resolution."
Patrons of the restaurant, which closed permanently last week after six years on West Main Street in Durham, lingered as they said goodbye.
“Despair is a luxury,” Skylar Gudasz tells the INDY on a hike in June. “Who is it in service of for us to not have hope? Usually, it’s the powers that be.”
On the Durham musician's new album, "Country," nine intimate slices of indie rock blur the boundaries between sky and earth, water and land, hidden pain and extroverted smile.
OutSouth festival manager Chuck Wheeler, who has attended since its launch in 1995, grew up in eastern NC until attending Duke University. Durham soon became his safe haven—and he hopes the festival can be that for all members of the LGBTQ community.
Now in its 29th year, OutSouth Q***r Film Festival runs in downtown Durham from August 8th through August 15.
After months of speculation that Roberts would become permanent chancellor, the UNC System Board of Governors officially selected the former state budget chief for the top job on Friday.
The UNC System Board of Governors officially selected Lee Roberts, the former state budget chief, for the top job on Friday.
The money comes in addition to $500,000 already committed to the project. Advocates hope it will help the city move toward a more cohesive connectivity strategy.
Bike Durham's donation comes in addition to money the city has already committed to the Martin Luther King Parkway project.
The list of forbidden uses on 10 contaminated acres containing 46,000 tons of coal ash in Chapel Hill is nearly as long as what is allowed: offices, stores, municipal services, walking trails, transit, and parking.
Chapel Hill officials envision redevelopment of the police station that sits atop a coal ash mound. Some in the community are worried.
Twenty-seven candidates are running in races for all eight seats on the council. Here’s who they are, the issues at play, and how the races are shaping up.
Three months out, campaign finance reports show the race for eight seats on the Raleigh City Council taking shape.
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"When done properly, coming-of-age stories generate a universal compassion for the eternal plight of the adolescent, regardless of era or culture. We all remember those years. They’re rough!"
Buzzy coming-of-age film "Didi," sci-fi flick "Alien: Romulus," and other films coming to theaters around the Triangle.
Letter from the Editor: A note about changes coming to the INDY.
This is a big change, but a positive one for the INDY and its future. We'll continue providing strong, smart coverage of the Triangle.
"Some families don’t have a car, so oftentimes they have to use a public bus, and due to time, they aren’t able to do that. We decided to go to these locations and have the food trucks [there]."
A Durham nonprofit for teen entrepreneurs is fighting hunger by providing free meals while DPS kitchens are closed this summer.
“Everybody hates vultures,” she adds incredulously. “They’re the cleanest birds we have. Black vultures have no feathers on their face. Why? Because when they go into a carcass, then their face doesn’t get all messed up.”
Helen Greenberg, a volunteer with the American Wildlife Refuge, estimates that she’s rescued about 300 wild raptors in the past five years.
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In a press conference Thursday, Schewel said he wants to leave the job to someone else so he can focus on a new granddaughter on the way.
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