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In Durham, Million-Dollar Home Sales Are No Longer Outliers
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Not so long ago, a million-dollar home sale in Durham was rarer than a blizzard in the Bull City. No more. In 2010, just one single-family home in all of Durham County sold for more than $1 million. In 2022, 61 homes sold for seven figures.
They Were Go-To Dealers for College Students. Now They’re Headed to Prison.
This story originally published online at The Assembly. The weekend of March 4, 2023, was a big one in the Triangle. Big for thousands of students and alums because longtime basketball rivals Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were facing off. Big for crowded restaurants and bars that had the Saturday night game in UNC’s Dean Dome on their wide-screen TVs.
Durham DA Deberry: NC Needs an Attorney General Who ‘Believes in Democracy’
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. In a virtual forum Tuesday, Satana Deberry said North Carolinians need an attorney general who “believes in democracy” and is willing to fight for it in court — values that are especially pertinent as the state faces lawsuits over Senate redistricting and a voter ID law passed by the legislature earlier this year.
Durham Rolls Out New Electric Buses
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Noisy, gas-powered buses have some new competition on the Bull City streets. Durham is expanding its electric bus fleet this Thanksgiving, keeping the city on track to reach its goal of an all-electric bus system by 2035. Five new electric...
In Divided Vote, Durham Council Adopts Most SCAD Text Amendments
The Durham city council voted on Monday to adopt parts of the controversial Simplified Code for Affordable Housing (SCAD) text amendments by a vote of 4-3. After four hours of deliberation, and comments from nearly 50 members of the community, the council chose to move forward with items from the SCAD proposal that were recommended by the Planning Department during its most recent analysis of the privately-initiated text amendments.
At East Durham Market, Ketchup, Cabbage, and a Community Mission
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. On first glance, the East Durham Market seems like a run-of-the-mill corner store. Tucked into a large, red brick building, the market’s exterior is quaint and unassuming. Inside, metal shelves are stocked with essentials ranging from ketchup and pancake mix to peanut butter. Refrigerators lining the side wall hold wicker baskets of peppers, cabbage and squash. Some shelves remain empty, and business—for the time being—is slow.
Carrboro is First Town in NC to Call on Congress to Back a Ceasefire in Gaza
On Tuesday, November 14, the Carrboro town council became the first municipal government in North Carolina to officially call on the U.S. Congress to back a ceasefire in Gaza. Council members passed the resolution by a 4-3 margin, only a few weeks after rejecting a similar resolution. Council member Eliazar Posada, the swing vote, said he had previously voted against the resolution because of a misunderstanding over edits to its wording.
Op-Ed: Why I Support Durham’s Zoning Reforms
In 2019 and 2020, while working as a high school teacher, I built an ADU in my backyard. An ADU is an accessory dwelling unit—a backyard small home. Some neighbors who were being displaced moved in, and that ADU has been a home to housing insecure folks for three years now.
Faculty Members Surprised, Concerned as UNC Chancellor Weighs Exit
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Members of the UNC-Chapel Hill faculty were blindsided by this week’s revelation that Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz is weighing leaving the university to become president of Michigan State University. As faculty members, staff, students and alumni await his decision, they are anticipating...
Triangle Cities and Towns Score High in LGBTQ Equality, Despite State Laws
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Despite a legislative session that featured several broad assaults on LGBTQ people, their visibility and their allies, most North Carolina cities and towns scored high for LGBTQ equality measures in a new study from The Human Rights Campaign. The national LGBTQ advocacy...
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor “Weighing” Presidency at Michigan State
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Kevin Guskiewicz could soon be the latest UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor to leave the university for a job in another state. Guskiewicz, who’s served as chancellor in Chapel Hill since early 2019, said in a statement released today by the school that he is “weighing” the opportunity to become president of Michigan State University.
The Glass Jug Brewery Makes Draft Cocktails a Permanent Fixture
In line with national trends that show slowdowns in craft beer sales and heightened demand for mixed drinks, The Glass Jug Beer Lab will make draft cocktails a permanent fixture on its menu starting in December, the Durham brewery announced this week. “Craft beer is maturing,” says Glass Jug owner...
DEQ, Cultural and Natural Resources at Odds Over Settlement Agreement with Wake Stone
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. The NC Department of Environmental Quality and Wake Stone have reached a settlement agreement regarding the controversial expansion of the Triangle Quarry next to Umstead State Park, but the agency still must pay $500,000 in attorneys’ fees. The case stems from...
Allegation that Durham Charter School Student Used Racial Slur, Flashed Gun on FaceTime, Raises Concerns
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. This story contains racist language that might upset some readers. A white seventh-grade boy who attends Discovery Charter School in Durham allegedly called a Black classmate a “monkey” and another racial slur, and then flashed a rifle to several students during a FaceTime chat, Arssante Malone, the father of the Black student, told NC Newsline.
A Chapel Hill Venture Capitalist is Betting the Farm on Muscadine Grapes, Katahdin Sheep, and 100,000 Red Wiggler Worms
For nearly 60 years, visitors to Orange County’s Dairyland Road admired the hilltop dairy farm that gave the road its name. Maple View Farm was an iconic feature of the landscape, its adjoining ice cream store a must-see, must-taste attraction. Dairyland’s rolling hills and long vistas make it a popular bicycling route in midland North Carolina.
HEART, Durham’s Non-Police Crisis Response Program, is No Longer Two Sizes Too Small
It’s a brisk November afternoon and an ocean blue Chrysler Town and Country minivan, lovingly dubbed the “Pacificare,” prowls across Durham. Inside the Pacificare is a loaded box of snacks (veggie straws, Pirate’s Booty cheese puffs, Bumble Bee “chicken on the run” cracker snacks), a police dispatch radio, ample Narcan, and four city workers wearing soft gray fleeces stitched with the words “Compassionate Care Response” on the back.
Durham County’s First Food Security Coordinator Has Big Plans
Mary Oxendine, Durham County’s first food security coordinator, arrived at the Hawk’s Nest Healing Gardens on the penultimate day of August. Pines, pecan trees, and willow oaks shrouded the gardens, casting a dappled light on Oxendine as she walked down the driveway. There she met Phoebe Gooding, who...
Alex Bingham Is Not Afraid of Crying At the Party
Alex Bingham has endured a lot these last few years. But, as the Hillsborough-based musician is quick to point out, haven’t we all?. In 2022, Bingham lost three people close to him: a beloved aunt, a college roommate, and a childhood friend. Two succumbed to cancer—Angie, quickly, and John, more slowly—while, wedged in between those two deaths, Will died by suicide.
Op-Ed: I’ll Be Packing Amazon Orders This Holiday Season. Let’s Hope Local Workers Can Beat the Odds and Form a Union.
Holiday season nears, dear INDY reader, and I wonder what you’ll be ordering from Amazon—a roasting pan, scented candles, or perhaps a “Bah, humbug” coffee mug?. I’ll be packing those orders, scrambling to box the expected 180 packages an hour. More than 6,000 of us labor away in a giant windowless warehouse near Raleigh off I-40.
Voices: How JAC, Owner of Durham’s Wonderpuff, Transcended Capitalism With Color to Prioritize Self-Care
“And I’m not gonna sugarcoat it! Even if I am Durham’s cotton candy girl.”. Those are JAC’s (she/they) parting words as they leave me, stepping bravely into the next steps of life after closing Wonderpuff, the cotton candy business they founded in Durham six years ago. This...
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