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At a New North Durham Farmer’s Market, a Diverse, Close-Knit Community Is Key
The commute from downtown Durham to the site of Bull City’s newest farmers’ market is about a 10-minute drive. A few minutes after crossing over I-85, you’ll find yourself navigating windy, two-lane roads dotted with the occasional small business or church before turning into Helena Bragg and Sylvia Williams’ property.
Raleigh Nonprofit Raises $8.3 Million for City’s First Cottage Court to Expand Affordable Housing
LeVelle Moton is a staple of Southeast Raleigh’s Idlewild community, one of the first neighborhoods in the city in which former slaves were permitted to buy homes. The acclaimed head coach of North Carolina Central University’s men’s basketball team was raised there in the housing projects with his single mother, Hattie McDougald, and in 2022, the neighborhood park was named in Moton’s honor.
Many Inhabitants of Tent Camp on U.S. 70 Left Before Raleigh’s Tuesday Morning Deadline
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Hoping to avoid an encounter with Raleigh police, many of the more than 40 people living in a tent encampment on U.S. 70 left ahead of the 10 a.m. deadline they’d been given to vacate or face arrest for trespassing. Nearly...
Forty Unhoused Residents Must Leave Wake County Homeless Encampment or Face Arrest
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. More than 40 people living in a tent encampment on a state-owned, unused lot at the intersection of Highways 401 and U.S. 70 near the Raleigh-Garner border were told to leave by 10 a.m. Tuesday or face arrest for trespassing. Advocates for...
Letters: “Commissioner Allam, Why Do You Omit Critical Context?”
Two weeks ago, Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam submitted a letter to the editor in response to the INDY‘s reporting on Congresswoman Valerie Foushee’s trip to Israel to meet with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Allam, as we noted, ran against Foushee for the NC District 4 congressional seat in 2022. Several readers submitted responses to Allam’s letter. We’re publishing a few of them here.
Women Lead in Making Durham a Sports Destination at All Levels of Play
When Kara Hess asked for a show of hands from returning attendees at the Emerging Women in Sports Leadership Summit (EWSLS) in late March, only a few signaled their return. The Durham Convention Center was packed to the brim with young women sporting business casual attire and Nike dunks, but most were newcomers to the newish summit.
A New Community Mental Health Program Supports Latino Residents in Orange County
For 24 years, Diana Huerta has been the only member of her family living in the United States. The rest, still in Mexico, are in touch often, but talking to them on the phone doesn’t cure the anxiety and depression she feels from being isolated in a primarily English-speaking area.
Remembering Kevin Joshua “Rowdy” Rowsey II, a Beloved North Carolina Hip-Hop Legend
On a cool evening last Friday, Durham’s CCB plaza swelled with members of North Carolina’s creative community; the four elements of hip-hop all present. Dozens of emcees, DJs, breakdancers, and graffiti artists were gathered to rap, cry, dance, laugh, sing, pray, and grieve together. We were mourning the passing of our brother Kevin Joshua Rowsey II, known to many in our beloved community as Rowdy, who passed on Wednesday, April 17. He was 32.
The INDY’s Earth Day 2024 Special Edition
If March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, there’s a similar simile from the natural world to be made for April of this year, at least for those of us in the central and eastern United States. This month came in with a stunning rare...
Speakers Praise DPS Budget’s “Bold Ask,” Seek More Funding for Specialized Teachers
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. After months of uncertainty about the school system’s payroll and budget, the public had a chance to speak on interim superintendent Catty Moore’s proposed budget for Durham Public Schools at a public hearing Thursday. And for a change, the mood in the boardroom was pretty calm.
15 Minutes: Artist Nyssa Collins
Nyssa Collins is a multidisciplinary artist and musician originally from Burlington, North Carolina, and currently based in Knoxville, Tennessee. She creates puppetry, giant creatures from unconventional materials, and experimental animation. In March, she unveiled Rubbish the Raccoon, a seven-foot-tall sculpture at West Franklin Street Plaza commissioned by the Town of Chapel Hill for Earth Day to bring awareness to sustainability. Collins is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, studying studio art.
Law Enforcement Officers and the Criminal Justice System Face a Quandary in Discerning Between Marijuana and Legal Hemp
This story originally published online at The Assembly. Codie Bruce Schiene was sitting in his SUV in a hotel parking lot, scrolling through his phone, when two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers approached him back in 2020. He told them he was a guest at the Baymont Inn. The officers quickly ordered...
Durham Residents Weigh In on Proposed Redevelopment of Lakewood Shopping Center
Lakewood Shopping Center has been a commercial hub in Durham for decades. Now, a developer has plans to revitalize the shopping district and residents in the surrounding neighborhoods want to have a say in its future. On Tuesday evening, residents weighed in on the potential redevelopment of the shopping center...
Glimpses of Dreamville
2024’s Dreamville Festival took place at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park April 6-7. View a gallery of photos from photographer Brett Villena below, and read some hopes for next year’s Dremaville here and a dispatch from this year’s festival here—which writer, Ryan Cocca writes, balanced brand activations and commercial ambitions alongside the “promised feeling of a glorified cookout or family picnic.”
On “Spectacles,” Shirlette Ammons Considers the Impact of Being on Display as a Queer Black Artist
Shirlette Ammons’s latest album, a fascinating dissection of what it feels like to see and be seen as a queer person of color, was sparked by an unexpected break from this attention. The bulk of Spectacles—the third full-length album and first since 2016 from the Durham poet and rapper—was...
Op-Ed: On Its Centennial, It’s Time for Duke University to Strengthen Its Partnership With Durham Through Direct Payments in Lieu of Taxes
This year, Duke University is celebrating its centennial—100 years since its founding as a university here in the Bull City. During the past century, Duke has grown into one of the most prestigious universities in the world, with top-notch research, highly selective admissions, a world-class hospital system, and a multi-billion-dollar endowment.
Brood XIX Cicadas Are Preparing to Make the Ascent of a Lifetime
The periodic cicadas that will surface in the Triangle in coming weeks have spent 13 years underground. In wooded areas and around bodies of water, we might see (and hear) up to a million an acre, according to Clyde Sorenson, a professor of entomology and plant pathology at NC State University.
Hemp Generation Provides a Safe Space for the Cannabis-Curious
With a baby strapped to her chest, a supermom ready to change a diaper at a moment’s notice, Chloe Blesh doesn’t mince words about the industry she landed in six years ago. “I tell everyone, ‘I lose more sleep from stress about the business than I do from...
Durham Entrepreneurs Are Working to Make the City Less Wasteful
The headquarters for the ReCollective, a waste management company based in Durham, is crammed inside a small loading dock. Piles of variable plastic, cardboard, and glass line the walls. Orange pill bottles and chunks of styrofoam are sorted into large bags, while other materials wait to be categorized. Textiles are churning in the washing machine.
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