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Protected: Legal Nonprofit Emancipate NC Sues Durham Sheriff’s Office Over Redacted Jail Policies
The complaint asks the office to disclose most of their policies or provide more specific justifications for the redactions, which the sheriff’s office says fall under the act’s exemption for sensitive security information.
INDY’s 2024 Summer Camp Guide
The weather outside is frightful, and summer camp sounds pretty darn delightful right now. It’s not too early to start thinking about what your kids will. be doing when they’re out of school in the warmer months while you still have work. In our 2024 Summer Camp Guide this year, we have plenty of options to keep them energized, engaged, learning, and getting creative.
Four Triangle Chefs, Restaurants Land James Beard Semifinalist Noms
Raleigh chefs and restaurants today scored four semifinalist nominations for the annual James Beard Awards. Cheeni Indian Food Emporium owner Preeti Waas is a Best Chef Southeast semifinalist for the second year in a row. Waas, who recently launched a second Cheeni location in Durham, told the INDY that the nomination “feels just as surreal as the first time.”
Op-Ed: Pregnancy is Not a Hindrance; It’s Power
In hindsight, the happiest days of my life blur together: the birth of my beautiful daughter, Aaliyah, after years of struggling to get pregnant; the day I married my husband Towqir, the love of my life; the day I was sworn in to serve my home, Durham County, on the Board of County Commissioners. And recently, a new one to add to the list: finding out I was pregnant with our second child. The most joyful, incredible surprise of a lifetime.
Hillside High School Students Propose Their Own Solutions to Durham’s—and the World’s—Most Pressing Problems
On a January morning at Durham’s Hillside High School, more than 100 civics students presented possible solutions to some of the most pressing issues of our time: gun violence, the housing crisis, climate change, criminal justice, and education. The students, who spent the last month dreaming up these solutions,...
Here’s Who’s Running in Wake County’s Competitive District Court Elections
This year, 12 district court judges will be elected in Wake County—and for the next four years, they will have the power to decide whether to turn children over to foster care, grant restraining orders, or incarcerate people for misdemeanors such as assault, reckless driving, or possession of marijuana.
Op-Ed: Durham Should Pay the $6 Million That the City Owes Darryl Howard
Who would suspect that Concord would be more progressive than Durham on the subject of compensating victims of police corruption?. Yet last week, Concord made good on a $25 million judgment for Ronnie Long, a man who spent 40 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit—and the city also wrote a sincere note of apology. But in Durham, Darryl Howard is still waiting for a $6 million judgment that a jury awarded him in 2021. Mr. Howard is an innocent man who spent 24 years in prison for a rape and murder that he didn’t commit. DNA evidence proved he didn’t do it. The case was weak all along. At trial, one of the prosecution’s coerced witnesses declared: “You can’t force me to come and tell something I didn’t see!”
Voices: How Friendships Coalesce Over Air Hockey at Boxcar Raleigh
At one bar in downtown Raleigh, people get really into geometry. But not in the way you would think. Show up at Boxcar Raleigh on a Monday night, and you’ll see a lively crowd amidst the beeping lights and beers on tap. People mill around and there’s a general pull of focus towards the center. Look closer and you’ll see that everyone is crowded around the two air hockey tables.
Backtalk: Beer drinkers who were demanding better choices
Last week, for the web, we wrote about Sam’s Bottle Shop—formerly Sam’s Quik Shop and Blue Light, all Durham institutions owned by the Boy family—and its current owner John Boy Jr.’s plans to close the shop’s doors for good next month. Sam’s Quik Shop was one of the first to bring curated, craft beer to the Triangle market, as reader Julie Johnson recalled in an email, and the shop’s knowledgeable staff, not to mention its vast collection of specialty beer, will be missed by many:
Scene on the Radio’s Sixth Season is a Tale of Two White Supremacist Coups
The sixth season of Scene on Radio, “Echoes of Coup,” begins with a reminder of January 6, 2021. But “Echoes of a Coup” doesn’t stay in the present—or in Washington—for long. Instead, the season co-produced by Michael A. Betts II and John Biewen tells the story of Wilmington in 1898, when “men openly proclaiming white supremacy, in a well-planned conspiracy, removed the city’s mayor and city council at gunpoint.”
Triangle-Based Illustrator Dare Coulter Wins Coretta Scott King Award
Triangle-based artist Dare Coulter on Monday received a Coretta Scott King Award for her mixed-media illustrations in An American Story, a children’s book about the institution of slavery and the resilience of the African American spirit. Coulter, 30, is one of the youngest people to ever win a Coretta...
Talking With Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam About His First Visual Arts Exhibition
Last week, Sam Beam found himself in an unfamiliar though not entirely unexpected position: holding court at his own art opening. Best known as the singer-songwriter behind Iron & Wine, Beam, who lives in Durham, spent much of his life pursuing the visual arts. He studied painting in college, got...
Residents of Durham’s JFK Towers File Class Action Lawsuit Against Property Owner Millennia
On Friday, January 19, 14 tenants at North Durham’s JFK Towers signed on to a class action lawsuit against property owner Millennia Housing Development. As the INDY reported, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently barred Millennia from entering into any new contracts with federal agencies.
Dive into New Sensory Play at Marbles Kids Museum
In December of 2023, Marbles Kids Museum opened a one-of-a-kind exhibit focused on sensory exploration. The space formally known as Sea Shapes has transformed into Under the Waves. Located on the first floor of the museum, this exhibit was created for children of all abilities who seek a peaceful environment for sensory play. Prepare to dive into the deep sea with this immersive, multi-sensory experience that was developed and designed by Team Marbles.
Muddying the Waters with Justin Morris’s Sluice
When he was a kid, Justin Morris would leave home in Winston-Salem each summer for a family trip to Virginia. “On the old backroads, we’d pass a historical marker, and the marker was for Slink Shoal Sluice,” he recalls. Every summer, without a clue what it meant, he’d think, “That’s the craziest combination of words.”
‘A lot of this job is making bad legislation less bad:’ A Q&A With State Sen. Mike Woodard
After a failed bid last fall to become Durham’s next mayor, longtime state Sen. Mike Woodard is running to maintain his seat in the North Carolina General Assembly. Woodard has spent almost 20 years in public office. He was first elected to the Durham City Council in 2005, and held that position until he was elected to the state Senate in 2012.
After 15 Years Spent Patiently Evolving, Chatham County Line Lets Loose on ‘Hiyo’
IV, Chatham County Line’s frankly titled fourth album, and Hiyo, the trio’s soon-to-be-released 10th album, were recorded about a decade and a half apart in the same place, Asheville’s Echo Mountain. The studio, a converted Methodist sanctuary, has become a recording destination for adventurous acts of a...
How to File a Complaint With the NC Utilities Commission Over Duke Energy Blackout in East Durham
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. Duke Energy customers can file a formal complaint with the state Utilities Commission over the recent blackout in east Durham, but will have to pursue monetary damages in court, according to North Carolina law. Nearly 12,000 customers lost power for 35 hours...
Bus Driver Shortages and Power Failures Add Up to a Tumultuous Few Days for Durham Public Schools
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. On Thursday afternoon at Club Boulevard Magnet Elementary School—the second day of a district-wide bus driver shortage that has left schools and parents scrambling—teacher Cierra Boyce was exasperated. “It was extremely hectic. As I was subbing for a...
Op-Ed: Wake County Models Lifesaving Animal Sheltering
North Carolina is ranked third in the country for the killing of dogs and cats in animal shelters. In 2022, almost 208,500 animals entered the shelter system in North Carolina, and 30,848 of those pets were killed. One of the animal shelters performing exceptionally well was Wake County Animal Services....
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