Who’s Running For Wake County School Board in 2026
With two board members vacating their seats, and four seats on the ballot, the school board could get a shakeup.

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Puff, Puff … Pass?
Everyone agrees the hemp industry needs to be regulated. Why can’t lawmakers figure out how to do it?
“Fighting the Perception”: Apex Wants You to Know Its Downtown Businesses Are Open
The Salem Streetscape project aims to make the main downtown thoroughfare more pedestrian-friendly. But recently, construction has discouraged foot traffic, leaving some businesses facing dipping sales.
Following Move-Out Deadline, Most Former Chatham Estates Residents Have Housing
Many residents displaced by the impending sale of the Cary mobile home park received assistance, but some face difficulties with the loss of a long-standing community.
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From Her Garden Post in Wilmington, Prolific Artist Minnie Evans Patrolled the Borders Between Worlds
A new documentary unspools the story of Minnie Evans, a North Carolina artist whose visionary work channeled a dialogue with the divine and broke through the art world.
Hearing Jazz and Seeing Art the Fred Joiner Way, With a Poetry Debut 50 Years in the Making
“The Mirror in Our Music,” a new collection by former Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner, is rich in references to art, music, and collaboration.
In Wide-Ranging New Exhibition of Native American Artists, Ancestral Knowledge Animates the Stories of Today
‘Stories Told By Breath: Native American Voices in North Carolina’ is on display at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design through September 26.
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At Raleigh’s Bright Side Books & Wine, Love Stories of Every Stripe and a Robust Community of Romance Readers
The romance genre has seen a publishing boom over the last decade. In Raleigh, a new genre bookstore hopes to make readers swoon—and stay for the social connections.
Feels On Wheels: How Local Pop-Up Romance Bookstores Are Creating Inclusive Reading Communities
Want a romance read that goes beyond castles, dowries, and long blonde hair? Just ask the owners of Peach Basket Books and Rebel Romance Bookstore.
Durham Poet Arielle Hebert On Writing About Girlhood, Addiction, and the Mixed Magic of Florida
‘Bottom Feeders,’ Hebert’s debut poetry collection, releases this month from Black Lawrence Press.
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Incoming! Celebrity Sex Passes, Professional Scenesters, and Greek Mythology
Zoey Deutch in a meta summer comedy, a documentary about the music producer Peter Asher, and more films coming to theaters around the Triangle.
“The Dating Scene Is a Mess”: Filmmaker Anthony L. Williams On Therapy, Raleigh, and Why He Made a Queer Dating Docuseries
Raleigh expat Anthony L. Williams returns to the Oak City this month for a screening of a new docuseries about navigating modern dating.
Incoming! Sapphic Romance, Gaelic Witches, and Vanishing Glaciers
Coming-of-age drama ‘Girls like Girls,’ Adam Scott in an Irish horror film, and more movies coming to local theaters.

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