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- Who Will Be Wake’s Next District Attorney?
- Day Shelter Pilot Program Coming to Durham
- Tres Chicas Singer Passes Away
- From the Archives: Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s Black History
- Plans for A New “Triangle Mobility Hub”
Good morning, readers.
In the last 40 years, Wake County, North Carolina’s most populous and home to the capital city, has only had two district attorneys.
On March 3, a Democratic primary will decide who will be its next one.
Three candidates are in the running. One has 27 years as a prosecutor in the DA’s office and the backing of the local legal community. One is a former congressman and state senator with deep pockets for his campaign. And one is an advisor for the Raleigh Police Department and the chosen successor of incumbent DA Lorrin Freeman.
The race to succeed Freeman hinges on these different experiences and perspectives the three candidates will bring to the office. And many courthouse workers agree, the office needs to see sweeping administrative changes: the next DA will have to find ways to bring in more prosecutors and work more effectively to move cases through the courts, improve training and morale among assistant DAs, and minimize turnover.
But all three candidates—Melanie Shekita, Wiley Nickel, and Sherita Walton—have priorities of their own.
Early voting begins Thursday and all Wake County voters get to cast a vote for their next DA. Read about the candidates below.
—Jane
The latest from INDY, plus other stories around the state you’ll want to read. Handpicked every day by INDY Editor-in-Chief Sarah Willets.
LOCAL
A Place to Go
A day shelter pilot program will provide basic needs and job support programs with the hope of helping Durhamites move out of homelessness, Kennedy Thomason writes for the INDY.
ARTS & CULTURE
“Everybody’s Cool Older Sister“
Beloved North Carolina musician and Tres Chicas vocalist Lynn Blakey has died. David Menconi writes for the INDY about her life.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Freedom Fighters
From the INDY archives: From The Rock Wall, a project of the Marian Cheek Jackson Center, is a vast repository of oral histories from Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s historically Black neighborhoods.
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STATE: Through no fault of their own, more than 70,000 North Carolinians could hit an extra obstacle when trying to cast a ballot in this year’s primaries. The Assembly reports on the state’s voter registration repair effort.
EDUCATION: UNC banned from campus several Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment in 2024. Now a judge says the school must allow them back, WRAL reports.
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