Self-Help Credit Union’s CEO offered a $19.5 million loan to replace the university’s current loan arrangement, which critics call “predatory.”
Chloe Courtney Bohl
Chloe Courtney Bohl is a reporter for the INDY and a Report for America corps member, covering Wake County. She joined the staff in 2024.
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Attorney General’s Review Stalling Saint Aug’s $70 Million, 105-Acre Land Lease Deal With 50 Plus 1 Sports
Saint Augustine’s University badly needs the funds 50 Plus 1 Sports has promised to shore up its finances. But no money can change hands while the attorney general’s office completes its legally-required review of the contract.
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I Traveled Between Durham and Raleigh on Amtrak. It Was Great, Until It Wasn’t.
Commuting on the local Amtrak route is fast, comfortable, and mostly convenient. But too few trains running daily, and unforeseen accidents, can make it challenging to be a regular passenger.
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Jefferson Griffin Wants to Discard my Ballot—and 60,000 Others
An INDY staffer explores how she ended up on the list of voters with ballots being challenged in the NC Supreme Court race.
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INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
A giant robot fight, stand-up comedy about anxiety, a diasporic punk concert, and more events we recommend this week.
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Florida Firm Plans Mixed-Use Housing Development on Saint Augustine’s University Property in Downtown Raleigh
Monti Valrie, the managing partner of 50 Plus 1 Sports, says his company plans to lease all 105 acres of Saint Augustine’s downtown property and develop about half of that land.
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Greyhound Won’t Be Part of Raleigh’s Downtown Transit Hub When It Opens Next Year
When Raleigh’s Greyhound bus station moved to Capital Boulevard in 2014, it was supposed to be temporary. Ten years later, plans to bring it back to the new RUS Bus station downtown appear to have fizzled out.
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Raleigh City Council Bids Farewell to Baldwin and Black, Two Unapologetically Bold Leaders
Outgoing mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin and District A representative Mary Black shared candid thoughts about Raleigh’s future at their last city council meeting as elected officials.
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Wake County Election Results: Cowell Wins Raleigh Mayor’s Race in Landslide, Democrats Win Judicial Races
Incumbents held on in school board, board of county commissioners’ races. Countywide library bond passed while Cary voters rejected two bonds, one for parks projects and one for affordable housing.
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A Morning at the Polls With Reeves Peeler, At-Large Candidate for Raleigh City Council
The city planning commissioner and first-time candidate seems to have a lot of grassroots support, especially among young and working-class voters and renters. But how serious a challenge does he pose against two popular incumbents?