It’s Thursday, July 11. Support the INDY Press Club. Thank you to this week’s sponsor: Dueling Dinosaurs – A tyrannosaur and a Triceratops locked in death. Was it a duel? Dinner? Or a disaster? Reserve your FREE tickets at duelingdinosaurs.org Good morning, readers. Food insecurity affects 44 million Americans, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, including 1.2 […]
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Mariela Hernandez in her home’s vegetable garden. Photo by Angelica Edwards The latest from INDY: The Old-Time Explorations of “Beehive Cathedral” Are Sumptuous and Rich The new trio record from Americana savants Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey is hypnotic in some spots, unhinged in others. Durham Community Fridges Operate With a Spirit of […]
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Duke Graduate Student Union Petitions for Living Wage
It’s Wednesday, July 10. Support the INDY Press Club. Thank you to this week’s sponsor: Dueling Dinosaurs – A tyrannosaur and a Triceratops locked in death. Was it a duel? Dinner? Or a disaster? Reserve your FREE tickets at duelingdinosaurs.org Good morning, readers. In the 11 months since they voted to unionize, graduate students at Duke University have […]
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Chapel Hill, DEQ Release Draft Plan for Coal Ash-Contaminated Police HQ
It’s Tuesday, July 9. Support the INDY Press Club. Thank you to this week’s sponsor: Dueling Dinosaurs – A tyrannosaur and a Triceratops locked in death. Was it a duel? Dinner? Or a disaster? Reserve your FREE tickets at duelingdinosaurs.org Good morning, readers. Imagine a giant prehistoric plant buried under layers of rock, dirt, and water. Over hundreds […]
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Dr. Anthony S. Lewis Credit: Courtesy of Durham Public Schools The latest from INDY: Durham Public Schools Taps New Superintendent Anthony S. Lewis was selected from a pool of over 100 applicants which were narrowed down to four finalists. Durham City Manager Wanda Page to Retire Page, who has held the role of city manager since 2021 […]
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El Futuro Receives Grant for “Mentes Fuertes” Program
It’s Wednesday, July 3. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Amid the uncertainty, a spot of good news: the local nonprofit El Futuro, which provides bilingual mental health services to Latino communities, has announced plans to expand its groundbreaking “Mentes Fuertes” initiative in the wake of receiving a $464,000 grant from the managed […]
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President Biden’s Post-Debate Rally in Raleigh
It’s Tuesday, July 2. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. In the wee hours of Friday morning, Air Force One took off from Atlanta carrying a post-debate Joe Biden. By the time the president landed in Raleigh, the political world had exploded in a blitz of headlines about his “nightmare” performance. Luckily for […]
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Money Running Out for NC Childcare Providers
It’s Monday, July 1. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. State lawmakers are at a budget impasse and, despite a stopgap measure approved last week, time is running out for childcare providers across North Carolina who have seen federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) expire. In Durham, Stephanie Smith, a […]
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Durham Teachers’ Union Pushes for Meet-and-Confer Policy
It’s Friday, June 28. Support the INDY Press Club. Welcome to the weekend, readers. On June 10, the Durham Board of County Commissioners voted to award Durham Public Schools an additional $27 million in its 2024-25 fiscal year budget, close to 98 percent of the request from the Durham Board of Education. The vote was […]
