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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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INDY’s Weekly Insider
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 […]
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Businesses Fostering Community in a Growing Downtown Raleigh
It’s Thursday, June 27. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Downtown Raleigh is growing. According to data from the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, more than 19,000 people live within a mile of the downtown core. It’s home to more than 115 retail stores and more than 260 restaurants. And by 2028, 11,600 new residents […]
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The INDY’s Summer Reading Issue
It’s Wednesday, June 26. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. The INDY has a special summer reading issue out for you today, and I’m not talking about the kind of summer reading issue my English teacher said I had when I turned in an incoherent essay on In Cold Blood, a book I […]
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Effort to Save Historic Water Tower In Chatham County Results in Lead Pollution
It’s Tuesday, June 25. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. The skyline of Bynum has been defined by a water tower for more than 75 years. When Chatham County announced plans to tear the tower down, residents successfully banded together to save it. In an initial assessment for the tower’s encapsulation and painting, […]