It’s Friday, March 1. Sponsored by: Support the INDY Press Club. Editor’s note: Our initial email stated that the deadline for early voting is 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. The correct date is Saturday, March 2. Welcome to the weekend, readers. The deadline for voting early in this year’s primary election is Saturday, March […]
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Early Voting Ends Saturday, Follow the INDY Live Blog for Triangle Election Day Coverage
It’s Friday, March 1. Sponsored by: Support the INDY Press Club. Editor’s note: Our initial email stated the deadline for early voting is 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. The correct date is Saturday, March 2. Welcome to the weekend, readers. The deadline for voting early in this year’s primary election is Saturday, March 2 […]
Traffic Fatalities on the Rise as Triangle Officials Work Toward Vision Zero
It’s Thursday, February 29. Sponsored by: Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. In Raleigh in 2022, there were 24 pedestrian deaths. It was a 64 percent increase over 2019, the previous year for the highest number of pedestrian deaths, when there were 14. Unfortunately, Raleigh’s not an anomaly. The rate of pedestrian deaths […]
Early Voting in the Triangle is Underway
It’s Wednesday, February 28. Sponsored by: Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. Early voting for the 2024 primary elections is two weeks underway. So far, 15,526 people have cast ballots in Durham County, 32,971 in Wake, and 6,584 in Orange. Cumulatively, that is about how many people it takes to pack NC State’s […]
INDY’s 2024 Primary Election Coverage
Candidate questionnaires. Endorsements. All of the INDY’s reporting on the 2024 primary elections in Durham, Wake, and Orange County updated in real time, plus a link to our Primary Election Live Blog. Find it all here. More Election Coverage Comment on this story at [email protected]. Support independent local journalism. Join the INDY Press Club to help […]
Durham Council Considering ShotSpotter Again
It’s Tuesday, February 27. Sponsored by: Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. ShotSpotter is back on the Durham city council agenda. We covered the controversial technology back in 2019, when local officials were first pitched the idea of audio sensors placed around the city that could pick up the sound of gunshots and […]
DPS Board Resolves Salary Crisis, Leaving Many Disappointed
It’s Monday, February 26. Sponsored by: Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. After more than a month of turmoil, Durham Public Schools board members took a vote last week that puts an end, for now, to the salary dispute that has roiled the district’s educators and classified staff. The crisis led to staff […]
Get to Know Candidates for Durham County Board of Commissioners
It’s Friday, February 23. Thanks to our sponsor: The Nasher Museum is proud to present MarĂa Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold, MarĂa Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold. The exhibition spans nearly four decades of the artist’s work in photography, installation, video, painting and performance. Support the INDY Press Club. Happy Friday, readers. Eleven candidates are vying for five seats on the Durham County board of commissioners in the March 5 primary election. Four incumbents are running […]
Wake Democrats Vie for More Judge’s Seats in District Court
It’s Thursday, February 22. Thanks to our sponsor: The Nasher Museum is proud to present MarĂa Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold, MarĂa Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold. The exhibition spans nearly four decades of the artist’s work in photography, installation, video, painting and performance. Support the INDY Press Club. Good morning, readers. In Wake County’s Judicial District 10D, judge Debra Ann Sasser, a Democrat who has served in office since 2005, is retiring once her current […]
Backtalk: The Indy has missed on its judicial endorsements in Wake County
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