During yesterday’s debate on a hate crimes bill that passed the House, U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said the murder of the bill’s namesake, Matthew Shepard, was “a hoax” used to advance legislation. The Matthew Shepard bill, named after the gay 21-year old student who was beaten to death in Laramie, Wy., would provide new […]
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Raleigh to developer: Nevermind that buffer
Three months after approving the first exemption to a stormwater rule that protects Falls Lake, Raleigh officials now say that a watercourse standing in the way of a proposed charter school in North Raleigh never existed. Jason Barron, an attorney for Ocean Development Group, wrote in an April 16 memo that the developer relied on […]
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Duke’s Henderson declares for NBA draft
According to Duke University, Gerald Henderson has declared for the NBA draft: ‘After a lot of thought and discussion with my family and the Duke coaching staff, I have decided to enter the NBA Draft,” said Henderson. ‘Playing in the NBA has been a goal of mine since a young age and I am thrilled […]
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UNC student, six others, arrested for protesting anti-immigration speeches
By now, the news has circulated widely that six protesters were arrested at UNC-Chapel Hill on Wednesday night for disorderly conduct at a speech hosted by Youth for Western Civilization, a campus group that opposes “radical multiculturalism” and “mass immigration.” According to the arrest report (PDF, 748 KB), three men, and three women, aged 18 […]
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Live: Girl Talk makes Duke dance, butâsrslyâwho is Ben Folds?
Girl Talk, Ben Folds Duke University’s Main Quad, Durham Wednesday, April 22 Aboard the Duke University bus that transports folks between the school’s east and west campuses, two girls greeted each other yesterday through a sea of backpacks and limbs: Are you excited about the show? Yeah! Have you heard of anybody? The Gym Class […]
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Question marks, and no period, for Orange County’s waste transfer station
Despite a plea from Commissioner Mike Nelson to “put the period at the end of the sentence” and move forward with a proposed waste-transfer station in southwestern Orange County, the Board of County Commissioners delayed a final vote on the facility at last night’s regular meeting in Chapel Hill. Instead, commissioners moved to contract with […]
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Maria Gunnoe, mountaintop removal activist, wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Boone County, W.V. resident Maria Gunnoe is one of the six recipients of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize, which awards grassroots activists $150,000 to “pursue their vision of a renewed and protected environment.” For the past five years–despite threats and intimidation to her family–Gunnoe has fought coal mining companies who employ the environmentally destructive practice […]
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DWQ stands by Jordan Lake ruling
In response to a citizen request that the N.C. Environmental Management Commission overturn the N.C. Division of Water Quality’s approval of a private developer’s survey of Jordan Lake, DWQ stands by its original ruling, emphasizing that it approved the survey based on technical merits alone. “If the Durham County BOCC chooses to pursue another survey, […]
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O.C. waste transfer station site contains wetlands, says new county report
A consultant’s report on a proposed Orange County waste transfer station omitted critical information about the presence of wetlands on one of the sites, the Indy has learned. A recent analysis, commissioned by Orange County, reveals that the proposed, 143-acre site in southwestern Orange County contains multiple streams and wetlands throughout the property. That analysis, […]
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O.C. waste transfer station site contains wetlands, says new county report
A consultant’s report on a proposed Orange County waste transfer station omitted critical information about the presence of wetlands on one of the sites, the Indy has learned. A recent analysis, commissioned by Orange County, reveals that the proposed, 143-acre site in southwestern Orange County contains multiple streams and wetlands throughout the property. That analysis, […]
