Good morning, readers.
Our 2024 Earth Day special edition is out on stands today.
Learn about the upcoming cicada emergence this month from Lena Geller’s Q&A with NC State entomology and plant pathology professor Clyde Sorenson. It’s the first time in 200 years that two broods, including the local Brood XIX, will emerge at the same time in the central/eastern United States.
In Durham, writer Justin Laidlaw takes a look at what local entrepreneurs are doing to help reduce the amount of waste from residents that ends up in the landfill in Sampson County. And Chase Pellegrini de Paur takes Duke University to task on its climate commitment; is the university following through on a pledge to do all that it can to address climate change? You be the judge.
Earth Day is next Monday, and on Saturday it’s 4/20. INDY intern Sam Overton profiled Hemp Generation, a Wake County-based company that grows its own hemp and offers all sorts of hemp products to the cannabis-curious.
“We’re mostly here to educate people on cannabis—to offer them high-quality products,” says Hemp Generation cofounder Chloe Blesh. “Most of our products are organic, and we care about what goes in behind it all.”
We’ll also be publishing a story with our newsroom partners at The Assembly which delves into the state’s murky hemp regulations and how law enforcement officers, and the justice system, are struggling to enforce marijuana prohibition laws in the age of legalized hemp products. Look for that story on our website soon.
Have a great Wednesday, everyone.
—Jane
Durham
A local group, Durham for All, and Durham city council member Mark-Anthony Middleton are pushing for the city’s guaranteed basic income program for residents formerly involved with the criminal justice system to continue for another year.
Wake
Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin announced she won’t run for reelection.
Orange
Renovations are underway for a new location for Chapel Hill restaurant Purple Bowl. The Franklin Street business played a role in last year’s town council election.
Hillsborough’s Hot Tin Roof will close this month after 11 years in business.
North Carolina
The NC Court of Appeals ruled that Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to close bars and clubs following the COVID-19 outbreak was “irrational and arbitrary,” and not based in data or science.
Today’s weather
Cloudy with a high of 82 degrees, a chance of rain.
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