Constitutional amendments on ballots this fall would limit tax revenue. Local leaders say the measures could hobble Durham Public Schools funding.

The brutal crime that catalyzed the LGBTQ movement in North Carolina has never been fully chronicled—until now.

In its second year, the free, three-day Raleigh Wide Open festival features 60 acts that draw on a wide range of traditions.

Local government has its own language—one I have worked to translate, both with that newsletter and my time reporting here at INDY. That’s why By The Horns is coming back as a recurring column under ...

Under pressure from residents, the town council is reconsidering Apex Police Department’s contract with Flock, a license plate surveillance system.

A new Wake County program is testing an apprenticeship model to help instructional assistants get the training they need to ...

Susie Sneeringer, an employee-owner of Electric Violin Shop, speaks at the launch of Keep It Durham-Owned. Credit: City of Durham Blaise Kielar, founder of Electric Violin Shop, spent decades building ...

Langston Hughes first met Nina Simone in 1949, when he visited her high school NAACP chapter. Their friendship would go on to make history.

Chris Frisina's rambling, fingerpicked folk music as Lou Hazel melds observation, humor, reflection, and nostalgia.

For two decades, Triangle residents have relied on our reader poll—and the iconic decals winners receive—to find the best of ...

State law encourages the two major parties to be equally represented among poll workers, a challenge in mostly Democratic or unaffiliated Durham.

Following a summer that saw turnover in key positions, an agency in the state treasurer’s office will monitor Zebulon’s contracts and purchases.