For more than 40 years, North Carolina’s politicians worked, ate, and slept at the Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh.

For more than 40 years, North Carolina’s politicians worked, ate, and slept at the Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh.

With two board members vacating their seats, and four seats on the ballot, the Wake County school board could get a shakeup.

raven Environmental stopped operating its Zebulon chemical recycling plant last year and began hauling the last of its equipment away this summer. The circular outline indicates the former location of ...

An investigative report from the office of State Auditor Dave Boliek published Thursday provides the most granular detail yet about a pattern of excessive, often frivolous spending by Town of Cary ...

Whiskey-glazed pecans, a cartoonishly thin chicken cutlet, and more Durham Bulls concessions, rated from strikeout to home run.

Cary mayor Harold Weinbrecht called an emergency town news conference Thursday night to address the findings of State Auditor Dave Boliek’s investigation into the town’s finances under former town ...

The Independent Weekly staff photo from 1989. I lived in Chapel Hill 40 years ago, when the first issue of the INDY was published, but I didn’t read it. My tastes in periodicals ran more to Highlights ...

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s 2026 schedule is now live, with 49 films from 31 countries slated to play at the annual event. Now in its 28th year, the festival runs April 16-19 in downtown ...

Following the demolition of Graveside DIY, Raleigh skaters worked with the city on what will be a community-built skate park ...

In a blue shipping container on the banks of Jordan Lake, foam fractionation units are being deployed in a pilot program that, if successful, could hold the key to cheaply and rapidly eliminating ...

A Q&A with Richard Meeker, INDY Week’s Oregon-based owner, on the future of the paper and alternative media. How were you thinking about the health and prospects of the alt-weekly model when you took ...