2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1191+ words) For any driver coming up Exit 3A, off N.C. 147, the eight-mile artery connecting the Research Triangle Park to central Durham, one building stands out. Located at the corner of Fayetteville Street and East Lakewood Avenue, across from a smattering of homes and…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1107+ words) Sports are an inextricable touchstone of culture in North Carolina. NC universities tout some of the most successful collegiate sports programs in the nation, especially in the Triangle. Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill are perennial powerhouses, notably in men’s basketball…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1124+ words) We’re about to head inside when something stops us: a poster of an AI-generated chimichanga. Knobbly and bronze, the log rendered before us is topped with what look like Skittles and puckered open at one end, exposing an unholy cache…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (470+ words) Two of Durham‘s busiest streets are getting major safety upgrades for cyclists. On Monday, the Durham City Council approved over $1 million to install new safety protections for the existing bike lanes on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and West…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1347+ words) Andrew, a front-of-house manager at a small Italian restaurant in Cary, is in therapy—a cost he has to pay out of pocket. In more than a decade working across the Triangle, from back waiter to bartender and wine distributor,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (712+ words) Character Studies is an INDY series about familiar faces around the Triangle—and the stories you may not know about them. Tucked away in a small cove, inside a sea of parking on Ramseur Street in Durham, are a pair…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (988+ words) Zebulon Vance, the North Carolina legislator, governor, and Confederate officer for whom Wake County’s easternmost town is named, was not, according to U.S. Civil War historian John G. Barrett, a details guy. Though Vance practiced law for a few years…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (469+ words) Also on Thursday night, Cary shared the report prepared by the law firm Womble Bond Dickinson at the town council’s request. The firm investigated procurement card transactions and reimbursements, financial reporting practices, and the town’s workplace environment over a four-year…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (801+ words) Cars rumble into the gravel lot, squeezing onto the grass if the parking is full. Uneven paths stretch across the park, and a “restrooms” sign points visitors down a set of stairs and through a patch of grass. For anyone…...