Founded in late 2024, local organization For the Girls has become a thriving haven for queer women across Wake County and beyond. indyweek.com/news/culture...

In 2025, the INDY chronicled the local impacts of federal funding cuts on jobs and libraries, growing pressure on local food banks and the presence of immigration agents in the Triangle. 🧵

Founded at the start of the war in Ukraine, the Ukraine House school and cultural center in Raleigh has been a source of solace and community for refugees and longtime immigrants. indyweek.com/news/educati...

From local school board to congress, a host of races will be on Triangle voters’ ballots come March. Here’s a look at the candidates. indyweek.com/news/whos-ru...

Three Democrats will compete in March to be Wake County’s next district attorney when longtime DA Lorrin Freeman steps down; most other races won’t see competitive elections until the fall.

The Indy calls Mississippi Blue, by Reese McHenry, "a powerful new classic."

Raleigh's Dix Park will get a coffee and wine bar and other refreshments in the newly-renovated Flowers Cottage next summer.

Most Triangle state legislative seats won’t be on primary ballots in March. Here’s a look at the most interesting races, and all candidates who filed for the state house and senate.

hark! local songs we loved in 2025 (a list that only scratches the surface). 💕 @indyweek.bsky.social

With four statewide judicial seats up for grabs in 2026, candidates for the Court of Appeals will appear on primary ballots in March.

Here’s who filed for all Raleigh city council seats and who voters can expect to see on primary election ballots in March.

Durham County will see contested primaries for DA, sheriff, clerk of superior court, and for one superior court and two district court judges’ seats.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday on a 2023 complaint involving Raleigh’s missing middle housing policy.

“There’s nothing new about the magic of Dix Park and the skyline views, but at the same time, it’s easy at the park to feel transported somewhere entirely new,” Clarke said.

Here’s who filed for all Raleigh city council seats and who voters can expect to see on primary election ballots in March.

With four statewide judicial seats up for grabs in 2026, candidates for the Court of Appeals will appear on primary ballots in March.

“There’s nothing new about the magic of Dix Park and the skyline views, but at the same time, it’s easy at the park to feel transported somewhere entirely new,” Clarke said.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday on a 2023 complaint involving Raleigh’s missing middle housing policy.

BREAKING: Fresh off losing a reelection bid last month, former Durham city councilor DeDreana Freeman has filed to challenge state senator Sophia Chitlik for the District 22 seat

Former city council member DeDreana Freeman, who lost her reelection bid last month, filed on Wednesday to challenge first-term Sen. Sophia Chitlik for the District 22 seat.

Former city council member DeDreana Freeman, who lost her reelection bid last month, filed on Wednesday to challenge first-term Sen. Sophia Chitlik for the District 22 seat.

After years of bouncing around downtown, operating out of storage units, and searching for a sustainable lease agreement, the LGBT Center of Raleigh finally has a new home.

"It’s beautiful to see Durham affirming that it is who we say it is. It’s a place where we’re trying our best to come together to protect our people. The privilege to see that and to be part of that in whatever small way."

Beds available on “white flag nights” in Durham will quadruple this week as local organizations launch a new initiative to raise money for homelessness services and help people find shelter when temperatures are freezing.

A tintype demonstration, a solstice walk, a mid-century modern home tour, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.

An activist who interrupted a swearing-in ceremony in Durham has been banned from city hall for two years, which may be unprecedented:

Since 2015, thousands of people have flocked to Hillsborough to participate in the town’s glittering annual tradition of music, lanterns, and a reflective riverside walk.

“The state of high school theater in Durham is thriving. Year by year, production after production, some really great performances and student opportunities are being developed,” said Les Turner, director of arts education for Durham Public Schools.

In a series of potentially unprecedented events, Durham resident Amanda Wallace faces a two-year ban from city hall after interrupting council member Matt Kopac’s oath of office.

In an emergency meeting Monday, the Cary Town Council announced the resignation of town manager Sean Stegall because of spending and workplace concerns.

A decade into a tradition, Koka Booth’s annual Chinese Lantern Festival continues to up the ante and keep visitors in awe.

"By the end of my meal, I’ve started to notice that most people around me have assembled their lunches from a combination of different vendors—teriyaki beef and a Chick-fil-A milkshake, Auntie Anne’s pretzel bites and Starbucks. I want in on the cross-pollination."

Former Magnolia Grill chef Amanda Orser to open a counter-service sandwich shop, LRB Provisions, in a former Durham hot dog stand.

You're the not the only person bewildered by the tradition. My @indyweek.bsky.social colleague Chase dug into it two years ago. indyweek.com/news/how-dur...

From our partners @indyweek.bsky.social | The Cary Town Council announced town manager Sean Stegall’s resignation and swore in Russ Overton as interim town manager at an emergency meeting on Monday evening. indyweek.com/news/politic...

"By the end of my meal, I’ve started to notice that most people around me have assembled their lunches from a combination of different vendors—teriyaki beef and a Chick-fil-A milkshake, Auntie Anne’s pretzel bites and Starbucks. I want in on the cross-pollination."

As we close out my first year as INDY’s editor in chief, I want to say thank you for reading and supporting local, independent news. I'm so proud of this team and the work they’ve done. Now, we’re looking toward 2026.

“The state of high school theater in Durham is thriving. Year by year, production after production, some really great performances and student opportunities are being developed,” said Les Turner, director of arts education for Durham Public Schools.

The town of Fuquay-Varina will soon be in serious need of more water, but its plan to get that water faces sharp opposition from stakeholders in the eastern part of the state.

Residents want help rebuilding their damaged homes, and answers on why disaster assistance has been so slow. They also want to know how the city and state plan to handle the next destructive storm.

Since 2015, thousands of people have flocked to Hillsborough to participate in the town’s glittering annual tradition of music, lanterns, and a reflective riverside walk.

Heading to DC this week w/ 80+ climate disaster organizers & survivors from all over the US to speak with our representatives about FEMA, disaster relief, strategic future planning for “natural” disasters & support for those impacted, especially the most vulnerable. indyweek.com/news/culture...

The updated policies reinstate many of the changes that a previous iteration of the board passed in 2017 and then were apparently unintentionally pared down in a bureaucratic shuffle of policy reordering and consolidation.

Residents want help rebuilding their damaged homes, and answers on why disaster assistance has been so slow. They also want to know how the city and state plan to handle the next destructive storm.

Accusations of grooming, mentions of vulvas, and hurling of books—not an ordinary morning in the North Carolina State Legislature, but just another day in America’s culture wars.

“A physical space is not the core of what we are as Culture Mill,” said Noonan. “It’s been an important anchor, a way to anchor our values, but it’s not what we’re based on. … We’re based on the work that we do and our relationships.”

The Wake County town is asking the state for approval of a plan to withdraw more than 6 million gallons of water per day from the Cape Fear River Basin without returning the treated wastewater to the original source.

Accusations of grooming, mentions of vulvas, and hurling of books—not an ordinary morning in the North Carolina State Legislature, but just another day in America’s culture wars.

Op-Ed: "Rep. Foushee is Experienced and Effective. Don’t Trade Her for a Newbie."

The Wake County town is asking the state for approval of a plan to withdraw more than 6 million gallons of water per day from the Cape Fear River Basin without returning the treated wastewater to the original source.