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@indyweek.bsky.social is hosting a Pride Month roller disco fundraiser at Wheels on 6/25 and you're all invited! ***100% of ticket revenue goes to support the local LGBTQ+ community!*** Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/rollin-wit...

Hey Durham neighbors - definitely give this a read. Lena Geller and Lee Gans doing some absolutely top notch community journalism.

Some fantastic reporting and analysis by Lena Geller (@writingthings.bsky.social) and Lee Gans (@grumblefish.bsky.social) on a very troubling trend in these property tax appeals cases. It’s worth your time to read this! 😡😡😡

"That was part of the grieving—leaving behind a part of myself and having to start over somewhere new. I didn’t know anybody here, and starting from scratch was daunting, but I’ve also made a new home here and feel like I’ve found my people."

Durham organizer Bertha Bradley, better known as Mama Cookie, has been front-and-center in the fight for better working conditions across the South.

@indyweek.bsky.social is hosting a Pride Month roller disco fundraiser at Wheels on 6/25 and you're all invited! ***100% of ticket revenue goes to support the local LGBTQ+ community!*** Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/rollin-wit...

A board that looks like this!!! 👀👀👀

An INDY investigation found that in an unprecedented and still-murky saga, a county board granted billions in property value reductions to landlords and companies like Blackstone. City leaders, banking on the tax revenue, didn’t know until April. ⬇️

New must read from @indyweek.bsky.social: Lena Geller and Lee Gans spent six weeks looking at property tax appeals in Durham and how they led to a budget shortfall: "All told, big businesses saw their tax bills cut left and right, while the tax burden stayed on the shoulders of ordinary residents."

Outlanders, a self-governed community in Raleigh, is serving as a unique model for ending homelessness. @Report4America corps member Chloe Courtney Bohl writes for @indyweek.bsky.social: indyweek.com/news/inside-...

everyone should read this nuanced, rigorously reported story by my very talented INDY colleague @ccourtneybohl.bsky.social — a portrait of Outlanders, North Carolina’s first self-governing homeless encampment.

”This is still habitat loss and critical watershed loss. So much damage is now taking place, and the degradation of the river will continue once the development is in place. This is a travesty that should have been stopped.” indyweek.com/news/black-m...

Nice to see @pblest.bsky.social back in the Indy indyweek.com/news/culture...

In this era of too much news too fast, take a second to read about some of the federal employees and contractors who had their lives turned upside down about 500 news cycles ago.

Really nice profile of Fred Joiner, former poet laureate and now council member in Carrboro.

My latest: for @indyweek.bsky.social I took a look at how many workers in the Triangle lost jobs due to federal cuts over the past year — and why it's so hard to know where they've ended up indyweek.com/news/triangl...

If you haven't picked one up yet, this week's print edition of @indyweek.bsky.social is stacked with fantastic stories by INDY staff writers and contributors, and beautiful photos by Matt Ramey. Check it out 👇 indyweek.com/find-a-paper/

It’s been over a year since federal workers across the country came under attack by Elon Musk and DOGE. Many are still trying to recover. Federal workers make our communities and country run. They deserved better than DOGE threatening their jobs.

I've lived in Durham my whole life, and I still learn so much about the city's history through my reporting at @indyweek.bsky.social My most recent story is about tennis and city budgeting, but more about found family and the legacy of Black athletics in Durham. indyweek.com/news/durham-...

"'Dancing Queens' was the last video produced under Stegall. .... That year, Cary also raised taxes by 1.5 cents and put two bond referenda worth $560 million—more than the town’s budget that year—on the November ballot, which voters rejected."

If you've seen me lately and I've been singing "Dancing Queen" to myself, this is why. indyweek.com/news/cary-vi...

ICYMI: Cy Neff's report from last month on a lawsuit alleging repeated sexual assault by Durham Rescue Mission's former volunteer coordinator. indyweek.com/news/durham-...

Raleigh City Farm maintains a small staff, but much of the work is handled by farmer interns and volunteers. The intern “wall of fame” on a shed commemorates the roughly 50 hopeful farmers who have been through the intensive semester-long teaching program.

The Eno River Association helped spare 27 acres near West Point on the Eno from development. But the question remains: Why wasn’t Black Meadow Ridge protected to begin with?

I met with a local death doula for @indyweek.bsky.social and will be thinking about her book (and lending it out) for a long time.

It's a joy to see this guy about town and makes me glad to live in Durham.

I spoke with filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin about their new doc, @stealthisstory.bsky.social, which compels us to ask more out of mainstream media & has lots of great archival reels of Amy Goodman chasing powerful people with a microphone. (cc: @fullframefest.bsky.social)

In the Triangle, PineCone and the Durham Symphony are both putting on concerts that contend with the American experiment and how we have, or haven’t, lived up to its ideals.

Thanks to everyone who joined us this morning! It was really gratifying to meet some readers in person and so helpful to hear what matters to you. We're in this for you!

essential reading, essential reporting by Lena @writingthings.bsky.social

Champ, who turns 3 in April, is rarely fazed by the variety of things Michael asks him to retrieve, a list that includes bats, bumpers, balls, and even eggs. “Michael could throw a potato out there,” said Melissa, “and Champ will go get it.”

The March 3 election includes races from local school boards up to Congress.

obsessed with this horrifying, evocative landfill dispatch very @ccourtneybohl.bsky.social: “All the while, flocks of migratory birds whirl overhead, noshing on trash. Depending on the season you can spot rock pigeons, eagles, Canada geese, starlings, and turkey vultures.”

“You know,” Smart said, standing in his South Durham kitchen with a cup of coffee, “Star Trek is the world we want, and Star Wars is the world we have.”

Rep. Valerie Foushee and challenger Nida Allam are working to win over 130,000 Wake voters added to the district since their 2022 matchup.

“It really opens your mind,” she said. “Seeing is believing. There’s nothing like seeing that giant mountain of trash—that you know you helped make—to make you want to do better.”

That statue was erected and dedicated by some of the same people who killed Wyatt Outlaw—but few in the county knew that, until they started digging deeper.

"I think the best images are complicated. You can look at these images and try to imagine who they are, and maybe not really get there. They’re just like a moment in time."

Through no fault of their own, more than 70,000 North Carolinians could hit an extra obstacle when trying to cast a ballot in this year’s primaries.

Aday shelter for Durham’s unhoused population is on its way, after many years of planning.

The snow and ice may have finally melted, but for local restaurants across the Triangle, recent storms are anything but over.

The March 3 election includes races from local school boards up to Congress.

"More than he loved the Heels, though, my dad hated Duke. Coach K—his stiff authoritarian approach, his joyless discipline—represented everything wrong with basketball."

In interviews with the INDY over the last month, seven Democratic candidates running in the March 3 primary diagnosed some of Wake County’s biggest challenges.

“Anybody Lynn ever met immediately realized what a bright shining star she was,” said her Tres Chicas bandmate Lamm. “Not like a rock or movie star, but a brilliant light of kindness, happiness, and depth."

As book coverage takes another devastating hit, I’m reminded how lucky we are to have Sarah and @indyweek.bsky.social championing stories that matter. Grateful for Sarah's care and vision and speed with this excerpt! Hope everyone clicks and reads and shares.

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