Indy Week

Indy Week, which was initially called the Independent Weekly and originally known as the North Carolina Independent, is a tabloid-style alternative weekly newspaper based in Durham, North Carolina. It is distributed across the Research Triangle region, including Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary, as well as in nearby counties like Wake, Durham, Orange, and Chatham. The newspaper made its debut in April 1983.

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From Property Taxes to School Funding, What’s in Durham County’s Budget Proposal?

1 day ago | indyweek.com | Justin Laidlaw

On Monday night, Durham County Manager Claudia Hager presented her proposed budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The recommended Durham County budget totals $1.04 billion, a $71.55 million, or 7.4 percent, increase from last year. Hager said the additional funding prioritizes education, public safety, and personnel compensation. Property tax revenue, the county’s main source of revenue, is expected to jump nearly $48 million.
Amazon Labor Organizers Challenge Union Election Loss

2 days ago | indyweek.com | Brandon Kingdollar

This story was originally published in NC Newsline. After losing their bid to unionize the Amazon warehouse in Garner by a three-to-one margin in February, labor organizers with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment are challenging the election results, arguing Amazon coerced employees into voting against the union campaign. In a filing with the National Labor Relations Board on Feb.
In Debut Film “Growing Pains,” a Triangle Writer Transmits a Bittersweet Coming-of-Age Story

2 days ago | indyweek.com | Jane Porter

As an undergraduate at NC State University in 2021, Mariana Fabian published an opinion piece in the Technician, the student newspaper, critiquing the dialogue of the young people in the Amazon Prime series The Wilds. That piece would lead to Fabian working as a co-writer and associate producer on a full-length independent feature film, Growing Pains, that premieres at the Rialto Theater in Raleigh this month.
Raleigh city council ousts two planning commissioners

5 days ago | indyweek.com |

Raleighâ€™s planning commission, the all-volunteer body that makes recommendations to the city council about zoning, development, and growth, has two new membersâ€”and it lost two members who were eligible for reappointment and wanted to continue serving.
Applications Open for Affordable Housing on Downtown Durham’s Main Street

6 days ago | indyweek.com | Justin Laidlaw

A new affordable housing complex in downtown Durham will start accepting leases next week. Renegade, a 110-unit apartment complex built on county-owned land at 335 E. Main Street offers units ranging from studio to three-bedroom. Notably, twenty-two units are available for folks making up to 30 percent of the area median income (AMI), which is about $32,000 for a four-person household. Another 68 units are set aside for folks making up to 60 percent AMI, and 20 units for folks up to 80 percent AMI.
RPD Joins News Outlets in Effort to Obtain Tyrone Mason Recordings

6 days ago | indyweek.com | Jane Porter

The Raleigh Police Department (RPD) filed a motion Wednesday to join a coalition of news outlets, including INDY, in petitioning the North Carolina Highway Patrol to release body camera footage and other recordings of a state trooperâ€™s interactions with a Raleigh man who died in a crash on October 7.
Now in Its Third Year, Durham De Fandango Shows How “The South Has Got It Going On”

6 days ago | indyweek.com | Sarah Edwards

Sophia Enriquez vividly remembers the first time she attended a Fandango. It was 2018, and she was in Veracruz, an eastern Mexican state known for its rich cultural traditions, including Son Jarocho, the region’s folk music that goes back centuries, and Fandangos, the community gatherings that revolve around Son Jarocho music.
Wake County Public Schools Board Passes Budget Nobody Likes

1 week ago | indyweek.com |

The Wake County school board on Tuesday approved a $2.3 billion operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. To balance the budget, the system plans to make about $20 million in cutsâ€”despite pushback from teachers, parents, and students. In a depressingly ironic twist, the budget vote fell on Teacher Appreciation Week.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week

1 week ago | indyweek.com | Sarah Edwards

My social media feeds are increasingly full of women whittled down to their smallest framesânot people I know, but bodies pushed by the algorithm, influencers, and celebrities selling diets and various other forms of self-denial. Being unhealthily skinny is back with a vengeance. Thankfully, there are counterbalances like Casey Johnson, author of new book A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting.
Ambitious Plans and Unclear Funding for Durham County Farm Campus

1 week ago | indyweek.com | Lena Geller

The Durham County farm campus project—a long-awaited agricultural education center and incubator farm—passed a milestone Monday as county commissioners received the final feasibility study for the 129-acre Orange Factory Road property. A presentation of the study revealed both ambitious plans and looming challenges for the project, which has been in development for more than a decade.