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Protesters demand an investigation into the Durham County jail
After two guards were fired following an altercation with an inmate, activists call attention to what they describe as horrible conditions → Read More
N.C.'s fracking capitol approves drilling ban
Vote taken Monday night forbids drilling in Lee County for the next two years. → Read More
Pat McCrory's Twitter account gets weird
The governor, in the midst of News & Observer reports on prison contracts, says media is trying to "psychoanalyze" him. → Read More
Do we really need judicial elections?
A lawsuit filed this week in Wake County says the Legislature’s plan to re-elect Supreme Court justices through retention referenda violates the state constitution → Read More
The invisibles: 57,000 minors crossed the Southern border last year. Should we send them back?
Two thousand escaped violence in Central America and were sent to North Carolina → Read More
Durham beginning search for the next police chief
The city says it hopes to have Jose Lopez's replacement on tap by the spring. Chief Lopez's tenure will close at year's end. → Read More
Rockingham, Lee counties move toward fracking moratoriums
But the Lee County moratorium will require a second vote next month, one that is likely to pass. → Read More
Judge promises ruling by Thanksgiving in Hallie Turner's case against North Carolina
Turner, a 13-year-old from Raleigh, is hoping a judge will force North Carolina to take action on climate change. → Read More
Lee County may vote next week to impose a temporary ban on fracking
The suburban county south of the Triangle figures to be one of the hottest drilling spots in the state. → Read More
Is the Durham Co-Op Market betraying its progressive roots?
The co-op’s board considered denying its low-wage employees a stake in the company → Read More
An Orange County group wants to use peer pressure to push a living wage
The Living Wage Project kicks off this week with nearly three dozen businesses already certified, and more on the way → Read More
Anonymous claims Sen. Thom Tillis is involved with the Ku Klux Klan
Group claims it is unmasking alleged Ku Klux Klan-affiliated politicians around the anniversary of the Ferguson protests. → Read More