Feature

Who's watching the cops?

Alleged misdeeds at two local police departments raise the issue: Whose job is it to hold police accountable?

11 Nov 2009

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National

After the bust, luxury is dirt cheap

Initially priced at $265,000, upscale condos in Raleigh's Meadow Wood Park sold for as little as $116,000 at a recent public auction.

By Lisa Sorg | 18 Nov 2009

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North Carolina

Give back the Yadkin, dammit

For 50 years, Alcoa has controlled—and profited from—part of the Yadkin River. Now Gov. Perdue and concerned citizens want it back.

By Bob Geary | 18 Nov 2009

The long and circuitous path to license renewal

Other applicants can vie for the license when it's up for renewal, as the state is doing—over Alcoa's objection that its application came in after the 2006 deadline.

By Bob Geary | 18 Nov 2009

Timeline: Alcoa on the Yadkin

Fueled by Andrew Mellon's fortune, Alcoa came to dominate the aluminum industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

By Bob Geary | 18 Nov 2009

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Orange County

Chapel Hill's Varsity Theatre prepares for its new lease on life

Paul Shareshian wants the two-screen theater to become a community space as well, where brides can rent space to show their wedding videos and a group of seniors can watch classic films.

By Joe Schwartz | 18 Nov 2009

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Chatham County

Pittsboro considering its third development moratorium

The commissioners will vote on whether to extend the moratorium on Oct. 12.

By Rebekah L. Cowell | 6 Oct 2009

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Durham County

Designers draft plans for Rolling Hills, Southside

A team of planners is holding public meetings all week at the Hayti Heritage Center on Old Fayetteville Street.

By Samiha Khanna | 18 Nov 2009

What's next? Court, Durham county attorney says

If anyone wants to question a vote commissioners took last month to move the Jordan Lake watershed, it's going to have to be an outside party in a lawsuit.

By Samiha Khanna | 20 Nov 2009

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Wake County

Public meeting about groundwater contamination near the North Wake Landfill

The construction of lined landfills wasn't required by N.C. until 1998. The North Wake Landfill accepted 10 years' worth of hazardous garbage.

By Lisa Sorg | 30 Sep 2009

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Q&A

Gerald Grant on Wake's school success

It was the 1976 decision by Raleigh and Wake County to merge and then establish the policy that every school would be racially balanced that made Raleigh the "hope" of other American cities.

By Bob Geary | 20 May 2009

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