Switch to the mobile version of this page.

News

Parents and environmental activists concerned about sewage sludge fields near schools

Sewage sludge, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process, is used as agricultural fertilizer across North Carolina. Activists say exposure causes headaches, nausea, respiratory problems, lesions and more.

By Billy Ball May 22, 2013

Crowd size and arrest totals increase at latest Moral Monday protest

North Carolina Roughly 600 people gathered outside the Legislative Building in Raleigh on Monday. The Moral Monday protests have now led to 153 arrests over four weeks.

By Will Huntsberry May 22, 2013

post a comment

Liberty Warehouse's historic landmark designation removed; building to be sold and redeveloped

Durham County Durham's last standing tobacco auction warehouse is to be sold and redeveloped into a mixed-use site with commercial and residential space.

By Raia Mihaylova May 22, 2013

post a comment

A healthy dose of transparency in the price of health care

News Briefs The Obama administration has taken a step in making hospital costs publicly available by creating a database of previously undisclosed charges and Medicare payments.

By Elizabeth Van Brocklin May 22, 2013

post a comment

$This week in disappointment: the budget, fracking again$

This week in disappointment: the budget, fracking again

North Carolina The Senate's proposed budget cuts would close the 24-bed Wright School, cut funding for tobacco prevention programs, close three alcohol and drug abuse inpatient treatment centers, and defund the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center. Plus, Senate Bill 76 would fuel our sprint toward fracking.

By Lisa Sorg May 22, 2013

Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen is out. What's next?

Wake County Without providing a clear reason, City Councilors fired the man who ushered Raleigh through a downtown renaissance and period of relative prosperity over the last 12 years. What is the future of Raleigh development?

By Will Huntsberry May 15, 2013

In clash over mental health care, anti-immigrant policy draws feds' scrutiny

Orange County The Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Cardinal Innovations violated the law by denying undocumented immigrants mental health care.

By Billy Ball May 15, 2013

post a comment

Some facts about worker safety in North Carolina

News Briefs Nearly 150 people died on the job in North Carolina in 2011. A recent AFL-CIO report says lax health and safety standards contribute to workplace deaths.

By Elizabeth Van Brocklin May 15, 2013

post a comment

This week in disappointment: rolling back the environment, reproductive rights and more

North Carolina But there is one good bill, which would allow consumers to compare hospital prices for medical procedures.

By Billy Ball, Will Huntsberry and Elizabeth Van Brocklin May 15, 2013

Cover Story
A 278-year-old error over the N.C.–S.C. border is riling residents

News Feature Unceremoniously marked 278 years ago with a stone here or a notch on a tree there, King George's boundaries leave a portion of Fred Berlinger's Polk County home in South Carolina.

By Billy Ball May 8, 2013

Cover Story
The Greater Carolina Swap Meet

A few things we're willing to trade with our neighbors to the south

News Feature Since we're still bickering about the border between North and South Carolina, INDY Week proposes exchanging these 20 people, places and things from the Old North State with the Palmetto State.

May 8, 2013

post a comment

More News »