INDY Week

06/05/2026

Courtney Liu, Jabu Graybeal, Tracey Durbin, and Amanda K. Miller's Made in NC commissions will premiere on June 22.

06/05/2026

In a highly anticipated vote, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools board voted Thursday to shutter the magnet school in 2027, sparing Ephesus and Seawell elementaries.

06/05/2026

After a satirical drag skit about tech billionaires, a crowd filed into a Wednesday hearing to speak against the utility's proposed rate hikes and the rise of data centers.

After a satirical drag skit about tech billionaires, a crowd filed into a hearing to speak against the utility's proposed rate hikes and data centers.

06/04/2026

'Rasputin Swims the Potomac,' the North Carolina writer's new political satire, touches down with a pandemic of "weeping sickness," a mystical professional wrestler, and a president making a power grab for a third term.

'Rasputin Swims the Potomac,' North Carolina writer Ben Fountain's fifth book, is a biting political satire that releases in June.

06/03/2026

Apex leaders discussed switching from odd- to even-year elections at their town council meeting last week.

Apex town council considers switching elections from odd to even years.

06/02/2026

Outlanders has a mayor, a charter, and a tight-knit community. As Raleigh pushes to end unsheltered homelessness, the camp could serve as a model for helping people get back on their feet—or be cleared out.

06/02/2026

Coming-of-age drama 'Girls like Girls,' Adam Scott in an Irish horror film, and more movies coming to local theaters.

06/02/2026

A new plan would aim to place people experiencing homelessness in the city into housing within 30 days.

06/01/2026

With its Mandarin Dual Language Immersion and STEAM education programs, Glenwood attracts families from all over the state. It’s not the problem, it’s the solution.

05/31/2026

The city is putting a $101.5 million affordable housing bond on November ballots. Here's a look at how the 2020 bond was spent, and how Raleigh would use another bond if approved.