In the latest development in an ongoing lawsuit against a local developer and the City of Raleigh, a Wake County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of six homeowners in the Hayes Barton neighborhood. Last August, the city’s Board of Adjustment (BOA) voted to allow a local developer, 908 Williamson LLC, to build 17 townhomes on a 2.4-acre lot at 908 Williamson Drive in Hayes Barton. But earlier this month, Wake County Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins issued a memo that suggests that Collins is primed to reverse the BOA’s...

That question was the central theme at a local birthday party last month. The party, held at the Durham County Library, was for historian Jean Bradley Anderson, who turned 100 this summer. With a panel of historians, a crowd of around 70 admirers, and plenty of cake, the occasion marked not only an impressive birthday but the celebration of an impressive career in studying Durham’s past. The celebration was supposed to end with an audience Q&A. But instead of asking questions, most of the audience members who took the mic...

The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted 4-1 to approve the We The People Party as a political party, enabling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to obtain ballot access in the November general election. 

Though the Democrat-majority board voted against certifying the party in several previous meetings, board members Alan Hirsch and Jeff Carmon flipped from their previous stance during a Tuesday morning meeting. Siobhan Millen remained opposed to certification of the We The People Party and accused the effort of being done solely to place RFK Jr. on the ballot.

This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. It’s Saturday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, and as fans make their way to their seats and raindrops begin falling from the night sky, Chris Ivy opens a secret door behind left field. The door is hidden from view by a pretzel stand. Ivy walks through a dingy corridor behind a giant video board, passing the fog machine that blows steam through the nose of the mechanical bull above. “It’s like a cave!” he exclaims, as water sprinkles...