4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (703+ words) “Arugula!” a woman shouts, browsing the available produce at Raleigh City Farm’s seasonal weekly farmstand, a big smile on her face. I chuckle with shared delight over her joy in the leafy green. Arugula isn’t necessarily always a hot commodity,…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (804+ words) But thanks to For the Girls of Raleigh, an organization formed to build female LGBTQ+ community in the Triangle, that fantasy turned out to be a thrilling reality. The Halloween party, which saw over 100 queer women (as well as nonbinary…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (716+ words) Last weekend, Reverend Bankole Akinbinu of Baptist Grove Church in Raleigh led 300 congregants in a prayer for affordable housing. “We pray now, God, for the most vulnerable amongst us that are represented in this county and some even in this…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1832+ words) The City of Raleigh has changed how it elects its eight-member city council, and for the first time ever this year, it’s holding a nonpartisan primary election on March 3 for all seats for which more than two candidates have filed…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago   (729+ words) Editor’s note: This story mentions suicide and mental health issues. Raleigh has made some big changes to how it handles 911 calls and mental health emergencies. When a Raleigh resident calls 911, a telecommunicator inside the city’s emergency communications center asks them…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (341+ words) The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday on a 2023 complaint involving Raleigh’s missing middle housing policy. A concurrent lawsuit against the developers behind a planned townhome project on Williamson Drive that was allowed under the policy cannot move forward,…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (837+ words) After years of bouncing around downtown, operating out of storage units, and searching for a sustainable lease agreement, the LGBT Center of Raleigh finally has a new home. The 3,000-square foot community center on Cabarrus Street is a cozy, comfortable…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (499+ words) GoRaleigh bus operators are concerned about what they say are unsafe conditions and mismanagement on the job, and they’ve been asking the Raleigh City Council for help since June. Operators brought the issue up again at the council’s October 14 meeting....

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (298+ words) When Artie and Nicole Januario found themselves unexpectedly unemployed at the same time this past winter, the situation initially seemed like a disaster. After all, Artie had just started a new business, the brand Artie Bars, shortly after leaving a…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (724+ words) Heather Leah likes to play a game where she picks a spot in Raleigh and asks herself what stood there 50, 100, or 200 years ago. Consider State Parking Lot 20 on the corner of Blount and Jones Streets across from the governor’s mansion....