AltWeeklies Wire
Deep Troublenew
After 22 years at the helm of the Durham-based Divers Alert Network, Peter Bennett is being forced out. Board members of the $14 million nonprofit say that in addition to helping divers, DAN's leader and his allies also were helping themselves.
INDY Week |
Jennifer Strom |
04-21-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Feds Catch Up With James Webbnew
SEC freezes assets, seeks repayment for investors in real estate scheme.
INDY Week |
Jennifer Strom |
11-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Going South to Save Companion Animalsnew
Our president and most media reports say life is improving along Mississippi's Gulf Coast since Katrina struck. They should ask the people who have to live there. An animal rescue mission reveals the human chaos still churning in the hurricane zone.
Tags: FEMA, katrina hurricane
Growth Rules!new
An Independent Weekly investigation of an obscure North Carolina board finds that business trumps the public interest on the state's Rules Review Commission, which has the last word on all state rules and regulations.
INDY Week |
Jennifer Strom |
07-08-2005 |
Policy Issues
In the Shadow of the U.S. Opennew
Just a chip shot away from the site of the U.S. Open in Pinehurst, N.C., are neglected African-American neighborhoods with no city water, sewer or trash collection. Activists hope to grab some of the golf tournament's spotlight to get local leaders to address the problem.
