Although it’s been a big year for Little Raleigh Radioits webstream launched last February, airing live shows and new, prerecorded programming online every dayfounders Jacob Downey and Kelly Reid are still waiting to hear if the FCC will grant them a low-power FM license. Little Raleigh Radio is competing with two organizationsboth affiliated with the […]
Jane Porter
Jane Porter is Wake County editor of the INDY, covering Raleigh and other communities across Wake County. She first joined the staff in 2013 and is a former INDY intern, staff writer, and editor-in-chief, first joining the staff in 2013.
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N.C. Health Department reviewing abortion regulations
It’s not 1965 but women in North Carolina are fighting for access to abortion. The state Department of Health and Human Services held a public hearing Friday to receive comments on abortion regulations that it reviewed under a 2013 Sharia Law/motorcycle safety bill. The Department will decide whether to change the draft rules before adopting […]
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Little Raleigh Radio, one year on
Updated: This story has been updated to reflect the changes in the low power FM application of the organization formerly known as Capital Team Sports, Inc. The organization is now known as Oak City Media, Inc. and was the first local applicant to be granted a construction permit by the FCC. The group hopes to […]
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Raleigh’s Planning Department to be reorganized
Raleigh’s city manager announced Wednesday that the city’s Department of Planning and Development will be divided into two separate departments “to better meet an increased demand for planning and development services.” Beginning July 1 next year, the Planning Department will be split into a City Planning Department, which will focus on long-range planning and growth […]
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North Raleigh residents want grocery proposal shelved
For nearly a year, North Raleigh residents have been anxious about whether the Planning Commission and City Council will rezone a plot of land to accommodate a 50,000-square-foot Publix grocery store at Falls of Neuse and Dunn roads. But last week, the Raleigh Planning Commission voted unanimously to allow the Charlotte-based developer its third extension […]
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N.C. lawmaker to introduce bill prohibiting discriminatory profiling
Rep. Rodney Moore, a Democrat from Mecklenburg County, announced at a Monday press conference that he would introduce legislation aimed at curbing racial profiling during the upcoming legislative session. In the wake of the killings of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner, Moore said North Carolina lawmakers need to be proactive about preventing a […]
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March Saturday to honor Lennon Lacy
The North Carolina NAACP will host a march in Bladenboro Saturday, to honor the memory of Lennon Lacy— the teenager found dead from hanging late this summer— and to bring awareness to the case. In a conference call with reporters Thursday, NC NAACP president the Rev. William J. Barber said the NAACP and Lacy’s family […]
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Deadwood: No sale for Hofmann Forest
The $130 million deal to sell Hofmann Forest to an Illinois agri-businessman is dead. The contract fell through after the buyer could not finalize the “financial contingencies of the contract,” stated a news release, sent on behalf of the Board of Trustees for the Endowment Fund, which owns the forest. The fund’s board of trustees […]
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New Wake County commissioners go on the record about their vision
Once upon a time, hearing seven “ayes” at a Wake County Board of Commissioners’ meeting was rare. But on Dec. 1, at the first meeting of the newly elected all-Democratic board, the ayes reigned. Once ruled by an obstinate Republican majority, the commission now is controlled by seven Democrats, four of whom were elected in […]
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Charter school study in Wake County may provide focus for urban renewal efforts
A study of 662 families who had at least one child enrolled in a popular Wake County charter school finds that many families with children enrolled in charter schools are likely to move to be close to the school. In North Carolina, where charters are not subject to school district boundaries, this finding could benefit […]
