The owners of Hofmann Forest announced Friday morning that the $130 million contract for the sale of the forest to an Illinois agri-businessman has been dropped. “The purchase agreement for Hofmann Forest has terminated with the buyers unable to finalize the financial contingencies of the contract,” a news release, sent on behalf of the Board […]
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. Mining and Energy Commission reports on fracking rulemaking process
The group charged with drafting the rules for implementing fracking in North Carolina has finished reviewing the 217,285 comments it received from the public this summer. In a presentation to the General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy, Mining and Energy Commission chairman Dr. Vikram Rao reported the commissioners’ findings and outlined the actions […]
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Raleigh volunteers working to change city zoning ordinance to protect neighborhoods
In Raleigh, it seems that every other rezoning case has invited controversy, and to many residents, this means the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) is not working the way it’s supposed to. After several meetings this past spring and summer, resident volunteers have proposed three new zoning districts to clearly define limits on development in Raleigh. […]
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Raleigh Planning Commission considering changes to 2030 Comprehensive Plan
Raleigh’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan establishes a vision for the City of Raleigh and is supposed to provide long-range policy guidance for growth and development. But recently, residents have complained that proposals from developers have strayed from the guidelines set forth in the comprehensive plan, and that city planning staff and the City Council have been […]
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More bike lanes planned for Raleigh, which had 98 car-bike crashes in a year
Earlier this month, Garret Thompson was hit by a black car while riding his bike at the intersection of Gorman and Jackson streets in Raleigh, near the N.C. State University campus. The driver didn’t stop, leaving Thompson, 23, with a broken leg, a sprained ankle and other bruises and scrapes. Until he heals, he can’t […]
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Love Wins loses IRS status, Greystone Inn tries again
Love Wins Ministries, a nationally known advocacy group for the homeless, failed to disclose to its supporters that it lost its nonprofit certification 18 months ago. And last week, the state Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division notified Love Wins that it had received a complaint about the ministry’s lack of transparency. The complaint was filed […]
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Expert challenges investigation of scene of Lennon Lacy’s death
An expert pathologist hired to review local and state authorities’ handling of Lennon Lacy’s purported suicide in August released a report Thursday, criticizing many of the actions taken by local law enforcement. Dr. Christena Roberts, who was retained by the North Carolina NAACP at the request of Lacy’s family, met with the state’s Chief Medical […]
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New report shows North Carolina can achieve 20 percent solar by 2030
A report released this week by Environment North Carolina’s Research and Policy Center shows that solar power is growing quickly in the state. So quickly, in fact, that solar power could generate 20 percent of North Carolina’s electricity within 15 years, a goal that was once considered improbable. Currently, the solar industry employs 3100 people […]
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Family of Lennon Lacy requests federal investigation into suspicious death
Together with the North Carolina NAACP, the family of the Bladenboro teenager who was found dead this summer has requested that the U.S. Justice Department join the ongoing SBI investigation into Lennon Lacy’s death. The seventeen year-old star high school football player, who was black, was found hanging from a child’s swing set in a […]
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North Raleigh residents worried about water, traffic, loss of revenue
At a town hall meeting Wednesday evening, District A City Council representative Wayne Maiorano asked his constituents to share what was on their minds. The residents who filled the lodge at Durant Nature Park had a lot to say. At the top of their list of concerns was water. Resident Georgia McLain said she is […]
