In a shoebox of a room in a building off St. Mary’s Street stuffed with soundboards, microphones, digital consoles and coils and coils of wire, Kelly Reid and Jacob Downey are making radio. Reid and Downey are the duo behind Little Raleigh Radio, a proposed low power FM station with an intensely local focus. “Our […]
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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Durham residents to picket N.C. budget director Art Pope
As part of a statewide informational campaign, Durham residents and the NC NAACP will hold a picket this afternoon near the Roses store on the corner of Highway 54 and Fayetteville Road, starting at 4 p.m. Pope, who was appointed state budget director by Governor Pat McCrory in January, is the owner of Variety Wholesalers […]
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Fast food workers strike in the Triangle
Fast food workers in the Triangle are going on strike today to demand higher wages from the multi-billion dollar corporations they say don’t care about their employees. The protests, which kicked off in the parking lot of a Capital Boulevard Burger King at 6 a.m. this morning, are part of a wave of strikes happening […]
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Garner tries to attract biotech to old ConAgra site
On a June morning in 2009, an explosion tore through a Slim Jim manufacturing plant in Garner, killing four people and injuring 38 others. After the accident, ConAgraowner of Slim Jimpacked up and shipped out of Garner for Ohio, leaving the factory abandoned and hundreds of people out of work. Fast forward four and a […]
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Updated: Raleigh City Council Ok’s temp. food distribution site
Raleigh’s city council approved a recommendation by the council’s Law and Public Safety Committee to open an indoor temporary food distribution facility across the street from Moore Square Park at a meeting this afternoon. Other short term goals connected with the project include establishing care points for people in need around the city, implementing an […]
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Funeral Services Board fee increases under review at General Assembly
The North Carolina Board of Funeral Service’s proposal to increase fees on licensees was up for discussion today at an Administrative Procedures Oversight Committee meeting at the General Assembly. The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee is the overseeing body for all occupational licensing boards in the state. Former funeral board member and funeral home […]
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Emails show Hofmann Forest nearly wasn’t sold
The controversial sale of the Hofmann Forest to Illinois agribusinessman Jerry Walker almost didn’t happen, according to emails provided to the INDY by N.C. State University in a public records request. Emails between Tom Percival, the Lumberton-based consultant for Walker’s group Hofmann Forest LLC, and Dean Mary Watzin and David Ashcraft, of N.C. State’s College […]
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Hofmann Forest sale nearly derailed
The controversial sale of the Hofmann Forest to Illinois agri-businessman Jerry Walker almost didn’t happen according to emails provided to the INDY by N.C. State University in a public records request. Emails between Tom Percival, the Lumberton-based consultant for Walker’s group Hofmann Forest, LLC and Dean Mary Watzin and David Ashcraft of N.C. State’s College […]
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Dueling stories surround N.C. State’s Hofmann Forest deal
The sale of Hofmann Forest is so radioactive that both the prospective buyerIllinois agribusinessman Jerry Walkerand the sellerNorth Carolina State Universityare claiming that a controversial prospectus showing the property could be commercially developed is the other party’s doing. University officials have asserted that they had never seen the leaked prospectus outlining 9,000 acres of commercial […]
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Update: Spokesperson for Hofmann buyer says no plans to develop
Update: A spokesperson for the potential buyer of Hofmann Forest released a statement saying the documents were prepared in early 2013 for Hofmann Forest, LLC for use by Jerry Walker and other members of the company. He maintains Walker does not intend to develop the property. “The document in question was specifically put together for […]
