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Home Adopting Network. Source: Darci VanderSlik, SPCA of Wake County
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SPCA Wake Streams Adoptable Pets Online to Find Homes

March 17, 2020 Guest Author or Contributor

Watch and interact with pets from the comfort and safety of home The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Wake County (SPCA Wake) is broadcasting adoptable pets to families via live streaming […]

Pup in holiday hat. Source: SPCA of Wake County
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A Top Triangle Holiday Lights Attraction Aims the Spotlight at Shelter Pets

November 15, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

  This November, SPCA Wake and the Christmas Lights on Holt Rd have joined together to find homes for shelter pets in need. Two special adoption promotions made possible by Christmas Lights on Holt Rd encourages […]

Shelter space needed for Hurricane Pets. Adoption discount at SPCA Wake.
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SPCA Wake: Adoptions Urgently Needed to Make Room for Hurricane Dorian Pets

September 4, 2019 Guest Author or Contributor

As Hurricane Dorian approaches NC, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Wake County needs to make room for urgent pet rescues needed along the coast. To encourage adoptions, the SPCA is offering 50% […]

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Why Is The Foster Care Crisis Growing in A Booming Economy?

January 24, 2018 Guest Author or Contributor

An Interview with Economist Dr. Michael Walden of NCSU By Robert B. Butler The North Carolina economy is back. The state’s unemployment rate has fallen to a 17-year low, and the nation’s stock markets have […]

Children's Home Society of North Carolina logo.
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NC Adoption Program Expands to Find Homes for Older Children

November 1, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

Coinciding with National Adoption Month, Children’s Home Society of North Carolina is announcing a significant expansion of a statewide program to find loving and permanent homes for older children languishing in foster care. In partnership […]

Children's Home Society of North Carolina logo.
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Children Aging Out of Foster Care Soars 10.4% in North Carolina

April 12, 2017 Kay Whatley

By Dillard Spring (CHSNC.org) and Robert B. Butler (RBButler.com) Recently released figures show a huge jump of 10.4% in youth aging out of foster care in North Carolina in 2016 compared to 2015. These are the highest […]

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Adoptive Homes Sought as NC Foster Care Surges

August 23, 2016 Kay Whatley

Release by Dillard Spring (CHSNC.org) via Robert B Butler (NCPressRelease.org) As of July 31, 2016, more than 10,400 children are in foster care in North Carolina — almost a 25-percent increase over a five-year low recorded in […]

Wild mustang Asha starts her 100 days of training with Horse Trainer Brian Sprague in the 2016 Colorado Extreme Mustang Makeover. Source: April Sprague, Bennett CO.
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Colorado Extreme Mustang Makeover Leads to Adoptions

May 25, 2016 Kay Whatley

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the US, the Extreme Mustang Makeover challenges horse trainers to take on a wild horse, gentle it, and prepare it for adoption several months later. The challenge has helped thousands of American […]

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    July 21, 2022
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    July 21, 2022
  • Source: The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum, Selma, North Carolina.
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    May 17, 2022
  • Cats and Dogs. Credit: Frank and Kay Whatley, Nadia Ethier
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    May 17, 2022
  • "Chicken" is one of many films to be presented during the Franklin Flicks/NCISAFF dates in May and June 2022
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  • Writing time during the Spring Writers' Retreat 2022 at Rolling View State Park. Photo: Donna Campbell Smith
    FCAC Writers’ Retreat Provided Advice, Writing Time in Beautiful Park
    May 5, 2022
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    March 3, 2022
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    February 15, 2022

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The Strange-ness: Michigan Man Challenges Police on Facebook, Turns Self In

October 19, 2017

One Michigan police department received a challenge from a man with active warrants. The man posted on the Redford Township Police Department’s Facebook page, offering to turn himself in if their Facebook post was shared […]

Phong Le prepares a tiny version of Banh Xeo at a 2017 Small Foods Party. Source: Small Foods Party, Baltimore MD.
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The Strange-ness: Watching Tiny-Food Cooking Videos? Try A Small Foods Party

February 7, 2018

By Kay Whatley On YouTube, there are videos showing tiny versions of food being created. The mini-food trend isn’t just on YouTube, though, as a Baltimore, Maryland group called Small Foods Party offers a live […]

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The Strange-ness: Streets Change with Rain

June 8, 2016

A group in Boston has inscribed poetry on the streets of Boston MA; poetry that is only seen when it rains. Using stencils and water repellent, the poems are placed on a sidewalk or similar […]

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