Source: Jay Price, NEWS & OBSERVER, 11/12/13

A Wake County Superior Court Judge declined Tuesday to temporarily block N.C. State University’s sale of the massive Hofmann Forest in the southeastern part of the state near Jacksonville. The decision is a setback to opponents of the $150 million deal, who fear that the prospective buyer of the 79,000-acre tract will develop it.

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