The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday will consider the question of allocating part of the county’s American Rescue Plan funding to help small businesses in the region.

Bravery, commitment and selflessness were celebrated with the presentation of the sixth annual Valor Awards on Tuesday. Hosted by the Greater Fayetteville Chamber, the awards ceremony recognized …

The Cumberland County Board of Education met Tuesday for its first monthly meeting since the 2022-23 school year began for students on Aug. 28.

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will meet Thursday to discuss the agenda for its next regular session. Topics include federal funding for COVID pandemic relief, drug testing for transit operators and cleanup of the Gray's Creek watershed.

A Cumberland County sheriff's deputy was hit by a vehicle Monday morning while directing school traffic, according to the Fayetteville Police Department. 

My sister and I took in the penultimate night of the Cumberland County Fair, located at the Crown Complex, on Saturday, leaving about four hours after we arrived with a newfound appreciation for the spirit of competition that fairs typically offer as well as other traditions that long-standing celebrations like these offer. 

The latest test results released by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction show an increase in academic achievement for students in Cumberland County Schools, but officials are still working to get performance back to pre-pandemic levels. 

Gray’s Creek football coach Jon Sherman figured with the stable of experienced running backs he had returning this season, his Bears were going to be pretty solid as far as ground offense was …

Cumberland County students' overall academic proficiency showed a slight increase in the 2022-23 school year, according to state test results released Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday. Here’s a short recap of what happened.  The Emergency Management office presented …

Gail A. Riddle has been elected chairwoman of the board of Cumberland Community Foundation. Riddle joined the board in 2016 and has served on many committees, including chairing the Robert H. Short Scholars Committee.

The Cumberland County Fair opened Friday at the Crown Complex and will run through Sept. 10. The fair celebrates the county’s agricultural heritage and combines family fun, informative agricultural exhibits, an art show and entertainment with amusement rides and food booths.

RALEIGH — State and local law enforcement officers will be out in force as part of the Labor Day Booze It & Lose It campaign, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation.

Seventy-First head football coach Duran McLaurin can’t speak for the philosophies of his fellow coaches, but when it comes to building a defense, he knows the plan that consistently works for him.

The Greater Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce held its annual State of the Community luncheon on Thursday at the Crown Complex Expo Center.  With about 600 people in attendance, according to according to the chamber’s Facebook page, organizers said it was the largest crowd in the history of the gathering. The audience included Fayetteville city, Cumberland County and state officials; business leaders; and public schools administrators.

Fayetteville Public Works Commission is one of 15 public power communities in the state to receive a 2022 Public Power Award of Excellence. ElectriCities of North Carolina presented the awards at its annual conference in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,

Here are stat summaries from this week’s Cumberland County Schools football games as submitted by the coaches: Gray’s Creek 47, Red Springs 19 Gray’s Creek Javon …

Enduring threads of North Carolina’s past — such as bygone industries and separate public schools for whites, Blacks and Native Americans — still affect older state residents, as harmful holdovers and even, in some cases, as positive forces

I always cringe as scores come in on the first night of high school football season and I’m keeping a record of my initial picks. That first week is always the toughest. You’re going on expectation, anticipation and team history when making decisions.

Here are my picks for Cumberland County’s high school Athletes of the Week: Christian Rutledge, South View, football Taylor Baggett, Gray’s Creek, volleyball Rutledge carried the ball 21 times for 178 yards and …

If Doug Caudill has a coach’s shirt in his closet for every school he’s coached, opening the door is like looking at a rainbow. This year marks the 50th that the veteran coach is pursuing his favorite job of working with a football team.

Cumberland County officials and representatives of EwingCole, a national architectural design firm, revealed the design schematics for the proposed Crown Event Center, a theater and entertainment facility planned for downtown Fayetteville, at Monday’s meeting of the county commissioners.

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners met Monday. Here’s a summary of what transpired.

The Cumberland County Department of Public Health is partnering with the public school system to hold evening clinics for back-to-school and COVID-19 immunization clinics for schoolchildren and teenagers in grades kindergarten through 12.

The high school football season kicked off Friday night with a full slate of games in Cumberland County. Here are game stats and scoring from Friday’s games as provided by the coaches. …