On Monday, a science teacher at Douglas Byrd Middle School was named the 2023 Teacher of the Year for Cumberland County Schools. Talicia Smith was chosen from among 10 finalists who were …
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who died after a shooting Friday night on Spike Rail Drive. Jethro Lee McLaurin, 44, of Fayetteville, died and a second man was …
City Manager Doug Hewett will work with a Chapel Hill-based recruiting firm as he looks to find a new police chief to succeed Gina Hawkins. The city has contracted with Developmental Associates, a …
The Fayetteville Police Department will host a gun buyback program next weekend. The program will be Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kingdom Impact Global Ministries, 2503 Murchison …
The North Carolina Symphony will perform music that celebrates African American culture in a concert Thursday night at Fayetteville State University. The Freedom Celebration Concert will be at …
Dr. Rakesh Gupta and his wife, Dr. Vinita Gupta, have called Fayetteville home for more than three decades. They don’t just live here. They embrace this community. “Fortunately, …
In this week’s notebook: Cumberland County Schools recognize two high school counselors and three health care professionals; Cape Fear Valley receives a grant for an Arts Therapy program; an FSU professor secures funding from the National Science Foundation for her research; and Methodist University’s engineering program receives accreditation.
The 4th annual Fayetteville 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb was held Saturday at Segra Stadium. Participants climbed the equivalent of the World Trade Center's 110 stories to remember the fallen.
The Fayetteville City Council on Monday is expected to hear a presentation on the education campaign for a three-part bond package that will go before voters in November. The council meets at 7 …
A shooting Friday night left one man dead and another seriously injured, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were dispatched just after 6:30 p.m. to a shooting near the …
For more than three decades, the city of Fayetteville’s 911 call center has operated from the same space at police headquarters downtown. Updating the 911 center and several city fire stations are important keys to providing public safety in Fayetteville, city officials said Friday as they led reporters on a tour of city facilities that they hope will benefit if voters approve a three-part bond package in a November referendum.
The N.C. Court of Appeals on Friday denied the city of Fayetteville’s appeal of a judge’s order that it schedule a referendum on a plan that would add at-large seats to the City Council.
A City Council committee has recommended that a former council member be appointed to the Fayetteville Public Works Commissio n despite a current council member’s request that the decision be delayed. The appointments committee on Wednesday recommended that former City Councilman Chris Davis be appointed to the PWC.
No A Dickens Holiday? Members of the Downtown Alliance beg to differ. On yes, oh yes, there will be A Dickens Holiday downtown from 1 to 8 p.m. the day after Thanksgiving, just like there has been …
Pfc. Austin Robertson is moving this weekend, from a barracks room on Fort Bragg’s Smoke Bomb Hill to a room across the post. The Wilkesboro native is among the more than 1,100 soldiers who …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday agreed to make the $7.5 million it has pledged for a Civil War history center contingent on whether the city of Fayetteville stands by its pledge of $6.5 million.
State health officials have confirmed a case of neuroinvasive West Nile virus in Cumberland County, the first reported case this year, county officials said. The case was confirmed by the North …
North Carolina environmental groups are outraged over the Chemours chemical corporation’s plans to expand its Fayetteville Works plant in Bladen County. Chemours announced in a statement …
The city of Fayetteville has appealed a judge’s order that it schedule a referendum on a plan that would add at-large seats to the City Council. The ruling by Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons last week mandated that the council approve a November referendum on the proposal by the Vote Yes Fayetteville advocacy group to reshape the way City Council members are elected.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, Sept. 8, is expected to decide whether to consider a request to fund the proposed N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center. The issue is …
Newly elected City Council member Brenda McNair says she intended to vote for a motion to put funding for the N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center on the agenda for the council’s next meeting.
The Fayetteville City Council was deadlocked Tuesday night on deciding whether to move forward with the $6.5 million it previously agreed to contribute to building a Civil War history center in the city.
Council members Shakeyla Ingram, Courtney Banks-McLaughlin and Brenda McNair did not attend an emergency meeting of the Fayetteville City Council on Sept. 2 to discuss Cumberland County Superior …
Cumberland County Commissioner Jimmy Keefe says he wants greater transparency when it comes to handing out money to local nonprofit organizations vying for federal dollars for programs to help the …
Without questions or discussion, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday moved two steps closer to building the proposed Crown Event Center. The board accepted a list of guiding …
