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As you may know, February is Black History Month. If you don’t have time to stop by the Cumberland County Public Library for books about Black historic figures and pioneers, we still have …

Coming off the heels of a visit to the imminently-closing North Carolina State Veterans Home in Fayetteville, North Carolina legislators on Tuesday criticized the N.C. Dept. of Military and Veteran …

Several days a week, aspiring election candidate Zach Traylor and his campaign team head out into Fayetteville to knock on doors and to ask people …

Carlos Miguel Prieto is on his way to Fayetteville and looking forward to meeting you.  He’s bringing the strings and the percussions of his N.C. Symphony, too.  …

Project leaders for the Murchison Choice Neighborhood plan shared the latest updates — including stakeholder pledges and planned initiatives — for the neighborhood revitalization plan in …

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series on the closing of the state veterans home in Fayetteville. Read part one here . In the final days before closing, few veterans remained …

The U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of North Carolina announced Friday that a former Fort Liberty solider was guilty of  drug trafficking  and laundering $700,000 while serving in …

One of North Carolina’s poorest cities wants to curb aggressive panhandling

Holt Moore, the attorney for Lumberton , said City Hall gets phone calls almost daily from residents complaining about panhandlers in street medians and parking lots.  In one incident, …

Cumberland Democrat sees evidence of Democratic gerrymandering in N.C. House election

A Democratic candidate for N.C. Dist. 42 suspects that fellow party member and incumbent Rep. Marvin Lucas of Spring Lake got the state’s majority-Republican legislature to gerrymander the …

  Say hello to the Yomi. You’ll find the Yomi over at Sandhills Oral Surgery, Periodontics & Dental Implant Specialists working alongside oral surgeons like Dr. Gary Jones …

Cumberland County nonprofits get another shot at ARPA funding

Nonprofit entities in Cumberland County will have another chance to apply for federal American Rescue Plan act funding.

THE KIRBY FILE: Time to stop talking about downtown Event Center, and build it

It’s back to the drawing board for the proposed downtown Crown Event Center after the county recently learned that construction costs leaped from $131.7 million to $163.5 million.

Cape Fear Regional Theatre brings a magical Cinderella to the stage

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” will grace the Cape Fear Regional Theatre stage  Saturday with preview shows starting Thursday, having already sold out its opening …

Toney Coleman, who retired as director of Fayetteville Regional Airport at the start of 2024 after 30 years as a city employee, was honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine at Monday’s Fayetteville City Council meeting. 

Public Works Commission recommends contractor for $18.6 million sewer line repair

The Fayetteville Public Works Commission on Wednesday unanimously recommended that the City Council award a bid to repair 4,000 feet of a 54-inch diameter sewer outfall pipe southeast of Fayetteville …

You knew David Barkman in this community by watching his journey on the path of life he chose, his heart and empathy for others and from those he loved and those who admired and loved him back, because of who David Barkman was in life.

A week after project managers revealed to Cumberland County commissioners that the Crown Event Center would take longer to complete and cost far more than expected, the project team has come up with …

When the majority of the Spring Lake Board of Aldermen took office in 2021, the small town of just under 12,000 was freshly enmeshed in a financial crisis in the wake of the Local Government …

At its meeting Monday, the Fayetteville City Council voted unanimously to adopt a list of the city’s legislative priorities to share with federal agencies and elected officials this year.  …

The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen discussed requiring giving notice to town residents ahead of utility installation work at their regularly scheduled work session on Monday night. The board also …

The Hope Mills Commissioners will move forward with entering into a contract to begin construction on phase one of Heritage Park, the board decided at their Monday meeting. They also unanimously …

How did the North Carolina State Veterans Home in Fayetteville go from being ranked among the top nursing homes in the country in 2022 to the brink of closing its doors just a year later?  …

54-inch, 4,000-foot Fayetteville sewer line needs $18.6 million repair

Fayetteville’s water, sewer and electric company anticipates spending about $18.6 million to line 4,000 feet of a damaged 54-inch diameter sewer line and stabilize the terrain around it to …

Deadline for the annual property tax listing on Jan. 31 is fast approaching

The deadline for the 2024 annual property tax listing period is Jan. 31: Listing forms must b e updated, s i gned, and returned and must be postmarked by the U.S. Postal Service no later than Jan. 31 …

The Greater Fayetteville Chamber will be hosting its first Quarterly Prayer Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday in the Matthews Ministry Center located at Methodist University. The …

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