Music, food trucks, family fun and fireworks will celebrate July 4th across Cumberland County this weekend. The festivities kick off with a parade on Saturday in Hope Mills and will conclude with fireworks in downtown Fayetteville and on Fort Bragg on Monday night.
SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen on Monday night voted to table an endorsement of the fiscal 2022-23 budget ordinance passed by the Local Government Commission on June 22.
SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen is expected to endorse the proposed town budget on Monday night ahead of the Local Government Commission’s adoption this week. The …
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health now offers Moderna COVID-19 vaccination shots for children 6 months to 5 years old. Shots will be administered at the Health Department at 1235 …
Six new district-level administrators will help lead Cumberland County Schools in new roles for the coming school year. The Board of Education approved the appointments on the recommendation of Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr.
The Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corp. on Monday is expected to ask the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners for $510,000 to entice a construction industry to locate here.
Fayetteville State University on Friday announced it has received a historic gift of $5.8 million to support key initiatives. It is the largest single private donation in the school’s …
A national homebuilder would create 189 jobs in Fayetteville and build a factory to make trusses and other construction components, according to a report presented to the City Council.
The price of lunch for some students in Cumberland County public schools will go up for the first time since 2017. The 50-cent increase will take effect this fall for students who have previously …
Five members of the Cumberland County Schools leadership team with a combined 163 years of experience are retiring before the new school year starts.
Eight schools in Cumberland County will have new principals for the coming school year. The county Board of Education approved the recommendations of Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr. on Tuesday night.
Lillian Black Elementary and Ireland Drive Middle schools will close after a unanimous vote by the Cumberland County Board of Education on Tuesday night.
A Miami-based company that operates nearly 100 senior medical centers in 12 states will open a facility on Raeford Road, according to the Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corp.
SPRING LAKE — The town of Spring Lake will be moving to a standard work week when the furloughs end at the end of the month. For the first time in over two decades, Town Hall …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday got an update on the projected space needs for county government over the next 20 years. The cost of renovating existing spaces and …
Fayetteville is in the midst of a heat wave — one that can be dangerous for residents who do not have access to air conditioning. In response to the high temperatures this week, Cumberland …
SPRING LAKE — The Board of Aldermen on Monday night, along with the Local Government Commission, will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget, and it also is expected to pass a resolution to bring the town into the Cumberland County Recreation Service District.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday will get an early glimpse of what kind of operating space the county government will need in the near future. The county in 2021 hired Creech & Associates LLP, a Charlotte-based architectural design firm, to conduct a study determining what type and amount of space the county's governmental services departments need as it grows to serve an increasing population.
Advocates of the N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center plan to appear before the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners in August to ask for the $7.5 million the county previously agreed to provide for the project.
The former Spring Lake finance director was arrested Friday and charged with embezzlement, bank fraud and identity theft. Gay Cameron Tucker, 63, of Fayetteville, is accused of embezzling more than $500,000 from Spring Lake during her time as finance director and accounting technician for the town, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina said in a release.
The Cape Fear Valley Health Pavilion North Express Care will reopen Monday on a three-day schedule. The Express Care, which is at 6387 Ramsey St., closed in October 2021 to focus on COVID-19 vaccinations and testing, the health system said in a release. It will be open to see patients on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
SPRING LAKE — Spring Lake’s proposed budget calls for an end to furloughs and increases in water and sewer rates. The $13.3 million proposed budget would keep the property tax rate …
Developers will not have to deal with temporary restrictions on lot size and setbacks after a vote by the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday morning. A motion to establish a 90-day moratorium for zero lot-line development failed to get a majority vote.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday night passed the fiscal 2023 budget. The budget passed on a 4-2 vote. Voting in favor were Commissioners Larry Lancaster, Toni …
The Fayetteville Cumberland Economic Development Corp. and the Community Development Foundation plan to use $4 million in federal funds to build an HR center that will help service members, military spouses and veterans find jobs.
