Cumberland County is accepting bids from child care center operators to serve county employees and families. The proposal number is RFP, No. 23-27-ADM Childcare Center Operator.

Bobby Jones Links, an Atlanta-based club management and advisory services company, has entered a consulting partnership with Woodlake Country Club, a privately owned country club in Vass.

After a  high-profile contract loss this winter, nonprofit health insurance Blue Cross Blue Shield NC is asking lawmakers for a serious and potentially far-reaching change to state regulations so that it can behave more like national for-profit competitors. 

Cumberland County Cooperative Extension is accepting nominations for induction into the Cumberland County Agricultural Hall of Fame for 2023, according to a county news release. The Hall of Fame …

Dick Gill is reflecting these days on more than 50 years ago, when he first installed a burglar alarm for his father’s real estate business in north Fayetteville. “He had a break-in at his office,” Gill says. “I was working at Sears Roebuck, but I made an alarm and put it in his office. It was just a rig, but it worked.” William Gill never had another break-in at his business.

RALEIGH — Carelon, the health care services subsidiary of Elevance Health, has opened a facility in Fayetteville that will be the first of its kind for the company, according to a news release.

Fayetteville Regional Airport was awarded $3,000 from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation to host the airport’s second Aviation Career Education Academy, according to a city news release.

Also in this week's Business Notebook: City, county, FSU to participate in Procurement Week for business owners; Gray’s Creek High School educator is CTE Teacher of the Year; Fayetteville PWC receives 2 United Way Spirit of North Carolina Awards

If you are an aficionado of retail hardware stores, a walk through this place is like being a kid in a candy store. You name it, Nate and Lori Tracy Stobbe have it at Lori’s Ace Home & …

There’s a tranquility and a calm that permeates through this place where women and men both gather throughout each week to not only strengthen and tone their bodies but to reflect and be in touch with themselves and their daily lives. There’s a serenity. You can feel it.