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Police on Thursday arrested a man in connection with a weekend hit-and-run fatality on Bragg Boulevard. Investigators charged Brent Stuart James, 28, of the 6700 block of Matt Hair Road, with …

A candidate for North Carolina’s House District 44 owes the IRS more than $222,000, records at the Cumberland County Clerk of Court’s Office show. The candidate, Democrat Terry Lynn …

The cost of electricity would not change next year, but water rates would increase, according to a budget presented to the Fayetteville Public Works Commission on Wednesday. The commission heard …

Cumberland school board approves 2022-23 budget

The Cumberland County Board of Education on Tuesday night unanimously approved the superintendent’s proposed budget for the 2022-23 school year. Based on Superintendent Marvin …

The director of Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation told the City Council on Monday that plans for a new senior center are on track. The Bill Crisp Senior Center is expected to be …

TRP Sumner executive appointed to N.C. Association of Certified Public Accountants Kelly Puryear, chief executive partner with TRP Sumner, was recently appointed to the board of directors with the …

Three arrested on drug charges

Three people were arrested after lawmen searched four locations Wednesday and seized 15.5 pounds of drugs and firearms, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. The Sheriff’s …

The Cumberland County commissioners will consider input from nonprofit agencies and the public on strategies to spend $16.9 million from the state to combat the opioid epidemic. The money is the …

City Council to discuss homeless encampments

The Fayetteville City Council on Monday is expected to hear from a task force that has been looking at ways to address homeless encampments in the city. The Homeless Encampment Task Force is …

A deputy was injured Sunday while trying to make an arrest on a probation violation, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputy P. Hernandez was trying to arrest 32-year-old Jeffery Kyle Pomeroy of Fayetteville at the Coliseum Inn on Gillespie Street, a release said. Pomeroy had an outstanding warrant for a probation violation, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday is expected to approve the project framework for a proposed multipurpose events center. The framework was approved April 20 by the …

Tent cities have made homeless more visible in Fayetteville area

The sun was starting to set through the woodline. A cool breeze whipped through as the swollen sky threatened rain. Occasionally, a passer-by honked his horn and at least one of the three men who sat together on folding seats and a weathered black leather gaming chair off Gillespie Street at the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway would wave.

Study: Possible link between 'forever chemicals' and diabetes in middle-aged women

Study: Possible link between “forever chemicals” and diabetes in middle-aged women by Will Atwater, North Carolina Health News April 26, 2022 By Will Atwater Eastern North Carolina …

Cumberland County school employees would be paid a minimum of $15 per hour and low-performing schools would get increased funding in a budget outline approved by a school board committee on Thursday.

Protesters call for justice in shooting death of Jason Walker

Protesters gathered at the Fayetteville Market House on Saturday night to demonstrate against a decision this week by a special prosecutor not to charge a deputy in the shooting death of Jason …

Former Seventy-First basketball coach addresses school board

The former head boys’ basketball coach at Seventy-First High School who was relieved of his duties after one season urged the Cumberland County Board of Education on Tuesday night to take …

This was heart-wrenching. This was painful to witness. And deeply emotional. “I have loved Edward since I was 16,” Dixie Lowry Davis, 70, was saying Monday as Judge Tom Locke was …

The Cumberland County Board of Education's Curriculum Committee learned Thursday that all of the school system's low-performing Tier 1 schools are making progress at varying rates. The Curriculum …

A “topping out” ceremony was held Monday to celebrate the new FTCC-Cumberland County Regional Fire & Rescue Training Center.

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