Fayetteville Technical Community College President Mark Sorrells was honored by the N.C. Technology Association as its Tech Difference Maker of the Year. Sorrells was recognized for role helping to launch the Carolina Cyber Network, a collaborative workforce development initiative through which select cybersecurity education institutions are working together to meet the growing talent needs of the state’s public agencies and private businesses.
Cape Fear, Seventy-First and Terry Sanford racked up wins in the state high school football playoffs on Friday night. Jack Britt, Pine Forest and South View came up short.
Mitch Colvin wants a fourth term as city mayor. Efrain “Freddie” de la Cruz wants Colvin’s gavel. Six incumbents want to remain on the Fayetteville City Council. Six …
Halloween has just passed, which heralds our arrival into the holiday season. Cumberland County has participated in holiday traditions over the years, such as the New Year’s countdown to the midnight drop of Jasper the Flea in Eastover. Stop by the Local & State History Department at your local library this holiday season to see Jasper, along with other items honoring local and state traditions.
Hope Mills Commissioners are set to finalize a partnership contract with a Fayetteville baseball team, have public hearings on two rezoning cases and review grants and budget amendments at the …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will meet 9 a.m. on Monday for the board’s first meeting of November. Here’s what’s ahead.
Just three weeks into the 2023 football season, things looked extremely bleak for Bill Sochovka’s Pine Forest Trojans. After games with eventual state playoff qualifiers Cape Fear, Seventy-First and Gray’s Creek, the Trojans were 0-3 and had an average losing margin of 32 points per game. The Trojans went 6-1 the rest of the season and wound up capturing their third consecutive conference title.
A standout receiver for Cape Fear football and a star of Terry Sanford’s win over Carrboro in girls tennis are the Athletes of the Week for Cumberland County high schools.
Terry Sanford’s women’s tennis team has a state doubles championship to its credit. Now the Bulldogs will attempt to add a team title to its haul of honors. Last weekend, the duo of Pauline Bui and Loren Galaviz took home the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A doubles crown with a 6-1, 6-0 win over twins Caroline and Kathryn Adkins of Fike High School in Wilson. Their teammates will join them in Burlington on Saturday for the 3-A dual team final against Lake Norman Charter School at the Burlington Tennis Center.
When folks gather downtown Saturday for the Cumberland County Veterans Day Parade, they’ll be witnessing a soldier’s soldier in Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue, commanding general of Fort Liberty and the XVIII Airborne Corps, and the last American solider to depart Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, in this nation’s effort to defeat the international terrorists Al Qaeda in the 20-year war.
With colder temperatures this week signaling winter's approach, something else is coming, too: respiratory illness season.
This year’s Holly Day Fair, a Fayetteville family tradition that’s drawn generations of families eager to get an early start on Christmas shopping, runs through Sunday at the Crown …
The Salvation Army of the Sandhills Region will open a White Flag shelter overnight on Wednesday, with early-morning low temperatures projected to be at or below freezing. The shelter is located …
Veteran Fayetteville journalist Paul Woolverton, a mainstay in the newsroom of The Fayetteville Observer for the past 30 years, is joining an expanding CityView news team as senior reporter.
Forty-five people have been killed in Fayetteville this year, officially surpassing the 2022 homicide count of 44.
This year marks the 27th for the Cumberland County Veterans Day Parade, an annual procession in downtown Fayetteville honoring veterans. With increased involvement from Fort Liberty soldiers this year, organizers say the aim of 2023 celebrations is to “bridge the gap” between local veterans and Fayetteville’s military community.
CityView readers: beginning tomorrow, you’ll see a brand-new format for the CityView Today newsletter you’ve been receiving from us.
Inside Cumberland County’s Cooperative Extension Office on East Mountain Drive is a small, well-decorated office reminiscent of an elementary school classroom. Replete with an abundance of plant- and garden-themed posters lining the walls, there’s also a decorated cork board and plenty of tri-fold displays.
The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $2.7 million contract to convert two intersections in north Fayetteville to roundabouts. The circular designs will be constructed on Rosehill Road at Tamarack Drive and Landau Drive, according to a news release.
They’re coming down the homestretch, these folks who want to lead this city. Just 10 days left before the Nov. 7 general election that will tell us who will be our mayor and Fayetteville City Council members in six of nine district races.
Cumberland Community Foundation has welcomed four new members to its board of directors. They are retired Army Sgt. Maj. Jabbar Surles, Emily Schaefer, Brenda Sparks and Mac Healy.
CityView’s Bill Horner III spoke to Jennifer Barnhill about the state of military families and about her work in that area. She’s a Navy spouse and a mother of three, so Jennifer Barnhill understands the plight and the struggles military families face.
When some people think of the library, they most likely think about a quiet place filled with books. While we still appreciate a calm environment with many wonderful books that can be checked out, where everyone feels welcome, there is more to the library than books and silence. The library can be a place of fun and entertainment.
This article was originally published by NC Newsline on Oct. 26, 2023. The state Supreme Court has granted a discretionary review of North Carolina’s long-running school funding case to address whether the trial court lacked “subject matter jurisdiction” when it ordered the state to spend an additional $677 million on a sweeping school improvement plan. …
The end-of-year holiday season comes with both joys and challenges when it comes to military life. One of the greatest challenges many service members face is deployment. For military couples, friends and families, whether the service member has been deployed or not, the prospect of deployment looms large in the background of their relationships and plans.
