With commitments of $450,000 each from the city and the county, a spokesman for a planned museum chronicling local Black culture says he’s ready to start shaping the specifics of the project.
DUBLIN — Proclaiming their company to be a “good neighbor,” executives and technicians of the Chemours Co. met with people who live near its Fayetteville Works site on Tuesday night and said a planned expansion would be good for the economy and not harmful to the environment.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday voted 5-2 to recommit $7.5 million for the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center.
Rather than cutting the traditional ribbon on Monday, FTCC uncoupled the hose. Fayetteville Technical Community College dedicated the FTCC/Cumberland County Regional Fire and Rescue Training Center, where state-of-the-art fire and rescue training programs will be offered for first responders.
Mark A. Sorrells has been named the next president of Fayetteville Technical Community College, the school's board of trustees announced in a news release Monday.
Chemours has scheduled two public information sessions this week to discuss its plans to expand the manufacturing capabilities at its Fayetteville Works site off N.C. 87 at the Cumberland and Bladen …
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has issued a discharge permit for a treatment system to remove PFAS compounds from contaminated groundwater on the Chemours Fayetteville Works …
In this week’s notebook: Angie Brady selected for Southeast Tourism Society board, Steve Foley named credit union CEO of the Year, Heather Skeens named assistant Cumberland County manager, Cumberland County seeking vendors to participate in employee wellness fair and Miller-Motte College is hosting a Community Resource Open House.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday is expected to consider whether to provide funding for the proposed North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center. At the …
Driving south down Owen Drive in Fayetteville is a roadway experience much like any other in the city. There are businesses and restaurants on either side of the road. There are homes tucked …
Motorists traveling near Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and visitors to the campus may see a few disruptions over the next few months as construction begins on a $110 million hospital expansion project.
At 71 years old and nearly half a century since their heyday, KC and his Sunshine Band are still playing about 70 concerts a year for those who still revel in the sweaty grooves and body-swaying rhythms of late 1970s disco. One of the top stars of the late 1970s dance period performs in concert in Fayetteville on Friday.
The Cumberland County Board of Education on Tuesday endorsed an electoral redistricting plan that would make minimal changes in district lines and keep all board incumbents in separate districts.
The city is contributing $450,000 for a planned Black Voices Museum downtown. The Fayetteville City Council authorized the appropriation at its meeting Monday night.
On Monday, a science teacher at Douglas Byrd Middle School was named the 2023 Teacher of the Year for Cumberland County Schools. Talicia Smith was chosen from among 10 finalists who were …
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who died after a shooting Friday night on Spike Rail Drive. Jethro Lee McLaurin, 44, of Fayetteville, died and a second man was …
Dr. Rakesh Gupta and his wife, Dr. Vinita Gupta, have called Fayetteville home for more than three decades. They don’t just live here. They embrace this community. “Fortunately, …
In this week’s notebook: Cumberland County Schools recognize two high school counselors and three health care professionals; Cape Fear Valley receives a grant for an Arts Therapy program; an FSU professor secures funding from the National Science Foundation for her research; and Methodist University’s engineering program receives accreditation.
A shooting Friday night left one man dead and another seriously injured, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were dispatched just after 6:30 p.m. to a shooting near the …
Pfc. Austin Robertson is moving this weekend, from a barracks room on Fort Bragg’s Smoke Bomb Hill to a room across the post. The Wilkesboro native is among the more than 1,100 soldiers who …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday agreed to make the $7.5 million it has pledged for a Civil War history center contingent on whether the city of Fayetteville stands by its pledge of $6.5 million.
State health officials have confirmed a case of neuroinvasive West Nile virus in Cumberland County, the first reported case this year, county officials said. The case was confirmed by the North …
North Carolina environmental groups are outraged over the Chemours chemical corporation’s plans to expand its Fayetteville Works plant in Bladen County. Chemours announced in a statement …
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, Sept. 8, is expected to decide whether to consider a request to fund the proposed N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center. The issue is …
Newly elected City Council member Brenda McNair says she intended to vote for a motion to put funding for the N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center on the agenda for the council’s next meeting.
