Two former mayors, two former mayors pro tem and two past city councilmen have been working for more than a year to reduce district representation on the elected body that governs the city.
Five members of the Cumberland County Schools leadership team with a combined 163 years of experience are retiring before the new school year starts.
Music, arts and crafts, food trucks and poetry will highlight Fayetteville’s first Juneteenth Jubilee this weekend. The celebration will be Saturday and Sunday at Festival Park at 335 Ray …
Questions about the timing and assessment of a federally mandated count of the homeless population were discussed Wednesday at a meeting of the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Liaison Committee.
A candidate for Fayetteville City Council appealed for more oversight of the Police Department during a public hearing Wednesday night. Mario Benavente, who is running for the District 3 seat, …
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.
Jennifer Lawrence Bordelon, 35, passed away in New Orleans, LA on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Jen was born on November 6, 1986 in Birmingham, AL, and was a 2005 graduate of Shelby County High School in Shelbyville, KY.
This wasn’t a debate between the city mayor and the challenger who wants to be mayor, but it was an informative and enlightening back-and-forth exchange between incumbent Mitch Colvin and Freddie Delacruz.
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.
City offices will be closed on Monday to observe Juneteenth as an official holiday for the first time. In January, the Fayetteville City Council voted to add Juneteenth as a holiday for city employees.
A public forum will give Fayetteville residents a chance to speak out about public safety on Wednesday night. The Community Police Advisory Board will sponsor its first forum at 7 p.m.
The Fayetteville City Council on Monday approved a $249.17 million budget for fiscal year 2022-23 by a unanimous vote during its monthly meeting at City 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 …
The city of Fayetteville and the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center will host a community Stand Down event on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Festival Park. The event is a free, …
Residents had the opportunity Sunday afternoon to hear from candidates running for mayor and the Fayetteville City Council during a forum sponsored by the Fayetteville branch of the …
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.
Cumberland County Animal Services is waiving the adoption fee for all pets for one week, beginning Monday, the county said in a release. "Animal Services periodically will request to waive …
Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department are investigating a sexual assault that was reported early Sunday on Shaw Road. Officers responded to the call on the 1400 block of Shaw Road around 1:45 a.m. The preliminary investigation indicates the victim was randomly identified and assaulted by a man who forced his way into her home, police said in a release.
Now the mayor and some City Council members want to be in the entertainment business. That’s just what Mayor Mitch Colvin, Shakeyla Ingram, Larry Wright and Courtney Banks-McLaughlin were saying Monday night at a council work session.
A loose coalition of community leaders has formed in hopes of bringing millions of dollars to Cumberland County to increase the number of sexual assault nurse examiners in the region.
The Fayetteville City Council on Monday will hold a public hearing on the 2022-23 budget recommended by the city manager. The proposed budget would spend $248.25 million in all and not change the property tax rate of 49.95 cents per $100 of valuation.
Electronics repair shop opens in Fayetteville Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions, an electronics repair shop, has opened in Fayetteville at 4225 A Ramsey St. The store offers professional …
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.
