A $110 million expansion to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center will add 100 beds and reduce wait times in the Emergency Room, Cape Fear Valley Health announced Wednesday. The expansion …
Bill Kirby Jr.
Bill Kirby Jr. is a veteran journalist who spent 49 years as a newspaper editor, reporter and columnist covering Fayetteville, Cumberland County and the Cape Fear Region for The Fayetteville Observer. He most recently has written for CityView Magazine.
Column: Elevator for downtown parking garage on its way
Leave it to Pitt Dickey to keep us on our toes. After all, he’s a lawyer. He could have been a journalist of the late Lewis Grizzard ilk, because Pitt Dickey can write some humorous columns that can keep you laughing and smiling.
Antonio Jones tapped to fill District 3 seat
Antonio B. Jones is scheduled to be sworn in today as the District 3 representative on the Fayetteville City Council after the council voted Monday night for him to fill the seat vacated Nov. 9 by …
‘Not just projects, but about people’
You might be thinking that our Cumberland County legislative delegation is walking around in a boastful self-promotion after Gov. Roy Cooper signed the state budget into law in November with more than $402 million heading our way.

