The announcement comes three months after the EPA announced, in Fayetteville, unprecedented rules to regulate the levels of PFAS public water utilities can have in their drinking water.
Evey Weisblat
Evey Weisblat is a journalist with five years of experience in local news reporting. She has previously worked at papers in central North Carolina, including The Pilot and the Chatham News + Record. Her central beat is government accountability reporting, covering the Fayetteville City Council.
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PWC awarded $30 million for PFAS filtration
The Fayetteville Public Works Commission received $30 million in state and federal funding to develop a water filtration system to remove harmful PFAS chemicals from PWC’s water supply, which primarily comes from the heavily-contaminated Cape Fear River.
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In Fayetteville, the fight for the military vote is on full display
Editor’s note: Second of two parts. Part one focused on Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign visit to Fayetteville last Thursday, in light of President Joe Biden’s announcement Sunday he would withdraw from the race. Part two focuses on Harris’ visit and the place of Fayetteville and Cumberland County play in presidential politics. Visitors driving through […]
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Harris and Cooper presented a unified front at last week’s Fayetteville rally. Will they leverage that momentum into a White House run?
In Fayetteville on Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper presented a united front.
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A Fayetteville police officer was filmed hitting his K-9. Dog behavior experts are calling it animal cruelty.
A graphic 30-second video showing a Fayetteville police officer and K-9 handler striking his dog and lifting and dragging the K-9 by its collar has drawn outrage and condemnation from some Fayetteville residents. A video of the incident was posted on Facebook by a bystander who filmed it June 23 from inside a parked car […]
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With key attractions inoperable and funding down, U.S. Airborne & Special Operations Museum facing challenges
As its operational nonprofit struggles to find new funding sources, Fayetteville’s U.S. Airborne & Special Operations Museum may be unable to sustain its current offerings to both the community and the thousands of visitors who come to Fayetteville each year to see it. The U.S. Airborne & Special Operations Museum (ASOM), located next to Segra […]
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Meet the woman behind the clean energy movement in Fayetteville
Anne Schrader has been quietly working behind the scenes in Fayetteville to bring awareness to the ongoing climate crisis. She is the founder and owner of Eco Solutions, a consulting firm that works with local businesses, homeowners and community leaders to assess their sustainability needs and come up with practical solutions to address the changing energy demands of the future.
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What really happened when council members went to France?
A delegation of 14 people from Fayetteville, including three Fayetteville City Council members, traveled to Saint-Avold, France, in the last week of May to celebrate “American Week.”
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Fayetteville to lead regional clean energy initiative with federal grant
Through a $245,040 federal grant, Fayetteville is planning to bring together public and private institutions in Cumberland County to develop a comprehensive plan for energy efficiency and conservation. The city will use the recently awarded grant from the United States Dept. of Energy (DOE) to create a shared “blueprint” between local governments, educational institutions and […]
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Tax increase lessened in latest Fayetteville budget proposal
Fayetteville residents and downtown business owners may not see their taxes increase as significantly as it first seemed, after the city council reached consensus on Wednesday to decrease proposed rates ahead of a final vote on the budget. “You are getting a balanced budget at a lower tax rate,” City Manager Doug Hewett told council […]
