The City of Fayetteville will share 50% of sales tax revenue beyond fiscal year 2022 amounts under a new revenue sharing agreement with Cumberland County.
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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Salvation Army abruptly closes Fayetteville homeless shelter
At least 50 people who were staying at the homeless shelter run by the Salvation Army in downtown Fayetteville were told to leave upon waking up Tuesday morning, as the shelter would be closed immediately and indefinitely.
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How an unfinished Fayetteville fire station has turned into a legal standoff
Driving along Bragg Boulevard toward Fort Bragg, motorists might notice a brick building with red paint and a large black number 4 printed inside a white circle.
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Meeting of local government officials yields few answers as renewal date for SRO contract looms
The three-ring circus surrounding who will provide school resource officers to Cumberland County Schools continues, as elected officials and administrated leaders butted heads over the future of SRO coverage at a joint city-county meeting Tuesday.
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‘Our rights don’t begin when it’s convenient for a shareholder’: Protesters demand action on toxic water crisis
On a patch of grass in front of the Public Works Commission in Fayetteville, a few dozen community members gathered Saturday morning to protest the widespread and continued contamination of the local environment with “forever chemicals,” also known as PFAS.
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Expanded well testing for PFAS: what you need to know
The expanded testing range includes households as far as 30 miles from the plant, reaching in all directions, that rely on private well water in Hoke and Harnett Counties
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PFAS found in dust of homes near Fayetteville chemical plant
Dust containing PFAS that are manufactured by the Fayetteville Works plant has been detected in Cumberland County homes near the Chemours factory, according to a research paper published Monday.
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Wife of dead Green Beret appears in court on murder charge
Shana Lea Cloud will remain behind bars while she awaits trial on charges of killing her husband, retired Special Forces soldier Clinton Bonnell.
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Program that provided local farm food to public school students gets axed by Trump administration
The Trump administration’s sudden termination of a federal program in early March has restricted Cumberland County Schools’ ability to provide more fresh, local produce to its students.
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FSU gets NCInnovation hub to support defense, technology research
Fayetteville State University researchers will get a boost with the establishment of an innovation hub providing grants and support services to commercialize public university research.