Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin easily won re-election Tuesday, complete but unofficial election returns show. Colvin, who was first elected mayor in 2017, defeated political newcomer Freddie de …
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Council candidate Tyrone Williams denies FBI investigation ever happened
On a podcast in May, City Council candidate Tyrone Williams denied that the FBI investigated a secretly taped conversation in which Williams tells the project manager of the Prince Charles Hotel properties that he can make “a cloud” on a lien disappear for $15,000.
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Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins to retire
Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins announced Friday afternoon that she will be retiring effective in January 2023, a police spokesman confirmed. Hawkins and City Manager Doug Hewett were not immediately available for comment. Hawkins has served as Fayetteville’s first minority and female police chief without the word interim before the title for the last five years.
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Spring Lake police pizza delivery ruse leads to $3 million settlement
The bizarre confrontation began in May 2020 with a Spring Lake cop disguised as a Domino’s pizza delivery driver ramming a trash can to create a diversion. The saga ended last month with a …
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Chemours to challenge EPA health advisory for GenX
Chemours announced Wednesday that it is challenging the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency health advisory for GenX, one of dozens of so-called forever chemicals found in high concentrations in the Cape Fear River and in drinking water wells in Cumberland County.
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Mayor violated historic district policies, former commission members say
Two former members of the Fayetteville Historic Resources Commission say Mayor Mitch Colvin circumvented the commission’s policies when he and a group of unidentified investors renovated the exterior …
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Sexual harassment lawsuit dismissed against former deputy health director
A Cumberland County Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that a former deputy director of the county’s Department of Public Health sexually harassed an employee. The former …
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N.C. 44th House District candidate battling financial troubles
A candidate for North Carolina’s House District 44 owes the IRS more than $222,000, records at the Cumberland County Clerk of Court’s Office show. The candidate, Democrat Terry Lynn …
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Mayoral candidate Franco Webb has history of legal troubles
Failing to repay an elderly woman for work he never did appears to be just one of the many instances in which Fayetteville mayoral candidate Franco Webb has found himself on the wrong side of the …
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Mayoral candidate Franco Webb ordered to repay elderly woman for work he never did
A small claims court magistrate on Tuesday ordered Fayetteville mayoral candidate Franco Webb to repay an elderly Fayetteville woman more than $2,100 for failing to install a security system in her …
