The federal commission responsible for recommending name changes for Department of Defense installations that commemorate the Confederacy estimates it will cost nearly $6.4 million to rename Fort Bragg.
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Status of petition to change City Council elections remains unresolved
Whether a Fayetteville advocacy group’s petition to change the way City Council members are elected is valid is still up in the air after the Cumberland County Board of Elections on Tuesday …
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Planning for Crown Event Center moves forward
The “guiding principles’’ that are to be followed by those whose job it is to build a proposed Crown Event Center cleared another step Tuesday toward being fully incorporated into …
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Cumberland commissioners approve spending for opioid treatment programs
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday accepted the county health director’s recommendation on how to spend the first installment of opioid lawsuit settlement money.
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Committee to consider ‘guiding principles’ for proposed Crown Event Center
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners’ Crown Event Center Committee on Tuesday is scheduled to review proposed “guiding principles” that are to be incorporated into the …
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Cumberland board to consider programs related to opioid settlement
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday is scheduled to consider staff-recommended options for how to spend opioid settlement money. The commissioners will consider four proposals …
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Pamela Senegal says she’d bring ‘a set of fresh eyes’ to Fayetteville Tech
The second of two finalists who hope to become the next president of Fayetteville Technical Community College spent 90 minutes answering questions from students and faculty on Wednesday. Pamela Senegal’s Q&A mirrored a similar session with Mark Sorrells, who is currently FTCC’s vice president for academic and student services.
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County ARP Committee seeks clarification on funding criteria
The Cumberland County American Rescue Plan Committee met Friday to consider funding for applicants under two ARP programs: the Small Business Economic Assistance Program and the Aid to Nonprofit …
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FTCC faculty, staff hear from first college president finalist
About 50 faculty and staff members at Fayetteville Technical Community College on Thursday heard what the first of two finalists for college president believes are critical issues facing the …
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County committee to consider business applications for COVID recovery money
More than $1 million in federal funding is up for grabs as a Cumberland County committee meets Friday to consider applications from local businesses. The Cumberland County American Rescue Plan Committee will meet at 11 a.m. Friday to consider funding for applicants under the Small Business Economic Assistance Program.
