The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the county’s budget for fiscal year 2024-25 Wednesday night, rejecting requests for funding from several local nonprofits.
Lexi Solomon
Lexi Solomon is a government accountability reporter at CityView, focusing on the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners and the school board. She grew up in Williamsburg, Virginia, and received degrees in Russian and National Security & Foreign Affairs in 2022 from Virginia Tech. Before joining CityView, she worked at The Fayetteville Observer as a crime reporter and government watchdog reporter. She enjoys hiking, reading and traveling in her free time.
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Pride 2024: Your official guide to events in Cumberland County
Check out CityView’s guide to Pride 2024 events throughout Cumberland County.
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A tale of two plants: Virginia just got a titanium reclamation facility. How does it compare to Cumberland County’s potential project?
South Boston, Virginia, got a titanium recycling plant. Here’s how it compares to Fayetteville’s potential project.
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Cumberland County commissioners speak out on school resource officer controversy
An email sent by Cumberland County Board of Commissioners Chairman Glenn Adams to the town of Hope Mills clerk is presented at the June 3, 2024, regular county commissioners meeting. Adams said he was upset by Hope Mills Mayor Jessie Bellflowers not mentioning why he could not attend the Hope Mills board’s special meeting last […]
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‘We will get through this’: Hope Mills commissioners tackle school resource officer dilemma
As the Hope Mills Board of Commissioners gathered Thursday night to discuss the school resource officer conundrum that has befuddled many local officials this week, Mayor Jessie Bellflowers couldn’t help but notice who wasn’t there.
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Hope Mills police chief has harsh words for Cumberland County sheriff on ‘surprise’ SRO removal
In a strongly-worded memorandum, Hope Mills Police Chief Stephen Dollinger revealed Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright’s removal of school resource officers and crossing guards from many public schools took almost everyone involved by surprise.
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Cumberland County sheriff pulls school resource officers, crossing guards from public schools
Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright. Wright notified local officials last week he plans to pull school resource officers and crossing guards from all public schools in incorporated areas of the county. Government officials throughout Cumberland County got a troublesome surprise after Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright notified them of his plans to pull the majority […]
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Cumberland County takes next steps in ‘Project Aero’ to bring $1 billion titanium plant to Fayetteville
The potential site of a titanium processing plant in Cumberland County, behind the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. factory off Ramsey Street, north of Fayetteville. The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to offer incentives to the company to bring the plant here. The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners took the next step Monday […]
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Can a haircut make you healthier? Here’s how this Cumberland County program plans to try.
The time-honored tradition of chatting away in a hair stylist’s chair is often seen as therapeutic, but Cumberland County health officials have launched a program aimed at making that tradition potentially lifesaving, too. Carlotta Winston is a public health educator who oversees the Cumberland County Dept. of Public Health’s “Healthy Conversations” project, which was introduced to […]
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Cumberland County tightens belt for recommended fiscal year 2024-25 budget
The Cumberland County Courthouse. The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners received the proposed budget for fiscal year 2024-25 Thursday. Cumberland County may be operating on a tighter budget next year after County Manager Clarence Grier presented his recommended plan for fiscal year 2024-25 to the board of commissioners Thursday. The $584.3 million budget faces constraints […]