The Cumberland County Department of Public Health will use up to $4 million in the county’s shares of national opioid settlement funds on five to-be-selected projects to address the opioid crisis.
Morgan Casey
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Alliance Health expands in Cumberland County to fill care gaps
Alliance Health is helping create a new integrated behavioral health clinic, and a team connecting the formerly incarcerated to mental health and substance use disorder services. It also is funding an overdose response team.
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A military spouse turned her struggles into Gracefully Fit, a fitness community for women
Grace Bex opened Gracefully Fit, Fayetteville’s first women-only boutique gym after seeing her personal training client’s need for fitness spaces geared towards women and community building.
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Mental health and substance use treatment provider SouthLight could lose $1.5 million in federal funds
Pending federal funding cuts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could mean SouthLight loses $1.5 million in grant dollars, possibly impacting care for uninsured and homeless people in Fayetteville.
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With the final beam in place, Methodist University is one year away from opening its medical school
Methodist University celebrated the final beam being placed in the structure of its medical school, bringing it closer to welcoming its first class of 64 students in 2026.
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Self-help kiosks coming to Cumberland County agencies
Indoor and outdoor kiosks are being developed to improve information and service delivery at the Cumberland County Department of Social Services, Department of Public Health and the Judge E. Maurice Braswell Courthouse.
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The Social Security Administration partially walks back identity verification changes, implements new fraud checks
The Social Security Administration will continue to take benefit claims over the phone, only requiring people to verify their identity in person if flagged for fraud. Changes to deposits must be made online or in person
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Department of Social Services gets mobile audio interpretation carts
In response to the increasing number of Cumberland County residents who speak languages other than English, the Cumberland County Department of Social Services added five mobile, on-demand audio interpretation service carts purchased from company LanguageLine Solutions.
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Blue Star Families expands its military support network with new Fayetteville area chapter
Fort Bragg’s over 50,000 active-duty military personnel, and their families, are gaining an additional local support system. Blue Star Families, a national nonprofit military family support network, is launching the Greater Fayetteville Region Chapter to help the families of service members build community. The chapter provides seven counties — Cumberland, Bladen, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Robeson […]
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Level up: Cape Fear Valley Medical Center looks to move to Level II trauma center designation
The medical center is seeking to move from a Level III to a Level II trauma center. The designation would let it provide trauma care locally instead of sending patients to facilities in Wake County.