Maydha Devarajan

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Three E.E. Smith High School football players who died in a fatal car crash last week were remembered with a tribute held at South View High School prior to Tuesday’s game between the teams. Family members stood to one side of a table placed on the field, […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Privatized commissary shops could come to military installations across the country—including the two at Fort Bragg. The Department of Defense is soliciting information from grocery stores on what it would take to privatize the 178 commissary locations across the United States. The information is for “market research […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. In 2013, scientists first discovered seven different types of PFAS—nicknamed “forever chemicals”—in the Lower Cape Fear River, the drinking water source for several public utilities in the region. The insidious chemicals were eluding traditional water treatment systems and flowing through the taps of hundreds of thousands of […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Residents of Fort Bragg’s private family housing may see work crews in their neighborhoods starting this week.  The crews are testing the soil for lead in the military installation’s historic neighborhoods, writes Morgan Casey. The tests are focused on homes built before 1978—the year lead-based paint was […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Mayor Mitch Colvin and Council Member Kathy Keefe Jensen have emerged as the top vote-getters in Fayetteville’s 2025 mayoral primary, advancing to the general election on Nov. 4. The race drew 10 candidates, the city’s largest mayoral field in recent memory. Contenders included longtime civic leaders, small […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The City of Fayetteville is wrapping up the first phase of renovations to the Market House this week. This phase focused on restoring the structure of the nearly 200-year-old historic landmark, which sits in the middle of a roundabout in downtown Fayetteville. The building and its imagery […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. A political action committee operated by Cumberland County Republicans has endorsed independent candidate Tisha Waddell for mayor of Fayetteville — a decision that has stirred unrest among some in the county GOP. A former GOP chair has even suggested that the local Republican Party should punish members […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Over a dozen Fayetteville State University School of Nursing students gathered around Darrell Allison, the university chancellor, and a display easel covered in a black cloth for a big announcement on Tuesday. One student’s jaw dropped when Allison peeled back the fabric to reveal a giant check […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. One hundred and six.  It’s the number of lives saved using naloxone kits distributed by the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition since January, according to Charlton Roberson, eastern regional coordinator for the organization. Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is an opioid overdose-reversing medication that […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. “When can I get my COVID-19 vaccine?” It’s one of the most common questions people are asking Jennifer Green, director of the Cumberland County Department of Public Health. Last year, Green would direct them to the department’s immunization clinic on Ramsey Street to get the shot. This year, […]