Maydha Devarajan

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Fayetteville and Cumberland County will get three early voting sites for this fall’s municipal elections instead of two, the North Carolina State Board of Elections decided yesterday. The matter was settled after the Cumberland County Board of Elections was unable to decide where to open early voting […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Community leaders opened the Greater Fayetteville Chamber’s 2025 State of the Community with an optimistic picture of Fayetteville and Cumberland County’s economy. Speakers lauded investments in local businesses and news of national companies that have established a presence in Fayetteville, from Amazon to American Titanium. They touted […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Three seats on the Fayetteville City Council will be held by newcomers after this fall’s municipal elections. With the incumbents for District 1, District 3 and District 8 joining a crowded mayoral race, Fayetteville voters will choose some fresh faces to lead the city. Current representative Courtney […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. An out-of-state residential property investment company wants to build 160 units of duplexes and quadplexes on just over 21 acres near the south end of Rosehill Road. Some home and property owners in nearby neighborhoods are trying to stop it. At a community meeting on Monday night, […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. When President Donald Trump ordered the Department of the Interior in January to submit a report outlining ways for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to get full federal recognition, some lauded the move as historic and long overdue.  The Interior Department’s report, however, was met with […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. As several large-scale industries look to establish operations in Fayetteville, local officials are expressing confidence in the strength of Cumberland County’s economic development opportunities. Robert Van Geons is president of the Fayetteville Cumberland County Economic Development Corporation, a public-private partnership that works on behalf of the local […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Fayetteville City Council candidate Enrique “Ranger Rick” Murillo will remain on the ballot in the November election, the Cumberland County Board of Elections decided Tuesday in a 4-1 vote. The Fayetteville voter challenging his candidacy alleged that Murillo lied on his candidate paperwork when he said he […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. At Monday’s Fayetteville City Council meeting, several residents held up signs reading “Community says NO” with a 7-Eleven icon crossed out. They were there to protest against a 7-Eleven being proposed in the College Lakes subdivision, on the corner of the intersection of McArthur Road and Stacy […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Longtime law enforcement veteran Johnathan Morgan is the new sheriff of Cumberland County. Yesterday, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Morgan, who was a major and the operations commander in the Sheriff’s Office, to complete the remainder of former Sheriff Ennis Wright’s term. […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. During a visit to Fayetteville yesterday, Gov. Josh Stein signed a proclamation for North Carolina to join a new program with other states called “Do Your Part.” The initiative aims to improve support for military families, known as Blue Star families. Part of this work includes collaborating […]