Maydha Devarajan

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Some local residents are concerned that western Fayetteville voters might not get an early voting site for the November election, despite two unanimous votes by the city council to pay $40,000 to operate one at the Cliffdale Recreation Center. In front of a packed crowd on Tuesday, […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The North Carolina State Board of Elections has been trying to contact 103,000 voters to collect their driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of their Social Security numbers to get into compliance with state and federal election security laws. As of Monday, this included 3,929 […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Fayetteville’s air temperatures this weekend were among the highest recorded since record-keeping began. On both Saturday and Sunday, the National Weather Service reported a maximum temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit at the Fayetteville Regional Airport — nine degrees above the average. Outdoor workers are among the most […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Cape Fear Valley Health is committing $900,000 over two years to Fayetteville State University for the construction of a new health and wellness facility.  The health care system and university announced the investment on Tuesday to a crowd of about 100 attendees inside FSU’s Seabrook Auditorium. The […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. This fall’s municipal elections will bring significant changes to local leadership, with three new Fayetteville City Council members and potentially a new Fayetteville mayor set to take office. City Council Member Kathy Jensen is making a bid for mayor, leaving her seat open for new competition. Now […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Roberto Bryan Jr. is Fayetteville’s newest police chief. Bryan, whose tenure began on July 7, joined the department from his previous job as police chief at Fayetteville State University. The U.S. Army veteran has a long career in law enforcement, previously working as a major in the […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Fort Bragg could receive $240 million in federal dollars to support the installation’s programs and infrastructure. The funds are included in the U.S. Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which the chamber’s Armed Services Committee passed earlier this month. (The House also passed its own […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The Trump administration froze $4.2 million for Cumberland County Schools as part of broader cuts to education spending. Federal officials have said the funds — which had already been appropriated by Congress — are being reviewed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to ensure they […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Reversing his decision that he would not seek a fifth term as mayor of Fayetteville, Mayor Mitch Colvin filed for reelection Friday morning, shortly before the filing period ended at noon. Colvin previously announced in June that he would not run again, as he wanted to spend […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Patients at Cape Fear Valley Health will have an easier time participating in clinical trials thanks to the health system’s new partnership with Javara, a company based in Winston-Salem aiming to make clinical research more accessible. Clinical trials have historically not been representative of the racial, sex […]