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View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. A provision in the North Carolina Senate-approved budget plan could eliminate millions of dollars Fayetteville receives each year for street maintenance and repairs through the Powell Bill, writes Evey Weisblat. The Powell Bill provides municipalities with funds to pay for a range of street improvements and repairs, […]

View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. When President Donald Trump stepped back in office in January, he signed a memo giving the Department of the Interior 90 days to find a plan to secure federal recognition for the Lumbee tribe. The Lumbee Act of 1956 granted the tribe only partial recognition, acknowledging it […]

Good morning. Fayetteville, known as the City of Dogwoods, will bring free concerts, activities for children, a classic car show, food trucks, vendors and more to the city as the 43rd Annual Dogwood Festival kicks off this weekend, writes Jami McLaughlin. The festival’s Executive Director Kaylynn Suarez, who started the role four months ago, said […]

Good morning. Two years ago in May, Rachel Thurnher was sitting bedside with her father, George Caley, at his home as he quietly slipped out of this world, surrounded by love, comfort and peace, writes Jami McLaughlin in a sponsored feature by Cape Fear Valley Health. “It was everything he wanted,” Thurnher said in CityView’s […]

Good morning. North Carolina taxpayers would spend $32.6 billion on education, law enforcement, farm programs, environmental protection, prisons, the courts, state parks and other government services this coming fiscal year, under a state budget plan the N.C. Senate approved on Wednesday and Thursday, writes Paul Woolverton. And that would be followed by another $33.3 billion […]

Sponsored by: Good morning! When the early days of February arrive, some might say that love is in the air. But for others, chocolates and flowers aren’t the February tradition they look forward to the most, writes Allison Underwood. It’s the warm, crisp crunch of a savory spring roll dipped in special sweet and sour […]

Sponsored by: Good morning. The Fayetteville Public Works Commission offers its customers numerous ways to work with the utility to reduce their electricity and water bills. These include sensors the PWC uses to warn people when they may have leaking plumbing, incentives to help people buy energy-efficient appliances, options for solar power, and experts who […]

Sponsored by: Good morning. More than 150 local residents upset by the current presidential administration held a “Hands Off! Fayetteville Fights Back” rally for several hours at the Market House yesterday. Fayetteville’s rally was part of anti-Trump protests across the state and country this weekend, organized by national political activist groups. Retired soldier George Cooper […]

Good morning. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently announced that 150,000 additional residents near Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant now qualify to have their wells tested by the company, which is responsible for contaminating drinking water in the Cape Fear River Basin with toxic “forever chemicals,” writes Evey Weisblat. The expanded testing range includes households as far […]