Kirk deViere Elected to Second Consecutive Term as Chair of Cumberland Board of Commissioners

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Welcome to CityView Today. In today’s newsletter, the Cumberland County Commissioners voted 6-1 on Monday to reelect Kirk deViere to serve as chairman for the next year. The board also voted 5-2 to reelect Commissioner Veronica Jones to be the vice chair. Following the votes, deViere made a short speech to the board listing his priorities for the next 12 months. Read more in today’s lead story.

Further down in the newsletter, we bring you a recap of all the holiday lights you can see in Cumberland County this month. Plus, read an article from Inside Climate News about a November report by State Auditor Dave Boliek that “outlines the failures at N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency.” According to the article, the report’s findings include “mismanagement that left thousands of Hurricane Matthew and Florence survivors without homes and living in motels for as long as four years.”

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Valeria Cloës
Magazine Editor & Lead Copy Editor