View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Dennis Smith Sr., the father of professional basketball player Dennis Smith Jr., says the Godwin town clerk illegally told voters to cast ballots for his opponents on Election Day, potentially causing his defeat in the Board of Commissioners race. After local election officials ruled against him on […]
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit in Fayetteville Police Shooting of Jada Johnson
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. A federal judge dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by the family of Jada Johnson, who was shot and killed by a Fayetteville police officer in 2022 while experiencing a mental health crisis. U.S. District Court Judge James C. Dever III ruled that officers did not use […]
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Kirk deViere Elected to Second Consecutive Term as Chair of Cumberland Board of Commissioners
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Strong local journalism requires tenacity and creativity—a drive to ask the questions no one else is asking and the resourcefulness to seek out the answers. A community of over 400,000 needs a robust local newsroom. With your support this GivingTuesday and beyond, we can grow even further. […]
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December 2025: ‘The Holiday Issue’
View This Email in Your Browser December 2025: ‘The Holiday Issue’ The digital edition of CityView Magazine’s December 2025 issue is live! “The Holiday Issue” magazine immerses you in the spirit of the season and shows what the Greater Fayetteville area has to offer. The December magazine will be available on newsstands across Cumberland County […]
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New Fayetteville City Council Members Will Be Sworn In Today
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Three new members of the Fayetteville City Council will be sworn in at 6 p.m. today at the Seabrook Auditorium on Fayetteville State University’s campus. Stephon Ferguson (District 1), Antonio Jones (District 3), and Shaun McMillan (District 8) won seats on the council in the November election. […]
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Spring Lake Commissioners Oppose Fuquay-Varina Interbasin Water Transfer
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. Spring Lake commissioners said Monday they do not want the Town of Fuquay-Varina to take water from the Cape Fear River Basin and move it to the Neuse River Basin. The Wake County town is asking state environmental officials for permission to withdraw 6.17 million gallons a […]
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Fayetteville’s I-295 Outer Loop is Complete
The Fayetteville Outer Loop was officially declared complete on Tuesday. The ceremony marked the end of a 26-year construction project.
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How FSU Is Preparing Educators for the AI Future
View This Email In Your Browser On an October day inside Fayetteville State University’s Science and Technology Building, the future of North Carolina’s classrooms took shape: a circle of teachers, laptops open, wrestling with prompts, prototypes, and the possibilities of artificial intelligence. It marked the launch of the AI Literacy Bootcamp, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Fayetteville […]
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Fayetteville Allocates $163K in Opioid Settlement Funds for Police Training
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. The Fayetteville City Council is allocating $163,800 of its opioid settlement funds toward a new training initiative for police officers, marking the latest investment in the city’s multi-year strategy to address the opioid crisis. The funds, approved in early November, will support the Fayetteville State University Operational […]
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Cumberland County Public Library Launched a New Culinary Literacy Program
View This Email In Your Browser Good morning. When most people think of the library, they picture rows of books, quiet study spaces, and maybe a story time or two. Now, with its newest program, the Cumberland County Public Library is reshaping what a library can be. This fall, the Cumberland County Public Library introduced […]