County commissioners delay public hearing on $40 million in bonds for proposed Methodist University medical school
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to delay a hearing on $40 million in bonds for a proposed medical school.
Cumberland County sees uptick in spending on weight-loss drugs for employees
Bittersweet tears marked the end of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners’ agenda session Thursday afternoon as staff celebrated Finance Director Vicki Evans, who is retiring from the county after almost a decade of service.
Cumberland County could get an opioid recovery center. Here’s what that means.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will gather Thursday for its first agenda session of the month, with discussions slated to include a possible opioid use recovery center off Raeford Road.
Cumberland allocates $800K to agencies in opioid fight
The nearly $800,000 in opioid settlement funding that the Cumberland County commissioners allocated this week will be used over the next two years to combat the county’s opioid crisis.
County board approves well study for Gray’s Creek, opioid grant funding
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners met Monday night and approved grants for a transportation program for rural residents and allocations of nearly $800,000 to agencies addressing the opioid epidemic.
PFAS, opioid epidemic, homeless center on county board’s Monday agenda
After a busy agenda session on Thursday, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will meet for its regular meeting Monday evening. Several topics will be up for discussion.
Police chief speaks to ‘cycle of violence’ in quarterly report to City Council
After consecutive weekends with multiple shootings, Fayetteville Police Chief Kemberle Braden delivered his department’s second-quarter report to the City Council on Monday, doing so with the look of someone who has seen many sleepless nights.
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Cumberland commissioners approve funding for programs to counter opioid use
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday night voted to spend $949,990 in opioid lawsuit settlement money for an array of programs to help people addicted to opioids.
Cumberland commissioners to debate spending $1 million to help opioid addicts
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday will consider spending almost $1 million of opioid lawsuit settlement money for several support programs aimed to help people who are addicted …
Cumberland commissioners approve spending for opioid treatment programs
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday accepted the county health director’s recommendation on how to spend the first installment of opioid lawsuit settlement money.
Cumberland County to consider strategies for fighting opioid epidemic
The Cumberland County commissioners will consider input from nonprofit agencies and the public on strategies to spend $16.9 million from the state to combat the opioid epidemic. The money is the …