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Downtown Fayetteville will celebrate Christmas present and Christmas past with festivities the day after Thanksgiving.  The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County will launch Holidays …

City government offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving.  

His has been a life’s work about Fayetteville in words and thousands of his collection of historic photographs from the Great Fire of 1831 to the Great Flood of 1908. Weeks Parker Jr. is an …

In this week’s notebook: Alex McFadyen of Coldwell Banker Advantage wins national “Rookie of the Year” award; FTCC welcomes two new trustees, and three returning trustees; Johnny A. Carter inducted into Cumberland County Agricultural Hall of Fame.

County to consider removing homeless encampments from county property

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will meet Monday for its regular meeting at 6:45 p.m in Room 118 at the Cumberland County Courthouse. The agenda is set out here. During this meeting …

A pedestrian was in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle Saturday morning at Murchison Road and Blue Street, according to the Fayetteville Police Department.

When I started in my role as the director of Cumberland County Public Library almost a year and a half ago, our library locations — like many libraries and organizations across the country — were just beginning the process of reopening following the COVID-19 closure. In the past two-plus years, our library staff has masterfully pivoted to serve our community and residents in innovative ways.

Cumberland County Solid Waste Management, the city of Fayetteville and Sustainable Sandhills will host an Electronic Waste Drive on Saturday at the Ann Street Landfill. The event will be from 8 a.m. …

The Knox Street East Access Control Point located off Bragg Boulevard will permanently close Dec. 1 due to reduced traffic, Fort Bragg officials announced Friday.  “This decision is …

FTCC fire and emergency training complex named for Keen

Fayetteville Technical Community College’s new fire and emergency training complex will be named for college President J. Larry Keen. Keen, who is retiring Jan. 1, learned Wednesday night …

You will know many of our Hill Toppers, Judy Dawkins was assuring me some four months ago. She wanted me to speak to the seniors luncheon group at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church on Westmont Drive in Haymount and to talk about my long journalism career.

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center has put restrictions on which units people under age 16 can visit because of the continuing high number of RSV and flu cases in the Fayetteville area.

N.C. 59 is being eliminated in Cumberland County and will be redesignated as a secondary route, the North Carolina Department of Transportation said in a release. The state route consists of about …

Time to rake those leaves to the curb. Loose-leaf pickup will begin Monday in Fayetteville, according to a city news release.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and Chemours Fayetteville Works earlier this week agreed to end litigation over a required water filtration system that is supposed to …

Man charged in fatal Hope Mills shooting

A Hope Mills man has been charged in a fatal shooting that happened Tuesday on State Street, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. James Christopher Brown Jr., 27, is charged in the …

A committee of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved a staff-recommended architectural firm to design a new events center.

Four longtime community volunteers were recognized Wednesday as CityView's Power of Giving Community Impact Awards were presented at a luncheon at Segra Stadium.

There’s something to be said for this day. And no one may say it better than Vera Bell, who will be one of four recipients of the 2022 CityView Power of Giving Community Impact Awards presented by the Fayetteville Public Works Commission.

United Way to host ‘Over the Edge’ fundraiser

United Way of Cumberland County announced its next initiative — an “Over the Edge” fundraiser — on Tuesday evening as the organization celebrated its leadership givers at …

It’s time again for the World’s Largest Spaghetti Dinner & Greek Pastry Sale. Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church will host its 63rd annual sale from 10 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Hellenic Center, 614 Oakridge Ave.

‘I feel like this is a blessing’

Army Pvt. 1st Class Jordan Easley pulled up and gladly accepted his free Thanksgiving meal. Easley, 21, would be eating good on Tuesday.

The Fayetteville City Council on Monday night voted to proceed with implementing gunshot-reporting technology on a 6-4 vote that would require three public forums.

SPRING LAKE — The Spring Lake Board of Aldermen swore in Fire Chief Jason Williams as interim town manager on Monday night. Williams was appointed interim town manager on Oct. 24 after state …

Cumberland County should transfer $2.7 million in federal funding from a sewer project to an affordable housing project, officials decided Monday afternoon.

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