Beignets on the Bayou serves food, culture, curiosity
Cumberland Cooks transforms a five-minute idea into an immersive family experience filled with New Orleans food, history, music and imagination. In just five minutes, Je’Lesa Jefferson created a concept that could bring children into the library for a hands-on experience connecting food with culture, history and imagin
Weeks before college, Pender graduate suffers life-changing wreck
Aniya Moore was supposed to move into her dorm at Fayetteville State University this month. She was excited about being a Bronco, and she looked forward to beginning her classes there this fall. But the Watha resident — who graduated from Pender High School in June after battling a cancerous brain tumor during her high
Historic Dunrovin Country Store Ravaged by Fire in Moore County
A four-alarm blaze tore through the Dunrovin Country Store and Deli on U.S. 1 in Vass on Saturday evening, Aug. 8. According to ABC11, the back of the structure sustained heavy damage. Flames erupted around 6:30 p.m., and firefighters battled for six hours to bring it under control. First responders...
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital – Hoke Expansion Reaches Construction Milestone In Raeford, North Carolina
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital – Hoke has completed vertical construction on a $50 million, 50,000-square-foot addition in Raeford, N.C., according to the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal. The project will house patient rooms and expanded outpatient services in a new 2-story building on the Hoke campus. Grace
CFVH receives $1.6 million grant to support maternal, infant health
Cape Fear Valley Health has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from The Duke Endowment to participate in the Maternal Infant Health (MIH) Carolinas initiative, a multiyear effort focused on improving maternal and infant health outcomes across North Carolina and South Carolina, strengthening care coordination and advanci
America 250 mural brings local history into public view
A mural can do something a textbook cannot. It can meet people where they are. On the side of Cumberland County’s Headquarters Library, Fayetteville’s America 250 mural turns local history into something residents can encounter on the way to work, during a walk downtown or before stepping inside the library. Artist Max
How a three-legged dog became the face of a Fayetteville coffee trailer
Lexi Weldon started Three Legged Dog Coffee by combining her long-standing interest in coffee with her passion for entrepreneurship. Weldon opened her mobile coffee trailer in October 2025 and quickly became a hit among community members. The business is named in honor of Weldon’s pet dog, who has three legs....
Parts of Cumberland, Hoke counties under severe thunderstorm warning Tuesday
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a severe thunderstorm warning as scattered storms move across central North Carolina. The alert was initiated at 4:59 p.m. for west central Cumberland County and northern Hoke County after radar indicated a line of severe storms that stretched fr
After delays, murder trial nears in Fayetteville bowling alley shooting
Jury selection is set to begin next week in the murder trial of a Columbus County man accused of fatally shooting his 19-year-old date outside a Fayetteville bowling alley in 2023. Levon Junior Campbell, 30, is charged with first-degree murder in the May 2023 death of Ayanna Jaleah Thompson of Fairmont. Campbell also f
Man arrested in Dunn double shooting
A man was arrested in connection with a double shooting in Dunn.

















