Hinkamp Jewelers Celebrates 70 Years
Fayetteville, N.C.—Hinkamp Jewelers in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is celebrating 70 years in business. It all started in 1955 when Ruthene Hinkamp encouraged her husband Walter Hinkamp Sr. and his business partner Robert Tyndall to open a jewelry store together. The Hinkamps and Tyndall had been working together...
Thistle & Moon Sets Final Day
Thistle & Moon’s last day has been set. It will be closing its doors Saturday, Aug. 30. Owner Mary Furby announced back in July that she would be closing not just the storefront but the business. She said, “I would like to make it very clear: this is not a financial decision. We are so lucky to have been supported so...
FTCC expands nursing program to meet community need
In response to a growing demand for skilled healthcare professionals, Fayetteville Technical Community College is expanding its Associate Degree Nursing program, increasing enrollment from 280 to 400 full-time students. This expansion comes at a critical time: North Carolina is projected to face a 23% shortage of...
Power Pitching Pushes Fayetteville Past Myrtle Beach in Shutout Win
Fayetteville, N.C. - The Fayetteville Woodpeckers (29-26, 65-56) pitching staff put together a masterful performance on Tuesday night as they blanked the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (38-16, 63-55) 1-0 to open their six-game series. Parker Smith took the ball for the Woodpeckers and held the red-hot Pelicans offense in...
Harnett County’s LeAnn Blackmon honored with Heroic Hands Award
Harnett County Government is proud to announce that LeAnn Blackmon, volunteer services director and medicare coordinator for the Division on Aging, has been awarded the Heroic Hands Award by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC). The Heroic Hands award is presented to one individual in each...
Balfour Beatty starts construction on final phase of North Carolina Civil War history center
Balfour Beatty, in partnership with Varnedoe Construction, has broken ground on the final phase of the North Carolina History Center on Civil War, Emancipation and Reconstruction, a $85 million project set to transform Arsenal Park into a major cultural and educational destination. The 60,000-square-foot facility...
ECU researchers unravel the story of a WWII subchaser found in North Carolina
A World War II subchaser has been sitting in North Carolina’s Cape Fear River for 80 years, and historians are investigating its mysterious journey inland.
Fayetteville State’s Griffin and McCrowre selected for UNC Executive Leadership Institute
Cierra L. Griffin, assistant vice chancellor for enrollment management in the Division of Academic Affairs, and Rodney L. McCrowre, assistant chair and assistant professor in the Broadwell College of Business and Economics, have been selected to join the University of North Carolina System Executive Leadership...
North Fayetteville neighbors trying to stop a 7-Eleven endure a setback | Opinion
The people lost this round. More than a dozen College Lakes residents showed up to a Fayetteville City Council meeting on Monday, Aug. 25, carrying signs that protested a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas station proposed for the entrance of their north Fayetteville neighborhood. The neighbors, many of whom are...
Hazmat team responds to chlorine leak at Robbins water plant
A hazmat team from Fayetteville was called to Robbins on Tuesday afternoon after a chlorine leak was reported at the town’s water treatment plant. The incident happened before 2 p.m. off of Highway 705.The leak was contained to a building on the property and did not pose any risk to the public, according to town...
