$1.1M in grants for flood resilience projects awarded
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Flood Resiliency Blueprint is partnering with the North Carolina Land and Water Fund to provide $1.1 million for three flood risk reduction projects located in Dunn, Clyde and Smithfield. In total, the projects will restore more than 1.29 miles of stream and...
Turning the page: A new chapter for the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal
When we launched the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal, our mission was clear: to create a publication that informs, connects and celebrates the people and businesses driving growth across the Fayetteville region. Over the last five years, this mission has guided every story we publish, every Power Breakfast we...
Cumberland County Approves $1M Contract With Salvation Army for Emergency Homeless Shelter Services
Cumberland County commissioners voted to hire the Salvation Army for homeless shelter services with payments not to exceed $1 million. The board unanimously approved contract negotiations on Monday. The agreement calls for the organization to provide 67 year-round beds at the emergency shelter. It would also provide...
Pennsylvania Transformer Technology breaks ground on $102 million manufacturing expansion in Hoke County’s industrial...
By Catharin Shepard • Editor • The “largest capital investment in the history of Hoke County,” slated to create over 200 jobs, got started this month with a toss of shovelfuls of dirt at the county industrial park on Golf Course Road. North Carolina Gov. Josh...
Fayetteville’s NYE Spectacular 2025: Music, Fireworks, and Family Fun Await
The City of Fayetteville and Cool Spring Downtown District will host the fifth annual District New Year's Eve Spectacular on December 31 from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Festival Park. Bubba Sparxxx, Yung Joc, and the R&B trio 702 will perform. Bubba Sparxxx hails from LaGrange, Georgia. Born Warren...
Police offer house check program in Fayetteville, other safety tips ahead of holidays
Fayetteville Police is urging property owners to take extra steps to protect their homes and themselves, including signing up for their free house check program.
Fraternity visits Tar Heel School
TAR HEEL - The Kappa Rho Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., which proudly serves Bladen, Duplin and Sampson counties, officially kicke
Red Springs Parks & Recreation year in review
RED SPRINGS — The Red Springs Parks and Recreation Department had a spectacular year in sports achievements. For the year 2025, the Recr
North Carolina teen makes his mark in music with Christmas release
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A 17-year-old Fayetteville native is beginning to carve out a name for himself in the music world, following in the footsteps of a talented family while developing a sound all his own. Durrell Babbs Jr. released his first song at just 16 years old. The track, titled “Christmas Songs,”...
Fort Bragg soldier on motorcycle dies after crashing into 2 cars in Fayetteville: Police
A Fort Bragg soldier is dead following a three-vehicle crash in Fayetteville Friday afternoon, police said.

















