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Bill Shotwell: ‘Our hope is to bring happiness to people in our community’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 12, 2022

If you’ve ever watched the numbers on the gas pump spin out of control as you fill your tank and thought what a joy it would be to have some help paying that total, a Fayetteville car dealership is coming to the rescue.

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Army wife Mary Vaughn to run Boston Marathon: Without running, ‘I would be very stressed’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 12, 2022

Soldiers often make sacrifices for their country. When people think of the military, many may not realize the sacrifices of military spouses.

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Army Recruitment commander Quinn Walter: ‘We don't flex our standards’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 8, 2022

​The U.S. military has seen lean recruiting times before, and its ongoing struggle to find quality prospects doesn’t mean it’s time to lower standards. Instead, they want to find new ways to reach potential recruits.

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Tom Lloyd on delay in resolving an electrical problem: ‘It's the state of everything now’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Apr 8, 2022

First, there was the difficulty with finding toilet paper because people were hoarding it; then, inflation kicked in; now, the country is still seeing delays when it comes to household and utility repairs. Mostly, it’s the fallout from COVID-19.

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Black Ops Paintball in Fayetteville was first robbed and then set on fire: 'It's disheartening'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 30, 2022

Tuesday’s early-morning fire at Black Ops Paintball, located on River Road in Fayetteville, is under investigation as arson, Cumberland County Sheriff’s officials confirmed.

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Sheriff Wright on Butler: 'I look at how he came into office and took this sheriff's office and just turned it around'

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 30, 2022

Ahead of Wednesday evening’s public visitation, colleagues and others shared memories of former Cumberland County Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler, who died Sunday.

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Manager of Fayetteville's Black Ops Paintball calls theft 'disheartening'; more trouble follows

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 30, 2022

​​​​​Within a week of a break-in that resulted in $21,000 worth of losses, a fire that has been described as arson, damaged the Black Ops Paintball building in Fayetteville early Tuesday.

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‘To be honest I was happy’ says mother after 1st grade teacher arrested

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 23, 2022

When June Callender’s daughter came home from school and said her teacher had called her dumb, the Fayetteville, North Carolina, mother brought it to the attention of school officials, but no disciplinary action was taken against the teacher.

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Cybersecurity is like being ‘on the front line, but in a digital sense,’ Army veteran in Fayetteville says

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 23, 2022

A new breed of warrior is at the fore when it comes to technology.

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Retired Adm. Michelle Howard: Names for installations should “reflect the courage, values, and sacrifices” of military personnel

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 19, 2022

Fort Bragg, as well as eight other U.S. military bases, is up for renaming this year.

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Santina Thomas, new business owner: ‘When the opportunity presented itself, there was nothing more that I could do than just jump right on it’

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 19, 2022

Fayetteville prides itself of having a good number of woman-owned businesses downtown, and to celebrate Women’s History Month, the city is recog​​​​​nizing its 70-plus female entrepreneurs.

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"We still are a part of something beautiful over here in the United States": Fayetteville military spouse collects used boots for Ukraine

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 18, 2022

A military spouse is giving new meaning to the term “boots on the ground.” Although the term generally refers to deploying soldiers into a w​​​​​ar zone, Elizabeth Hammond is collecting used footwear to send to Ukrainians.

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Fayetteville native crowned Chopped Champion

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 15, 2022

When Chris Dodson was a boy, his mother taught him a survival skill that he has been making a living with — cooking.

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Fayetteville woman named NC Mother of the Year

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 15, 2022

Whe​n you talk about well-rounded, consider Demetria Davis, a Fayetteville woman who is a mother of five, a grandmother, a pastor, and a caretaker.

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"I'm going to try my best to see what we can do." Community members voice concerns over proposed halfway house coming to Fayetteville

By Laurie A. Luebbert | Mar 14, 2022

A halfway house that would provide temporary shelter for federal prison inmates, in preparation for their release, has been proposed for Fayetteville and is eliciting c​​​​​oncern from some community members.