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The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners elected Glenn Adams as chairman and Toni Stewart as vice chairwoman.

Leaders from Cumberland County, Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Hope Mills and Spring Lake spoke at the State of the Community meeting.

Chemours is appealing civil penalties of more than $300,000 assessed after tests showed it had exceeded GenX annual air emissions limit this year.

TALLAHASSEE – A labor shortage has unleashed a litany of problems for Florida employers scrambling to fill vacant slots and hold on to workers.

More than 100 group homes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have shuttered since March.

About a dozen people protested an expected mandate that students in Cumberland County schools wear mask when the school year starts this month.

NC Congressional leaders and environmental groups are asking the EPA to reconsider a Trump-era decision that denied a petition to require Chemours to test chemicals.

Judge John M. Tyson is accused of almost hitting a protester near the Market House.

A criminal court summons was issued Friday for a state Appeals Court judge after a Fayetteville woman swore before a Cumberland County magistrate that he nearly hit her with his SUV. Once served, the summons orders Judge John M. Tyson to appear in a Cumberland County courtroom next month to answer to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Myah Warren has said she was almost struck by the vehicle driven by Tyson while she was protesting near the Market House on May 7. Warren said Friday that ...

Two community activists say protesters near the Market House were nearly struck Friday by an SUV driven by a state Court of Appeals judge. A Fayetteville Police Department spokesman said detectives are investigating whether a vehicle almost hit a pedestrian, but would not confirm that the incident involved Judge John M. Tyson, who serves on the Court of Appeals. Mario Benavente, who was one of the protesters, said he saw two other protesters nearly get hit. He said he recognized the driver of ...