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Paula Faulkner, a certified nursing assistant at Highland House Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Fayetteville, loves caring for the residents.

Cumberland County Health Director Jennifer Green said the number of COVID-19 cases have decreased, but residents should remain vigilant.

Cape Fear Valley Health is building a $30 million facility for its growing medical residency program. The 120,000-square-feet Center for Medical Education and Research at the Melrose Road and Owen Drive also will be home of the health system’s Neuroscience Institute. The health system held a groundbreaking ceremony for the center last month. Officials say the state-of-the-art facility is expected to attract residents, physicians and specialists to the area. The residency program is a partner...

A member of the Fayetteville City Council who tested positive for COVID-19 attended a meeting on Feb. 5 with city and federal officials. A statement released by the city Friday would not identify the member, saying it would violate a federal law dealing with the privacy of health information. Mayor Mitch Colvin said at a news conference Feb. 5 that he, some council members and others met informally that day with Dion Lyons, a conciliation specialist with the federal Department of Justice. The c...

Davis said helping the veterans means a lot to her. “I treat them like I treated my father,” she said. “I think of my dad every day when I’m here taking care of them.” Davis’ father, Calvin McLaurin, died in 2014 on the day before his 75th birthday. She helped take care of him in the six years he was sick. “He had a stroke,” she said. “It went downhill from there.” Davis’ mother, Theresa McLaurin, told her that she should consider caring for others the way she cared for he...

A Pinehurst man took home more than $400,000 after winning a prize from a $30 scratch-off ticket. Robert Grimone won a $1 million prize after purchasing a $10,000,000 Colossal Cash ticket from the Circle K on Beverly Lane in Southern Pines, according to a statement released by the N.C. Education Lottery. Grimone could have taken the $1 million as an annuity of $50,000 a year over 20 years, but decided instead to take a lump sum of $600,000, the statement said. He took home $424,509 after requir...

The head of Cumberland County Schools said Tuesday that he believes students will be able to return to school buildings next month even if all teachers have not been vaccinated for COVID-19. Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr. and school board Chairwoman Alicia Chisolm will write a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper, asking him to declare teachers essential workers so they can be moved higher on the priority list for vaccinations. Connelly told the Board of Education at its meeting that some teachers who...

The gunman in a fatal shooting Tuesday near Raeford Road is being sought by Fayetteville police. The shooting was reported about 11:46 a.m. in the 4800 block of Alamance Road, according to a statement released by the Fayetteville Police Department. When officers arrived, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot near a vehicle, it said. The man was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center where he died, according to the statement. His name was not released because his famil...

The Fayetteville Observer As the Fayetteville City Council considers what to do with the Market House, the options for how it might be used could be limited. City Manager Doug Hewett talked to the council at a special meeting Jan. 27 about potential obstacles to repurposing the Market House. The council voted at the meeting not to demolish it and not to leave it as it is. The council’s other two options are finding a new way to use the Market House or move it to another location. The council ...

The Fayetteville Observer More than 21,000 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Cumberland County, but trends related to the disease are going down. The county Health Department reported that 15 county residents died from COVID-19 during the last week of January, according to a statement released by county officials. The state Department of Health and Human Services said a total of 225 deaths in the county were related to the disease. The state DHHS website says 21,278 cases have been repor...