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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 partnership between the health system and the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine at Campbell U...

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 city’s statement said everyone who was in contact with the council member who tested positive for 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 her father. Davis went to Fayetteville Technical Community College to learn how to be a nursing assist...