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For the fourth time this summer, the Cumberland County Board of Elections has failed to decide where to open early votin...
08/18/2025

For the fourth time this summer, the Cumberland County Board of Elections has failed to decide where to open early voting sites for November’s municipal elections.

The choice of locations and their operating hours now rests with the North Carolina State Board of Elections in Raleigh.

All five of Cumberland County’s election board members voted this month to open two early voting sites for the general election, which ends Nov. 4. The early voting is to run from Oct. 16 to Nov. 1.

✍ Written by Paul Woolverton
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Where will early voting happen in Fayetteville this fall? County Board of Elections couldn't decide. Now the state board will impose its will

COLUMN: Retired Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright endorsed Maj. Johnathan Morgan as his successor, and the Cumberla...
08/18/2025

COLUMN: Retired Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright endorsed Maj. Johnathan Morgan as his successor, and the Cumberland Board of County Commissioners took Wright at his word.

“Our primary goal throughout this process has been to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of operations within the Sheriff’s Office,” Commissioners Chair Kirk deViere said about Morgan’s appointment Monday to succeed Wright as the county’s top cop. “The board of commissioners collectively felt that Maj. Morgan’s experience and understanding of current operations and procedures make him uniquely positioned to maintain the high standards of public safety our citizens expect and deserve.”

Morgan, 50, has been with the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office for 28 years. Morgan, who will carry out Wright’s term through December 2026, will earn an annual salary of $195,000. Commissioners got it right about the “smooth transition” when choosing Morgan over eight other candidates. Morgan was sworn in Wednesday by Cumberland County Chief Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons at the old county courthouse.

✍ Written by Bill Kirby Jr.
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Retired Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright endorsed Maj. Johnathan Morgan as his successor.

Cumberland County students will find some changes when they return to the classroom on Aug. 25.One will be a new policy ...
08/18/2025

Cumberland County students will find some changes when they return to the classroom on Aug. 25.

One will be a new policy governing students’ use of cellphones and other wireless devices on campus.

The policy was presented to the Cumberland County Board of Education in June as part of a statewide effort to ban students’ use of cell phones during instructional time. Gov. Josh Stein signed the bill into law in July, requiring local boards of education to adopt policies outlining student access to cell phones and other wireless devices during class.

✍ Written by Nancy McCleary
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Cumberland County Schools has adopted a policy banning students’ use of cellphones and other wireless devices during instructional time.

A bill in the U.S. Senate would instruct military installations to stop releasing “forever chemicals” into surrounding c...
08/18/2025

A bill in the U.S. Senate would instruct military installations to stop releasing “forever chemicals” into surrounding communities like Spring Lake, where groundwater is contaminated with PFAS from Fort Bragg.

The Department of Defense PFAS Discharge Prevention Act would require the department to regularly monitor for PFAS pollution and implement measures to limit contaminated stormwater runoff. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, introduced the legislation on July 28. A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a similar measure earlier this year in the U.S. House.

Military bases are hot spots for PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, because of the use of firefighting foam AFFF. The defense department says it identified 723 active military installations by the end of last year that require testing to determine whether PFAS was released in the surrounding environment. Of these sites, 581 warranted further investigation after initial sampling, including Fort Bragg.

✍ Written by Evey Weisblat
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Bills introduced in Congress would force the Department of Defense to stop releasing “forever chemicals” into surrounding areas

During their regular Monday meeting, the Spring Lake Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the tow...
08/15/2025

During their regular Monday meeting, the Spring Lake Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the town’s water and sewer fee schedule, a budget amendment totaling over $250,000 for sanitation equipment and authorized the sale of surplus property owned by the town. Here’s the breakdown.

✍ Written by Trey Nemec
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On Monday night, Spring Lake Commissioners approved an amendment to the town’s water and sewer fee schedule, an new budget amendment and authorized the sale of surplus property.

When the previous Cumberland County Board of Commissioners broke ground on the Unhoused Support Center in February 2024,...
08/15/2025

When the previous Cumberland County Board of Commissioners broke ground on the Unhoused Support Center in February 2024, they envisioned a large and homey two-story building dedicated to serving the county’s homeless population.

New designs unveiled on Monday by the center’s architecture firm, LS3P, have shrunk this vision slightly.

“What you saw was a rescoped project, one that brought it back to the original guiding principles that this project had dating back to 2022 when this was originally discussed,” Kirk deViere, chair of the county board of commissioners, said in comments to the press following the firm’s presentation at the board’s Aug. 11 regular meeting.

✍ Written by Morgan Casey
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A new plan for Cumberland County's homeless shelter, the Unhoused Support Center, cut its square footage and number of shelter beds.

Customers of the Fayetteville Public Works Commission will pay more for electricity service starting Sept. 1.The PWC’s b...
08/15/2025

Customers of the Fayetteville Public Works Commission will pay more for electricity service starting Sept. 1.

The PWC’s board voted 4-0 on Wednesday to increase a surcharge, called the Power Supply Adjustment, that is added to customers’ power bills. The average residential customer’s bill will rise by $2.15 per month, Jason Alban, the PWC’s director of financial planning, told the board.

The surcharge is to cover higher than expected prices that the PWC has been paying to purchase electricity from Duke Energy Progress, Alban said. The PWC, which is owned by the City of Fayetteville, buys most of its power from Duke and resells it to its customers in and around the city. Duke Energy Progress is a subsidiary of Duke Energy, and supplies electricity to much of North Carolina and South Carolina.

✍ Written by Paul Woolverton
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Fayetteville PWC raising electricity prices on Sept. 1 for more than 86,000 homes, businesses and other customers

COLUMN: The old Virginia live oak tree along Hay and Hillsboro streets by the Airborne & Special Operations Museum has w...
08/14/2025

COLUMN: The old Virginia live oak tree along Hay and Hillsboro streets by the Airborne & Special Operations Museum has weathered everything from tropical storms to hurricanes and has stood vigil over downtown for more than two centuries.

The stories, if you only can imagine, it can tell about city history dating back to the June 20, 1775 Liberty Point Resolves, signed at the apex of Bow and Person streets in protest against Great Britain during the American Revolution.

“This iconic Virginia live oak, located in downtown Fayetteville, is believed to have been a silent witness to local history 250 years ago, when the Liberty Point Resolves were supposedly posted by local patriots opposing King George’s rule,” said Renee Lane, executive director for the Airborne & Special Operations Museum Foundation.

✍ Written by Bill Kirby Jr.
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A Fayetteville celebration is scheduled at 8 a.m. Saturday, marking the U.S. Army’s 250th Anniversary and Liberty Point Resolves.

BREAKING: Fayetteville City Council candidate Enrique “Ranger Rick” Murillo is dropping out of the race, he told CityVie...
08/14/2025

BREAKING: Fayetteville City Council candidate Enrique “Ranger Rick” Murillo is dropping out of the race, he told CityView on Thursday.

His decision, which he said he reached on Wednesday, follows the Cumberland County Board of Elections’ vote the day before to allow Murillo to remain in the race for city council. The board considered a challenge to Murillo’s candidacy from a Fayetteville voter, who alleged Murillo lied on his candidacy form by not stating he had a previous felony conviction.

✍ Written by Paul Woolverton
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'Ranger Rick' Murillo says he is dropping out of the Fayetteville City Council District 5 election against incumbent Lynne Greene

COLUMN: That was a nice welcome-aboard gift for new Cumberland County Schools superintendent Eric Bracy — as good as any...
08/14/2025

COLUMN: That was a nice welcome-aboard gift for new Cumberland County Schools superintendent Eric Bracy — as good as any superintendent has gotten for a long, long time. Bucking a long, parsimonious tradition, the county commissioners didn’t cut a cent out of the school system’s annual budget request.

They broke open the piggy bank and gave the schools $103 million in operating funds, $300 million for school maintenance and $160 million toward future school construction. That’s a great place to begin for a superintendent who comes to town with a long track record of making school systems better — a lot better — than they were before he arrived.

Good thing, because Bracy’s going to need all the help he can get.

✍ Written by Tim White
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Fayetteville columnist Tim White shares his thoughts on Cumberland County, North Carolina's, public school funding.

Fayetteville City Council candidate Enrique “Ranger Rick” Murillo will remain on the ballot in the November election, th...
08/14/2025

Fayetteville City Council candidate Enrique “Ranger Rick” Murillo will remain on the ballot in the November election, the Cumberland County Board of Elections decided Tuesday in a 4-1 vote.

Murillo told CityView he “felt good” about the outcome. “The fact that I stood up for myself, that means a lot to — I know myself — and those that support me.”

Murillo’s candidacy for the District 5 City Council seat was challenged by Melene Hatcher of Fayetteville, who is a friend of incumbent City Council Member Lynne Greene. Hatcher alleged that Murillo lied on his candidate paperwork when he said he has no felony convictions.

✍ Written by Paul Woolverton
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Ranger Rick Murillo defeated a challenge that could have kicked him out of the Fayetteville City Council election. But this is not over.

Election season is ramping up again — this time in the City of Fayetteville’s mayoral and city council races.Ten people ...
08/13/2025

Election season is ramping up again — this time in the City of Fayetteville’s mayoral and city council races.

Ten people are running for mayor, including the current mayor, Mitch Colvin, who previously said he wouldn’t seek a fifth term. There’s also a race to elect city council members for each of the city’s nine districts.

To help voters get to know the candidates running in Fayetteville’s elections, organizations are hosting town halls leading up to Election Day on Nov. 4.

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CityView compiled a list of upcoming town halls and candidate forums leading up to Cumberland County's municipal elections on Nov. 4.

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