Small business owners with 250 employees or less may be eligible for financial assistance. Cumberland County recently launched a Small Business Economic Assistance Program that allows small businesses to apply for up to $50,000 in financia ...
Gannett Co. Inc., the newspaper chain that owns the Fayetteville Observer, will be discontinuing their service of Saturday print editions, starting on March 5.More than half the newspapers associated with Gannett Co. Inc. will be expanding access to ...
The Greater Fayetteville Chamber hosted their monthly Chairman’s Coffee Club this morning, featuring Interim President and CEO of the Fayetteville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Randy Fiveash as the guest speaker. Fiveash took on the role o ...
The NC Technology Association just released their monthly snapshot of available IT positions in the state for the end of 2021.The December snapshot for 2021 showed a slight dip statewide in numbers compared to November’s 2021 snapshot - which recorde ...
North Carolina’s Southeast, a private-public partnership that encourages economic growth in the region, announced the incoming arrival of a new director of business & economic development. Phillip Shumaker, who currently serves as the Existi ...
Dr. Larry Keen, president of Fayetteville Technical Community College, announced his plans to retire today, effective Jan. 1 of next year. The recent announcement came during a monthly meeting of the college’s Board of Trustees. Keen has be ...
North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives recently announced their plans to install battery energy storage in ten communities across rural North Carolina. The new installations will be sited at electric cooperative substations and will add local en ...
The former Rite Aid location on the corner of Country Club Drive and Ramsey Street will open its doors tomorrow as a new Oak Street Health clinic. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 12 percent of Fayetteville residents are 65 years or older; O ...
On Jan. 18, Cumberland County Planning and Inspections will stop accepting paper applications due to the implementation of the ENERGOV portal. ENERGOV is an online portal for all development plan submissions.Planning and Inspections implemented ...
KAREN TILLERY, who works as the area enrollment coordinator for Troy University at Fayetteville’s support center, was recently honored with the institution’s Vergil Park’s McKinley Award. The McKinley Award is the highest honor that can be besto
WILLIE BRADLEY, local musician and owner of Willie Bradley Music, was recently recognized in the Smooth Jazz Network’s BEATS Year In Review magazine.Bradley was dubbed Artist of the Year by the network. The title is voted on by listeners of the netwo
CHRISTIAN LOCKAMY was announced as the new person for the role recently by the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, and began in his new role on Jan. 3. In the past, Lockamy has had experience in “recruitment and competitive expansions of comp
