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Building North Carolina’s Maritime Future Starts with Its Workforce

Erin Ananian-Gentile - Federal Business Development, NC Military Business Center
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Putting mental health first: Inside Cape Fear Valley Health’s behavioral health system

John Bigger - Corporate Director of Behavioral Health, Sleep Medicine and Clinical Research, Cape Fear Valley Health
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What a Hospital TV Show Taught Me About the Technology We Never Think About

Madison Spangler - Digital Marketing & Campaigns Coordinator, Systel Business Equipment

Sep 14, 2026

Cape Fear Otolaryngology to join FirstHealth of the Carolinas

Cape Fear Otolaryngology will join FirstHealth of the Carolinas and providers Isabel A. Salcedo,audiologist; Belinda Hunt, N.P.; Eric Mansfield, M.D., MPH, and Purvi Mehta, P.A. will beginseeing patients on Oct. 5, 2026, as FirstHealth ENT-Valleygate ...

Sep 11, 2026

Overnight closures scheduled for Moore County road

A section of Seven Lakes Drive from N.C. 211 to MacDougall Drive will close nightly Sept. 10-17, weather permitting. Work will begin each night at 9 p.m. and reopen by 6 a.m. the following morning. ...

Sep 11, 2026

Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundation receives $3,500 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to support Y.E.S. Student Center

The Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundation has received a $3,500 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation on behalf of Piedmont Natural Gas to support refurbishment efforts for the Y.E.S. — You + Effort = Success — Student Center. ...

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Building North Carolina’s Maritime Future Starts with Its Workforce

Posted Sep 1, 2026
North Carolina’s connection to the water runs deep. From commercial ports and military installations to boatbuilders, marine manufacturers, ship repair operations, and an extensive network of suppliers, maritime activity is an important part of the s
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Sep 11, 2026

City of Fayetteville seeks nonprofits for new Stronger Partners Initiative

The City of Fayetteville’s Economic & Community Development Department invites established nonprofit organizations to express interest in the Stronger Partners Initiative, a program designed to strengthen nonprofit leadership, organizational capa ...

Sep 11, 2026

School of Medicine holds inaugural White Coat Ceremony at MU

Photos by GFBJThe Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine celebrated a significant milestone for its first class of medical students with an inaugural White Coat Ceremony today, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. at Methodist University’s Hu ...

Sep 11, 2026

County announces historic $161.5 million PFAS settlement

Pictured from left to right: Commissioner Glenn Adams, Lumbee Tribal Council Speaker and District 13 Representative Alex Baker, County Manager Clarence Grier, NCDEQ Secretary Reid Wilson, Commissioner Henry Tyson, Attorney General Jeff Jackson, Sheri ...

Sep 10, 2026

Harnett County secures $500K from North Carolina Railroad Company for Byrd Industrial Sites

This funding will support Byrd Industrial Site B, an 83-acre site with 58 developable acres within the Byrd Industrial Sites in Lillington. The grant will fund engineering, clearing and grading of a new access road. ...

Sep 10, 2026

Multi-generational business expertise: How legacies in local businesses find sustained success

Join us Sept. 29 for our third Power Breakfast of 2026 as business leaders share how they leverage decades of institutional wisdom. The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal invites you to join us for our third quarterly Power Breakfast, The Fam ...

Sep 10, 2026

Local expertise: Critical Path Solutions LLC chosen as construction company for Skyeton Manufacturing renovations

Skyeton leadership have decided to look locally for a general contractor to head up major renovations for the 28,479-square-foot building they’ve selected as their new home. Fayetteville-based Critical Path Solutions LLC has been chosen as the primary contractor for bringing new life to the previous Black+Decker plant site. ...


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Multi-generational business expertise: How legacies in local businesses find sustained success

Join us Sept. 29 for our third Power Breakfast of 2026 as business leaders share how they leverage decades of institutional wisdom. The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal invites you to join us for our third quarterly Power Breakfast, The Fam


Local expertise: Critical Path Solutions LLC chosen as construction company for Skyeton Manufacturing renovations

Skyeton leadership have decided to look locally for a general contractor to head up major renovations for the 28,479-square-foot building they’ve selected as their new home. Fayetteville-based Critical Path Solutions LLC has been chosen as the primary contractor for bringing new life to the previous Black+Decker plant site.


Fort Bragg goes nuclear: Antares awarded Army Janus Program agreement to deliver nuclear microreactor power for Army’s energy resilience mission

From left to right: US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright with Antares Co-founder and CEO Jordan Bramble. Photos courtesy of Antares Nuclear, Inc. Antares Nuclear, Inc. recently announced that it has been awarded an Other Transactions Authority ag