Volume 3 Issue 16: Jan 26, 2024

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Feb 1, 2024

Cumberland County hires communications director

Diane Rice - Photo provided by Cumberland CountyDiane Rice has been hired as Cumberland County’s new Communications Director. Rice’s first day with Cumberland County was Monday, Jan. 29, 2024.Rice comes to Cumberland County from Texas, where she serv ...

Feb 1, 2024

More internet in Moore County: Ripple Fiber, a fiber optic internet provider based in the southeast, officially joins the Pinehurst community

Logo courtesy of Ripple FiberA new Internet Service Provider (ISP) is making waves in Moore County following the opening of their first physical location in Pinehurst. Ripple Fiber, a fast growing fiber internet company based in the southeast, c ...

Feb 1, 2024

Restaurant resource: US Foods CHEF'STORE opens its doors to restauranteurs and the Fayetteville community

Photo provided by GFBJFayetteville's US Foods CHEF’STORE® location is now open to the public at 511 Cross Creek Mall. Announced in the summer of 2023, the new Fayetteville location is the fourth CHEF’STORE® location in North Carolina, joining ex ...

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Scott Embry
United Way of Cumberland County

Gratitude: Honoring the generosity of a community by maximizing impact

Posted Mar 2, 2026
When I truly recognized that the United Way of Cumberland County exists only through the generosity of this community, it fundamentally changed me, as a leader and as a person.Your United Way does not receive state or federal funding. We are sustaine
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Feb 1, 2024

Welcome home! Fayetteville based Floyd Properties celebrates more than 70 years customizing dream homes along with new and ongoing projects

Photo provided by Floyd PropertiesFamily run home construction experts Floyd Properties are celebrating 73 years in the business of building dream homes from the ground up. Started in the 1950s by patriarch of the family Sonny Floyd, Floyd Prope ...

Feb 1, 2024

Bullseye: New development in Southern Pines brings fresh shopping and dining options to Moore County, including the highly anticipated Target

The first of the shopping center’s anchor tenants will be opening beginning in Q2 2024 (Dick’s & Golf Galaxy) and continuing throughout the remainder of the year - Photo provided by Midland Atlantic PropertiesMorganton Park South, a 266,000 squar ...


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Where Warfighter Needs Meet Textile Innovation: Why FEDTEX 2026 Matters

Lee Moritz, Jr. - Federal Business Development, North Carolina Military Business Center
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FSU: Redefining Success and Service through the Power of Partnership

Chancellor Darrell T. Allison - Chancellor, Fayetteville State University
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Cape Fear Valley ENT helps patients breathe easier

Albino Chiodo, MD - Otolaryngologist, Cape Fear Valley Ear, Nose & Throat – Lillington

In The Current Issue

CommWell Health opening new location in Coats; announces retirement of CEO

Graphic courtesy of CommWell HealthCommWell Health, a large private nonprofit Community Health Center, was recently awarded a competitive grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand essential healthcare access in C


Advancing military technology: Dragon's Lair pitch goes from idea to production

Spc. Alexander Soto, a paratrooper assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, presents the modular drone case at the Airborne Innovation Lab, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 9, 2026. Soto noted the recurring problem of drones


Hogs & chickens & turkeys, oh my! Sampson County Friends of Agriculture Ag Rally scheduled for March 17

Graphic provided by Sampson County Friends of AgricultureThe Sampson County Friends of Agriculture would like to invite the greater Fayetteville community to their annual Agriculture Rally on March 17, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. Originally organized by