Achievers & Accolades

Apr 24, 2024

Fayetteville's Holmes Security Systems wins North American Dealer of the Year Award from Turing AI

The Holmes Security Systems Fayetteville team receives the 2024 North American Dealer of the Year award on Thursday, April 18. Fayetteville’s Holmes Security Systems team has been recognized with nationwide recognition after receiving the North ...

Apr 24, 2024

UNCP's Dr. Ryan Anderson wins 2024 Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dr. Ryan Anderson, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) is UNC Pembroke’s recipient of the 2024 UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. ...

Apr 24, 2024

Fayetteville Technical Community College, Cape Fear Valley Health and 3 other community college partners win Innovative Leadership Award

Fayetteville Technical Community College has been recognized alongside its community partner Cape Fear Valley Health and fellow institutions Bladen Community College, Sandhills Community College and Central Carolina Community College in receiving the Innovative Leadership Award from the N.C. Community College System. ...

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The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County

The Arts Are Big Business in Fayetteville & Cumberland County! The Arts Create and Support Jobs, Generate and Sustain Revenue, and Build Community Vibrancy.

Posted Apr 1, 2024
The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County recently participated in the Arts and Economic Prosperity (AEP) Survey 6, an economic and social impact study of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. According to this study, Arts a
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Apr 17, 2024

Cumberland Honey Farmer shares Small Farm of Year Award

The 2024 selection of James Hartman of Secret Garden Bees in Cumberland County and Patrick Brown of Brown Family Farms in Warren County is the first time in history there has been a tie for N.C. Small Farmer of the Year. ...

Apr 17, 2024

Lumbee Citizens selected for Udall Foundation’s Native American Congressional Internship Program

The Lumbee tribe of North Carolina is offering their congratulations to Jada B. Allen and Zachary C. Young, both Lumbee Citizens, on their selection as 2024 Congressional Interns in the Udall Foundation’s Native American Congressional Internship Program. ...

Apr 17, 2024

City of Fayetteville’s Marketing and Communications Department wins first place in statewide competition

The City of Fayetteville’s Marketing and Communications Department won first place in the North Carolina City & County Communicators annual statewide competition. ...

Apr 17, 2024

Cape Fear Valley Health honors three at Doctor’s Day event

Cape Fear Valley Health Medical Staff Services held its 2024 Doctors’ Day celebration at the Center for Medical Education and Neuroscience Institute. Three awards were presented – Advanced Practice Provider (APP) of the Year, Resident of the Year and Physician of the Year. ...

Apr 17, 2024

Farm Bureau Insurance Companies honor Fayetteville agent

Michele Pope, Cumberland County Agent for North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company was named among the Top 75 Agents for 2023. ...

Apr 10, 2024

Pinehurst Medical Clinic recognized as a U.S. Best-in-Class Employer for third year by Gallagher

Pinehurst Medical Clinic (PMC) participated in Gallagher’s 2023 U.S. Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey and, for the third consecutive year, was identified as an organization that excelled in implementing successful strategies for managing people and programs.  ...


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