Copiers Plus marks 40 years by contributing $20,000 to North Carolina groups in collaboration with KYOCERA Document Solutions

Copiers Plus, in partnership with KYOCERA Document Solutions, is celebrating its 40th anniversary on Nov. 1, 2025, by donating $500 each to 40 organizations acrossNorth Carolina.The 40 Years of Caring: Sharing the Love Across NC campaign aims to comm ...

Cargill lays off 5% of global workforce; Effect on Fayetteville plant undisclosed

Earlier this week Cargill, a food-processing giant employing over 160,000 individuals with operations in 70 countries, announced it was laying off approximately 5% of its workforce.“To strengthen Cargill’s impact, we must realign our talent and resou ...

NC Utilities Commission approves Duke Energy Progress request to lower customer rates by 4.5%

Starting Dec. 1, rates for Duke Energy Progress residential customers in North Carolina fell by 4.5% as part of an annual adjustment for the cost of fuel used to generate electricity at the utility’s power plants.A typical residential customer in Nor ...

Lumbee River EMC receives $1 million in funding through Rural Partners Network

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development North Carolina State Director Reginald Speight recently announced a new round of investments totaling $17.6 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partners Net ...

Liberty PlayTown launches with support from the Central Carolina Community College Small Business Center

Liberty PlayTown is an imaginative and inclusive play center located in Harnett County. Co-owned by Carolyn Wilson and Krista Petty, this facility offers a unique space for play for children ages 0-7. Photo provided by CCCC.Liberty PlayTown, an imagi ...

Visioning Workshop for the Blueprint to Revitalize New Town to be held Dec. 14

Graphic provided by Elizabethtown.Residents of the New Town Community in Elizabethtown are invited to attend A Blueprint to Revitalize New Town Workshop: Identifying a Vision to Restore and Revitalize New Town.Through a direct grant from the U.S. Dep ...

FAST adjusts service to Cross Creek Mall starting Nov. 29; passengers will be shuttled to Cross Creek Mall from Campground Road

Photo provided by: FAST Residents traveling to Cross Creek Mall on the Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) system will encounter changes in routes and services on weekends beginning Nov. 29 through Dec. 22. Due to heavy holiday traff ...

IRS, Security Summit partners announce 9th annual National Tax Security Awareness Week starting Dec. 2

Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich Provided by: PexelsThe Internal Revenue Service, working with the Security Summit partners, has announced a special awareness week focusing on taxpayers and tax professionals to protect sensitive financial information fro ...

Publisher's note: Remaining thankful

MEGAN WATSON/UNSPLASH.COMHave you ever contemplated the question, “How thankful am I?” With Thanksgiving and the holidays approaching, it’s a good time to consider this question. From the time we are learning to talk, good parents are training t ...

Westwood shopping center brunch spot announces closure

Grand opening of brand-new Pizza Hut location in Spring Lake set for Jan. 20

Veteran spotlight: Commercial realtor Patrick Murray talks about the impact military service has had on his career

Phase 1 complete; Ripple Fiber launches fiber internet for over 18,000 residences in Southern Pines and the Village of Pinehurst in North Carolina

Under new leadership: Soldier welcomes opportunity to lead in US Army chemical company on Fort Liberty