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Fayetteville mayor election this year has four candidates so far. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/four... #ncpol

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NC Gov. Josh Stein visits Fayetteville to promote teacher pay raises, $4B school construction bonds, and other education initiatives in his proposed state budget. Budget has $$ for shuttered Fayetteville veterans home Read all about it: www.cityviewnc.com/stories/gov-... #ncga #ncpol

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Trump administration freezes funding earmarked to remove PFAS/GenX/forever chemicals from Fayetteville's drinking water. Also frozen: Money to protect the city's electricity service from hackers. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/more... Evey Weisblat has the story. #ncga #ncpol

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Air dome maker moving 72 jobs to Fayetteville from Minnesota. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/air-... #ncga #ncpol

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In recent years, Shibumi co-founder Dane Barnes has managed to convince North Carolina beaches to lift rules to allow his inescapable shades on all the state’s shores. But across the state line, officials in Myrtle Beach haven’t budged–yet. www.theassemblync.com/business/myr...

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Pro tip for people who have/manage Facebook pages: As of Feb. 18, Facebook deletes livestreamed videos. Download any you want to keep New videos: 30-day lifespan Older videos: 90 days after FB sends you an email #ncga #ncpol Info: about.fb.com/news/2025/02...

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Cumberland County paused construction of its $145 million performing arts center (the Crown Event Center), for 30 days. Is hiring a lawyer to review all the paperwork etc. Project funded by a 1% restaurant food tax the #NCGA authorized in the 1990s www.cityviewnc.com/stories/coun... #ncpol

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Fort Bragg will put the Fort Liberty name to rest with a ceremony on March 7. Relatives of Pfc. Roland L. Bragg are scheduled to attend. Is open to the public who get a gate pass or have appropriate ID to get on Post. Details here: www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cere... #ncpol

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Fayetteville police chief says that since 2014, crime in the city has dropped 35 percent Read all about it: www.cityviewnc.com/stories/poli... #ncpol #ncga

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75 Jobs From Recycled Plastic - Waste to energy company about to open a factory in Fayetteville. - Says it will turn waste plastic into diesel fuel - 30 tons of plastic per day. - 75 jobs, paying $60k-$80k Read all about it: www.cityviewnc.com/stories/wast... #ncpol

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Sticker shock! Cumberland County property tax values jumped nearly 65% since 2017. Residential alone was up 86.2%. How might this affect property tax rates? www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumb... #ncpol

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Pro tip for content creators when doing an item about Fayetteville NC and you want a picture of a downtown street to go with it: Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh is not in the City of Fayetteville.

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Arsonist who set fire to Fayetteville Market House during 2020 George Floyd protest loses effort to appeal his conviction. Details: www.cityviewnc.com/stories/arso...

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Franco Webb, former candidate for Fayetteville mayor, later charged with defrauding a retired MLB player and others, and also admitted to stolen valor, has died. cityviewnc.com/stories/form... #ncpol

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Fired Hope Mills Police officer faces felony charges involving fentanyl. Indicted on obstruction of justice, destroying evidence in a criminal investigation. www.cityviewnc.com/stories/form...

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A wild update on the Hope Mills craziness I previously covered at CityView from my friend @paulwoolverton.bsky.social www.cityviewnc.com/stories/form...

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Trial expected this fall in Cumberland County's lawsuit against Chemours for the PFAS/GenX contamination of residents' drinking water wells. More details: www.cityviewnc.com/stories/tria... #ncga #ncpol

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In reversal of plans, shuttered NC Veterans Home in Fayetteville to be repaired and renovated instead of replaced. Closed last year due to “significant repair needs and structural deficiencies” Read all about it: www.cityviewnc.com/stories/stat... #ncga #ncpol

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Jimmy Carter's sister, Ruth Carter Stapleton, lived in Fayetteville (where her husband was a veterinarian) and was prominent in her own right as an evangelist and Christian author Carter visited Fayetteville during and after his presidency More details: fayobserver.com/story/news/2... #ncpol #ncga

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While President Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 people in the federal civilian criminal justice system, he let stand the death sentences of the four inmates on the military death row. Three of the four inmates were convicted at Fort Liberty cityviewnc.com/stories/pres... #ncpol

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@carletonhandley.bsky.social my iPhone had deleted Millie and Molly (as it does with a lot of apps when it needs to save space). When I tried to re-install the game, the phone said the app is no longer in the App Store. What happened?

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What happens when an elected official misses seven monthly meetings in a row? And the board and staff can't reach her to find out what's going on? The board looks at replacing her. It's happening in Fayetteville/Cumberland County cityviewnc.com/stories/cumb... #ncga #ncpol

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New from me in The Assembly: How N.C. Republicans Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving Early Voting GOP lawmakers predicted 25 years ago that Democrats would use early voting to steal elections. This year, they used it to secure victory. www.theassemblync.com/politics/ele... #ncga #ncpol

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Does this from the Carolina Vote Tracker mean that after provisional ballots, etc. were counted over the past few weeks, the GOP pulled back into 1st place in NC for early voting? @bowtiepolitics.bsky.social carolinaelections.com/tracker/61?b... #ncpol #ncga

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Newcomers to Cumberland Board of Commissioners take control of the board and pick newly elected Kirk deViere to be chairman, over veteran Commissioner Marshall Faircloth. Read all about it: www.cityviewnc.com/stories/newl... #ncpol

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Does anyone who sees this own a tabletop HD radio that can pick up the Hybrid Digital FM signals from over the air? I'm looking for recommendations.

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In the hopes that this site may be a useful place to follow North Carolina news, I've assembled a list of NC-based journalists and news organizations -- let me know who I'm missing go.bsky.app/4MHso9E #ncpol

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Tonight's story: Nope, that's not a typo. "The NC state health plan stopped covering new prescriptions for weight-loss drugs to save money. That move will cost the state $54 million in 2024 because of the terms of a drugmaker's contract." www.wral.com/story/cuttin... #ncpol #ncga

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