Fayetteville Area News
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The Cumberland County School District held its 5th annual feather ceremony for graduating Native American high school seniors.
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High School students in Fayetteville created a project about Army Special Operations Soldiers on secret missions in Berlin, Germany during the Cold War. The grand opening for the exhibit is May 7.
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The new rules establish legally enforceable levels for six kinds of PFAS. Levels range from four-to-10 parts per trillion. Public water systems across the country have until 2029 to meet these standards.
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Unlike in many states, North Carolina public school teachers can not collectively bargain contracts. Nor can they legally strike. The situation has broad effects for public school employees.
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The council issued a formal statement saying the chemical companies have disregarded the rights and wellbeing of residents along the lower Cape Fear River in North Carolina.
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New redistricting lines for the state legislature will mean few swing districts in Novembers general election most districts strongly favor either Democrats or Republicans. In some of those districts, the action will be taking place in the March primary.
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American Tattoo Society, a family-owned business, opened Fort Libertys first tattoo shop.
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The North Carolina Cooperative Extension is hosting a program in Cumberland County starting Jan.16 aimed at assisting soldiers transitioning out of the military into agricultural careers.
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Over 80 years ago, Walter Morris created the 555th Airborne Platoon, also known as the Triple Nickles. There is an exhibit about them at a museum on Fort Liberty - formerly known as Fort Bragg. Theres another exhibit at a Fayetteville Museum that will soon serve as one of 50 markers on the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail.
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In recent years, many Lumbees have helped shift Robeson County politically from a place with a reliable majority for the Democratic Party to a county that largely supports Republicans. A push for federal recognition for the tribe is one of the factors.
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Earlier this year, 耳科利利嫋 reported on a teacher who lost her teaching license because she struggled to pass a licensing exam. Ms. Art is an elementary art teacher who struggles with testing anxiety. Now, a policy that passed as part of the state budget offers a solution to keep teachers like her in classrooms.
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It's been a year since shooting attacks on two Moore County electrical substations left thousands of residents without power for days in freezing weather. Investigators have made no arrests, but the effects still reverberate in the county and across the power industry.