Fayetteville Area News
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Two witnesses say a man shot by an off-duty North Carolina sheriff's deputy jumped onto the hood of the deputy’s truck. Their statements are included in videos that the Fayetteville Police Department released on Friday, a day after obtaining a judge’s permission.
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The Fayetteville Observer reports that Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons issued his ruling Thursday, two days after Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins filed the request.
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There have been three fatal shootings in less than a week involving law enforcement officers in central North Carolina. Here's a look at how the investigations will unfold.
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An off-duty sheriff’s deputy had a frantic conversation with a 911 operator after fatally shooting a Black man last weekend in North Carolina, saying the pedestrian did “jump on my vehicle and broke my windshield,” according to an audio recording released Tuesday.
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Protesters gathered outside a police station Sunday to decry the fatal shooting of a Black man a day earlier by an off-duty sheriff's deputy in North Carolina.
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Cumberland County Schools is the only large school district in վ’s listening area that is poised to possibly start the semester virtually due to the surge in COVID-19 spread.
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Fayetteville Technical Community College's 'Transition Tech' program partners with companies like Red Hat to start training service members even before they leave the Army.
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A popular Fayetteville bicycle giveaway had to take a year off because of COVID-19, but it's back and ready to do good in the community.
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After years of struggling to meet the financial requirements for the state, the North Carolina Local Government Commission voted to dissolve the town on Tuesday.
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The remains of 1st Lt. James “Dick” Wright, the hero who vanished during World War II, were finally returned to his tiny Robeson County hometown this week.
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Schools in the state are facing severe staffing shortages across-the-board. That's putting more on the shoulders of educators who are still on the job.
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For decades, the tree was chopped down for timber. Now, growing research shows that longleaf pine is especially resilient to climate change.