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Child injured in hit-and-run accident near Fayetteville school zone
NBC-17 Latest News
Jan 31A Fayetteville child suffered minor injuries after being struck by a vehicle while crossing at a crosswalk. Authorities say the accident happened at 7:57 a.m. on Glensford Drive, near the south-end of a school zone. Police say the child was in the midd... »
Man wanted on attempted first-degree murder charges for assaulting woman
NBC-17 Latest News
Jan 24Fayetteville Police are looking for Joseph Michael Woods on charges of first-degree attempted murder and other charges, they said Tuesday. On Tuesday, Fayetteville Police responded to a residence on the 5100 block of Arizona Court in reference to an as... »
Cape Fear Valley will retain its Medicare funding
NBC-17 Latest News
Jan 19Cape Fear Valley Medical Center said Thursday it has entered into an agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that ensures that Medicare funding to the hospital is not terminated, the hospital announced. The hospital said the... »
Cape Fear Valley will retain its Medicare funding
All NewsMync.com
Jan 19Cape Fear Valley Medical Center says it is working with a private company to address issues that have arisen. »
NC student shot at school is enrolled again
NBC-17 Cumberland County News
Jan 14Officials say the student wounded last year in a shooting at a Fayetteville High School is enrolled again but not yet attending classes on campus. The Fayetteville Observer reported that the principal Lee Spruill of Cape Fear High School wouldn't prov... »
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Latest dispatches from the campaign trail: Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Locker Room
Jan 11Senate Majority Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, raised $494,740 in 2011 and has nearly half-a-million dollars on hand (Senate Republicans) Cape Fear politicians react to the possibility of a delayed primary (WWAY-TV) Judge Linda McGee is running for ... »
Crony Capitalism: Local Style
Civitas Review
Dec 19Courtesy of the Cape Fear Patriot blog comes this report of Wilmington City Council engaging in a classic case of crony capitalism. Do you have a piece of property outside of the city limits and the county is refusing to meet your zoning demands? No wo... »
Hiring Decisions: Planned Parenthood Director to Lead Obama’s NC Effort, Perdue Puts Obamacare Advocate On Staff
Civitas Review
Dec 13Two hiring decisions that make you scratch your head. First, to head his re-election campaign in North Carolina, President Obama’s campaign has hired Lindsay Siler, a former director of public policy for Planned Parenthood. Via LifeNews: In 2007, Siler... »
Charity begins someplace else
Applied Rationality
Dec 12Apparently, beggars have had it too easy in Johnston County, but the Johnston County commissioners have an app for that.Panhandlers could soon have to undergo a criminal background check and pay $20 a month if they want to continually ask people for mo... »
Jobs not all Titan Cement might bring to citizens of Cape Fear area
BluencThe People's Think Tank
Dec 05Titan America—the Greek cement manufacturer hoping to get an air permit from North Carolina’s Division of Air Quality—likes to tout the estimated 160 jobs their super-sized cement plant will create if they are allowed to build near Wilmington, North Ca... »