The Republican majority on the Cumberland County Board of Elections is seeking to fire county Elections Director Angie Amaro. The reasons are secret.

Amaro on Monday declined to comment on the effort.

She has been the elections director since January 1, 2022—first as the interim director after the previous director retired, and then

Rans Sherwood Brock, 89, of Fayetteville, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Valley Hospice House after a long illness.

Sherwood was a US Army Veteran and a retired engineer with the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

A full obituary will be posted soon along with funeral arrangements.

Memorials may be made to your favorite charity.

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Update: GOP leaders said after returning to Raleigh that they had reached a deal to fund Medicaid.

When lawmakers return to Raleigh on Tuesday, House and Senate Republican leaders will have a lengthy to-do list. T...

December 8, 1946 – April 12, 2026

Larry Wayne Strother went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 12, 2026. He was 79 years old. Son of the late Dewey Kenard (DK) Strother and Hazel Ennis Strother, Larry was born in Raleigh NC, reared in Fayetteville NC, but called North Topsail Beach NC home.

He graduated from Seventy First High School in Fayetteville...

Maureen Elizabeth Brennan Devan, 84, of Fayetteville, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at her residence with her family by her side. 

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday, April 24, 2026, in the family room at St. Patrick Catholic Church, followed by a Funeral Mass in the church.  A private family burial will be held at Lafayett...