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CityView magazine stands out as Fayetteville's leading lifestyle publication, focusing on the diverse activities, interests, and lifestyles of local residents. Established in 2006, CityView has been a trusted resource for over 14 years, highlighting art, culture, food, events, and all things new and vibrant in the Fayetteville community. We publish our magazine monthly, offering 12 issues a year that feature engaging themes such as Women in Business, Young Professionals, Dining Guides, and much more.

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Possible federal cuts to HIV program worry patients and providers in NC

5 days ago | cityviewnc.com | Heidi Pérez-Moreno

This story was originally published by the Border Belt Independent. Phyllis Williams was devastated when doctors diagnosed her with HIV in 2015. She had contracted the virus during a blood transfusion, and she felt her life would never be the same. Hurtful comments from neighbors, family members and friends added to her stress. Some called her “nasty” or looked at her in disgust. She struggled to maintain her relationship with her husband, and she felt alone.
Cumberland County may decide fate of Crown Event Center this week

5 days ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

The public may learn this week what the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will do with the stalled $145 million Crown Event Center performing arts and meeting venue in downtown Fayetteville. The commissioners received reports about the project on Monday morning from the county manager, and they anticipate meeting later this week to discuss the project, commissioners’ Chair Kirk deViere said during his monthly “Chats with the Chairman” news conference.
Here are the new businesses coming to downtown Fayetteville, NC

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

A walk through downtown Fayetteville shows the city’s former commercial heart presents a mixed picture of its health, but signs of growth. A passer-by might find homeless people wrapped in blankets, surrounded by battered baggage filled with their belongings, snoring in the evening in a doorway.
Roberto Bryan to become next Fayetteville police chief

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Evey Weisblat

At a press conference Friday, City Manager Doug Hewett announced Fayetteville’s next police chief: Roberto Bryan Jr, who will become the city’s 26th police chief when he steps into the role on July 7. With three decades of experience in law enforcement, Bryan currently serves as police chief of Fayetteville State University, a role he was appointed to in 2022 after three years as a major in the Fayetteville Police Department. “Chief Bryan is no stranger to our city,” Hewett said.
Resident: Chemical companies, not water customers, should pay for PFAS cleanup

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

Ron Ross of Gray’s Creek says customers shouldn’t have to pay millions of dollars for the Fayetteville Public Works Commission to protect the public from PFAS. “My problem is, this is not your problem,” Ross told the board members of the Fayetteville Public Works Commission on Wednesday during a public comment session on the utility’s proposed 2025-26 budgets. Ross was the only member of the public to offer comment on the proposed budget.
6 books set in bookshops to read this June

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Diane Parfitt

A community’s downtown is often considered the “heart of the city” due to its economic, cultural and historical significance, and the accessibility of transportation. There is that and more in downtown Fayetteville. We have several major businesses, our city and county government offices, many retail stores, restaurants, historical buildings, galleries and museums, and access to mass transit. And we have a bookstore that is an example of something that thrives in a city’s downtown core.
Tony and Grammy award-winning artist honored by Fayetteville

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Evey Weisblat

Fayetteville native and renowned musical performing artist J. Harrison Ghee was honored by their hometown on Tuesday with a key to the city, Fayetteville’s highest honor given to outstanding citizens. Ghee made history as the first nonbinary actor to win a Tony Award in a leading individual performance category in 2023 when they won Best Leading Actor in a Musical for their performance in Some Like It Hot.
PWC considering ways to revive Ramsey Street solar farm project

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

The Fayetteville Public Works Commission has not given up on its plan to build a $9.5 million solar farm off Ramsey Street just north of Fayetteville after the Cumberland County Commissioners on May 19 threw a roadblock in the project’s path. The electric utility’s board held a closed-door meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss its options to proceed. No public action on the project was taken after the PWC’s commissioners ended the closed session, PWC spokesperson Gavin MacRoberts told CityView.
Report: PWC drinking water meets safety standards

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

The Fayetteville area’s drinking water met safety standards in 2024, the Public Works Commission’s latest water quality report says, but the amount of PFAS “forever chemicals” in the water will have to be reduced to meet upcoming restrictions. The Fayetteville PWC released its annual water quality report on May 7. It covers the condition of its drinking water supplies in the 2024 calendar year. The PWC is the city-owned electricity, water and sewer utility for Fayetteville and surrounding areas.
Boy and father recount Florida Keys shark attack in Fayetteville

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Bill Kirby Jr.

What was just a family vacation outing on Aug. 13, 2022, in the Florida Keys is a day Jameson Reeder says his family never will forget. And surely a day his 13-year-old son never will forget. It was a picture-perfect day. “The water was calm and clear,” Reeder, 45, was telling this story on May 21 to an audience captivated by his every word in the fellowship hall of Snyder Memorial Baptist Church. “We were at the Looe Key Reef, about nine miles offshore of the Florida Keys.