The Bleecker Auto Group managed to keep its two Dunn locations open during the COVID-19 pandemic after being deemed an essential business. Management found a way to not only reward the people who … more

Branch offices of the State Employees Credit Union reopened this week. All customers coming into branches must wear face masks or face coverings. Only a limited number of people will be allowed … more

The Plain & Fancy salon and Bearded Goose barbershop got back to business after COVID-19 shuttered shops and sent its owners to the unemployment lines. Now, like their customers who have lined up for services, they're hoping things will get ... more

Cape Fear Valley Health and Campbell University have received accreditation to launch a fellowship training program in cardiovascular disease at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. more

Wanting to have some fun and do some good, employees at Godwin Manufacturing and Champion Hoist, both at separate locations in Dunn and both part of The Godwin Group, participated in Kiss the … more

FAYETTEVILLE – Cumberland County Community Development has established a Small Business Resiliency grant program to assist qualified local businesses that suffered economic hardship as a result of … more

The President Pro Tem of the North Carolina State Senate says its time Gov. Roy Cooper gave counties the discretion to allow barber and beauty shops to reopen amid the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Sen. Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) told the governor it’s time to reopen salons, following the suit of surrounding states. more

RALEIGH — The coronavirus pandemic has kept North Carolina’s gyms and fitness centers closed, even as the state enters Phase One of reopening the economy. Meanwhile, gyms in neighboring … more

The beginning of the “new normal” for businesses across North Carolina will start to take shape at 5 p.m. Friday when Gov. Roy Cooper begins phase one of the state's reopening. Phase one … more

Pat Godwin Sr. is deploying a strategy he used when the recession hit in 2008. He calls it improvising. “I’ve always been good at improvising,” he said. Godwin is the owner and founder of … more

Operation Round Up grant applications are once again available from South River Electric Membership Corporation’s charitable donations program. The deadline for submission is approaching on May … more

Unemployment claims in North Carolina reached a dubious milestone thanks to COVID-19. More than one million people filed for unemployment benefits in the past week, shattering every previous … more