Cumberland County News

The Fayetteville Observer reported the move comes even though Sheriff Earl Butler said his hiring of a staff attorney in 2011 would end outside legal bills for his department.

Cumberland Public Libraries seven branches in the county are challenging readers of all ages to keep up their literary skills this summer while offering prizes and the opportunity to receive buy-one, get-one free passes to Magic Mountain in Moncton this summer through their Summer Reading Club program.

Even as utility crews seem to be getting power outages under control in Cumberland County, the destruction from the first round of derecho-spawned storms hit even harder out east.

An inmate at the Cumberland County Jail is facing an assault charge for allegedly punching a guard in the mouth during a brawl at the facility last month.

Members of the Cumberland integrated street crime enforcement team later searched a home in Little River, where they allegedly found a marijuana growing operation with an undisclosed amount of marijuana and cash.

Michelle LeBlanc of the Downtown Amherst Business Advisory Committee talks to Amherst Mayor Robert Small and Cumberland County councillor Don Fletcher about the return of the Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival to Amherst from Aug. 16 to 18. The Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival will officially make its return to Amherst in mid-August with a number of ... (more)

Republicans and Democrats went to the pools Tuesday in Cumberland County to nominate the candidates that will represent their respective parties on the fall ballot.

Along with the candidates nominated by Democrat and Republican voters on Tuesday, several independent candidates have filed to run in the Nov. 5 General Election in Cumberland and Salem counties.

The TBI is investigating the death of a Cumberland County woman who was shot by police after she led them on a chase and shot at them.

Terry Hegglin, of Carlisle, gives a brief history lesson on the Dickinson College quad Saturday before members of the Stonewall Brigade staged a firing demonstration.