The state Department of Transportation is seeking public comment on a proposed improvement project for a two-mile stretch of Murchison Road, one of Fayetteville s busiest streets.
The project would focus on the stretch of Murchison Road between Interstate 295 and the U.S. Route 401 bypass (Country Club Drive/Pamalee Drive).
Among the proposed improvements is redesigning the Murchison Road-Route 401 intersection into a quadrant-left design that would divert left-turning drivers onto Rosemary Street, which would also be improved to accommodate the increased traffic. The change would reduce traffic congestion and travel time, according to the state DOT.
Around 25,000 vehicles travel on Murchison Road daily, according to the state DOT a number expected to grow to about 37,000 vehicles by 2040.
Airaina Griffith-Knight flunked school multiple times, but then she found her calling braiding other students hair. Now she keeps the tradition going by teaching braiding to others.
Griffith-Knight began hAirlooms Academy on Pamalee Drive in Fayetteville, in 2001. The school became licensed in North Carolina three months ago, allowing them to take patrons for their students to get hands-on training styling hair.
Griffith-Knight, a New York native, started pursuing a degree in psychology at Winston-Salem State University in the early 1990s. She didn t finish her degree until 1999 at Fayetteville State University.
Like many Black women, Griffith-Knight learned braiding from her mother.
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Widespread COVID-19 outbreaks reported in Fayetteville area nursing homes
Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in Cumberland and other North Carolina counties are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks.
The Fayetteville Observer
Fourteen nursing homes and similar facilities in Cumberland County have COVID-19 outbreaks, including seven with at least 20 confirmed cases, state records show.
The long-term care facilities are among nearly 700 in the state and dozens in counties around Cumberland that are dealing with at least two cases of COVID-19.
Fourteen people have died because of the recent outbreaks in Cumberland County, according to a report posted on the state Department of Health and Human Services website. In North Carolina, more than 3,900 deaths from COVID-19 are linked to nursing homes and similar facilities, the department said.