Cape Fear Amateur Radio Society keeps ham radio alive and well in Cumberland County

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Digital radio transmissions are logged by a computer - this is the "new age" version of the ham radio. Credit: Sharilyn Wells / CityView

In a world obsessed with lightning-fast messaging, apps and “smart” everything, a works to keep alive a form of communication that predates the internet:

The is made up of a group of dedicated amateur radio operators, also known as hams, who work to establish connections near and far. In today’s lead story, Trey Nemec writes about what knits the , and the power of ham radio during

The City of Fayetteville has construction projects in 2024. A Superior Court judge on Monday ordered Apex Contracting Group of Raleigh to pay the money to the city. Reporter Paul Woolverton breaks down the court decision below. Plus, at the Cumberland County Department of Public Health’s . Pending approval by the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, the — which do not require county residency.

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With science, passion and the power of radio waves, the Cape Fear Amateur Radio Society works to create a wide net of communication.

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🥵 Be careful this week! Summer is upon us, bringing with it stifling heat and high temperatures. With heat index values expected to reach 101 to 106 degrees, the National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook. Cumberland County and the City of Fayetteville have designated several government buildings as cooling centers “for residents without access to air conditioning who need a safe, cool place to escape the heat,” the county stated. For a list of the cooling centers and their hours, visit the county’s website.

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Maydha Devarajan is CityView's editor-in-chief. She previously served as CityView's managing editor, a position she started in October 2023. Her reporting has appeared in the Chatham News & Record, the Raleigh News & Observer and her college’s newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel. Maydha was the 2023 Julian Bond Fellow at Facing South, the online magazine of the Institute for Southern Studies, where she produced investigative stories on power, place and democracy in the American South. She is a native North Carolinian and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill.