Fayetteville Observer
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The Fayetteville Observer is a daily newspaper
published in Fayetteville, North Carolina
. It has been locally owned by the same family for over 80 years, and claims to be the largest independent newspaper in the state.
The paper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the Carolina Observer, becoming the Fayetteville Observer in 1883. Originally an afternoon paper, it began publishing a morning paper, The Fayetteville Times, in 1973. The two papers merged as a single morning paper, The Fayetteville Observer-Times, in 1990. It dropped "Times" from its masthead in 1999.
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published in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Fayetteville is a city located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Cumberland County, and is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army post located northwest of the city....
. It has been locally owned by the same family for over 80 years, and claims to be the largest independent newspaper in the state.
The paper is the oldest continuously published newspaper in North Carolina. It was founded in 1816 as the Carolina Observer, becoming the Fayetteville Observer in 1883. Originally an afternoon paper, it began publishing a morning paper, The Fayetteville Times, in 1973. The two papers merged as a single morning paper, The Fayetteville Observer-Times, in 1990. It dropped "Times" from its masthead in 1999.