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Businesses around Fort Bragg pay small fortune for name change

June 6, 2025 Allen G. Breed

FAYETTEVILLE — When it came to picking a name for his business, Ralph Rodriguez rolled the dice. He went with Fort Liberty Pawn & Gun. It’s going to cost him about $30,000. “That’s signage, uniforms, […]

Bragg to Liberty and back again

March 17, 2025 The Associated Press

FORT BRAGG — The short‑lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end earlier this month when the nation’s largest Army installation officially returned to its former name: Fort Bragg. Christened a century ago in […]

Hegseth renames North Carolina military base Fort Roland L. Bragg

February 11, 2025 The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed an order Monday restoring the name of a storied special operations forces base back to Fort Bragg. The North Carolina base was renamed Fort Liberty in 2023 […]

Sheriff: Man in Cybertruck was shot in head before explosion outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel

January 2, 2025 The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — The person inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel suffered a gunshot to the head before the explosion, officials said Thursday. Clark County Sheriff […]

Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones

October 2, 2024 JEFF AMY, ERIK VERDUZCO and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press

ASHEVILLE — Isolated and without electricity or phone service since Hurricane Helene inflicted devastation across the Southeast nearly a week ago, residents in the mountains of western North Carolina are relying on old-fashioned ways of communicating. […]

HUDSON: Delivering for Fort Liberty/Fort Bragg

June 30, 2024 Richard Hudson

As Fort Liberty/Fort Bragg’s congressman, I know there is no investment more important than the one we make in the men and women stationed there, their families, and our veterans. They sacrifice so much to […]

A mom’s voice: Why Fort Liberty?

June 9, 2023 Shawn Krest

FORT LIBERTY — The third meeting to determine the new name for Fort Bragg ran on, with some of the top officials in the U.S. military making emotional arguments that their recommendation should be heeded. […]

‘Liberty For All’: Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army ceremony

June 7, 2023 Shawn Krest

FORT LIBERTY — After the cannons were fired and the colors were swapped, Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue stepped to the microphone to address the crowd of community members, Gold Star families and soldiers past and […]

Report says Fort Bragg renaming to cost over $6 million

August 11, 2022 North State Journal Staff

FORT BRAGG — The commission created by Congress to provide recommendations for nine Army bases named after Confederate-related figures says renaming Fort Bragg would cost at least $6.3 million in a report released Monday. The commission […]