Welcome back to the Carolina Cabinet, Cumberland County's smartest hour of talk radio. Host Peter Pappas sits down with Scott Embry, Executive Director and CEO of United Way of Cumberland County, to talk about what the organization actually does, and how it served one in three county residents last year with no state or federal funding. Scott explains how United Way vets its partner nonprofits, holds them to quarterly reporting, and keeps every dollar raised in Cumberland County. He walks throug

Peter Pappas flies solo for a post-election breakdown. Tuesday was a rough night for Republicans in Cumberland County, from a 34-point sheriff's race to both at-large commission seats, and it wasn't a low-turnout fluke: early voting was up a third over the last midterm. Peter asks why the voters who showed up voted the way they did, and what Republicans need to change, starting with candidates who do the work. He walks through the NC-7 race, where Rep. David Rouzer leads Dr. Kimberly Hardy by 2,

Welcome back to the Carolina Cabinet, Cumberland County's smartest hour of talk radio. Peter Pappas and Laura Mussler broadcast live on Election Night from the Cumberland County GOP headquarters at 1707 Owen Drive in Fayetteville, bringing you the races, the returns as they came in, and the people behind the ballot. Through the night, the candidates, party leaders and volunteers who filtered into a packed headquarters sat down with us: Cumberland County GOP Chairman Bob Laverick on party unity;

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Welcome back to another lively edition of the Carolina Cabinet, recorded live from the former Holiday Inn Bordeaux—now GOP headquarters—on Owen Drive. This episode captures the energy of an upcoming live election watch party, delves into behind-the-scenes technical preparations, and offers a spirited discussion on critical local issues facing Cumberland County. The conversation unpacks recent changes to zoning and regulation around data centers, the ongoing debate and developments surrounding ho

Welcome back to the Carolina Cabinet, Cumberland County's smartest hour of talk radio. Peter Pappas sits down with Brooks Fuller, policy director at Common Cause North Carolina, about the State Board of Elections' September rule on absentee ballots: if the inner envelope comes back unsealed, the ballot is spoiled and the voter has to vote a new one or go in person. A federal judge declined to block it, and Common Cause is one of the groups that says it goes too far. Peter presses him on the judg