Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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MEDIA Best TV Station, Best Traffic Reports, Best Weather Report WRAL 458 Whitfield St. 910.486.4617 www.wral.com WRAL is Fayetteville's local TV station! Weekday mornings 4:30-7:00, WRAL provides exclusive, custom weather forecasts for Fayetteville and Fort Bragg. It's also the only North Carolina television station with two live Doppler radars, one specifically built and located to serve Fayetteville and the surrounding area. Brian Shrader's morning traffic reports cover the main thoroughfares through town and around the base. News reporter Bryan Mims lives in and loves the Fayetteville community. He focuses on the good things happening here, as well as being on top of your local news and issues. As a station, WRAL partners with the city, the Arts Council and many non-profits to financially support and publicize community events. WRAL believes Fayetteville deserves this kind of commitment and positive coverage, and is putting their time, talent and money to ensure that we get it. Best Local Columnist Myron B. Pitts Fayetteville Observer Myron Pitts is a native of Fayetteville who, in his own words, "went to the big city, then came back." The big city Pitts is referencing is Chapel Hill, where he attened the University of North Carolina. Upon his return back to Fayetteville, Pitts first job with the Observer was as a reporter for the Saturday Extra. Over the years his responsibilities have changed and today he writes a metro column, a Saturday traffic column and has his own blog, "Myron's Mixer." While Pitts isn't known to pull any punches in his columns, it is his blogs that stir the masses and get people talking. Pitts talks about everything from entertainment to race relations to local politics. You never really know what he is going to talk about, but you can always be sure he is going to speak his mind. Love him or hate him, the community has voted him the Best Local Columnist. Thank You for Choosing Us Thanks for voTing us besT place for girls nighT ouT & besT appeTizer! Looking for a cozy, ecletic place to enjoy dinner in historic Downtown Fayetteville? Join us! 910.860.4700 18 310 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2013 Best of Fayetteville