Cumberland County Deadline to Register to Vote is October 14

From the Cumberland County Board of Elections: The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 8 General Election is Oct. 14. Citizens may still register to vote and vote on the same day during One-Stop Early Voting, which begins Oct. 20 and runs through Nov. 5 at eight locations across the county.

The Cumberland County Board of Elections is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Board of Elections is in the E. Newton Smith Center at 227 Fountainhead Lane in Fayetteville.

To register to vote, you must be a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or older and a legal resident of Cumberland County for 30 days before the date of the next election.

Under federal and state law, if you apply to register to vote and do not provide a valid driver’s license number or last four digits of your Social Security number, on your application, you must enclose a copy of one of the following documents with your application:

If you do not provide a valid form of ID, you will be asked to show ID the first time you present to vote.

For more information, contact Cumberland County Board of Elections at 910-678-7733 or visit cumberlandcountync.gov/elections.

Fall is in the air, and it's time to think about pumpkin patches and apple orchards, and now you can get some of the best in the country right here in North Carolina.

USA Today released its annual 10 Best Apple Orchards in America list, and we've got one of those right here in our neck of the woods. Our good friend Chris Michaels at our sister station WGAC in Augusta first reported about the list for Beasley.

"To find the top spots for apples across the nation, a panel of experts made 20 nominations and our readers voted for the 10 best apple orchards," USA Today said.

According to the story, there are more than 5,000 growers of apples across the country. They produce 240 million bushels of the tasty fruits every year.

The U.S. Apple Association says that 10.7 billion pounds of apples will be produced this year. Here in North Carolina, there are more than 300 commercial apple producers. And according to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, the four main types of the fruits produced here are Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome Beauty and Stayman.

Unfortunately for us, most of those apple orchards are on the Western side of the state, because they need cooler temperatures to properly grow. But fortunately for us, one of the best in the country is over there!

So let's take a look at those top 10 apple orchards, including the one right here in North Carolina.