Ft. Bragg is getting new court, legal building

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Officials at Fort Bragg are opening a new courthouse to replace the 1930s-era barracks that has served the Army's legal system for several decades. The new $4 million courthouse opens Monday. The 12,000-square-foot building includes a court room, judge's chambers, a media filing room and offices for staff and defense and prosecution teams. The new courthouse is located next to the Davis Dental Clinic on Normandy Street. A courtroom and legal offices currently are located in a three-story building that once was a barracks and houses the 18th Airborne Corps Judge Advocate General, administrative law offices and the base tax center. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)