Sampson Community College’s new Fire Academy is better equipped to provide firefighters with adequate training. On the heels of receiving a used fire truck last week, the Academy accepted a donation of used turnout gear [...]

Thanks to an in-kind grant, officials from Sampson County Schools are improving safety at several schools through technology. Dr. Linda Jewell Carr, assistant superintendent of instructional services for Sampson County Schools, spoke about the district’s [...]

A reduction in state funding provided to local school systems — like a decrease in instruction resource funds, greater restrictions on spending flexibility across allotments and increased state mandates like the K-3 class size legislation [...]