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Move afoot to save old Sampson High
CLINTON — A building in Clinton, beloved by residents but slated to start the path to demolition, is potentially seeing a comeback through efforts of the Sampson High School Alumni Association.
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Promise in prayer
CLINTON — Prayer changes things.
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Authorities confirm body found was Wiggins
Local law enforcement authorities have confirmed that the body of a female found Monday on Boykin Bridge Road was Kiara Wiggins, the 39-year-old Roseboro woman who has been missing since June 9.
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Rebirth for Garland weeks away
The cut-and-sew facility that once housed Brooks Brothers is set to reopen in late August or early September, when Garland Apparel Group LLC officially starts a new chapter for its namesake town. This week, the Garland-based endeavor received a little help from the county.
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Horses aim for higher stakes
The 2021 Soccer season is fast approaching and the Clinton Dark Horses are gearing up for another run.
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Crimewatch
(The public reports listed below are provided by the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office and the Clinton Police Department.)
Op-Ed
Electric cars require infrastructure
Discussions about the best ways to address climate change appear frequently in national media. One proposal is that we convert our automotive fleet from fossil fuel energy to electric energy.
Op-Ed
Solution needed to close coverage gap
Good, affordable primary care is the best tool we have to reduce both chronic and temporary health conditions, but as CEO of CommWell Health I know that, sadly, too many North Carolinians don’t have access to these life-saving measures because they are uninsured. More than 500,000 of our working neighbors and friends find themselves in the coverage gap with no affordable option to buy health insurance. They do not qualify for Medicaid but make too little to get a subsidy on the insurance marketplace.
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Hunt’s take on mental health
Here’s a riddle: what is a major public issue that, despite its urgency, is so uniquely close to us that we miss it every single day — an issue that’s so close to us as individuals that it’s actually invisible?
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Family: Body found was Kiara Wiggins
A body found Monday off Boykin Bridge Road was Kiara Wiggins, the Roseboro woman who has been missing for nearly two months, her family members said Tuesday.
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Sweet surprise set to return
ROSEBORO — The long anticipated McDaniel Crossroads favorite has been slated to make a comeback this year — the Old School Sorghum Festival.
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Mark’s birthday bash
When my big brother John flew backwards while leaning on the hind legs of a metal folding chair, he began a chain reaction with the neighbor boys as the dominoes started to fall until the last one made a thundering thump on the floorboards below.