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Affordable housing development projects coming to Cumberland, Hoke, Robeson and Sampson Counties
Federal tax credits and other financing awarded in 2023 will build more than $973 million in affordable apartments in 29 North Carolina counties. The work is expected to support 15,900 jobs and generate $47 million in state and local tax revenue. Tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, including tax-exempt bond awards...
Court: Duplin, Sampson farms properly approved to collect energy from hog waste
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several hog farms in North Carolina were properly allowed to collect energy from the animals’ waste, a state appeals court said Tuesday, ruling that their permit applications were scrutinized appropriately before their approval. A three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in favor of the state Department of Environmental Quality and […]
North Carolina High School Boys Basketball Schedule, Live Streams in Sampson County Today - December 4
There is high school basketball action in Sampson County, North Carolina today, and info on how to watch these matchups is available below. Follow high school basketball this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family or alma mater and tune in!. Game Time: 8:00 PM ET on...
Ann Southerland Cottle
Ann Southerland Cottle, 85, of Willard, NC, passed from this earthly life to her eternal rest on Sunday, November 26, 2023. She was born on November 27, 1937, in Sampson County; the daughter of the late Jesse Carl and Nanny Winnefred Kornegay Southerland. Ann was preceded by her husband, Roy Eugene (Gene) Cottle, Sr. and by her siblings, Jean Cope and Wooten Southerland. Ann was known for many accomplishments; straight A student, journalist, photographer, teacher, and author. She was a devoted wife and loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend. But above all, she was a Christian and did her best...