Column: Here are 7 book recommendations for back-to-school season
August brings mixed feelings for children going back to school. Books can help them by showing how others deal with the transition.
Cape Fear Valley Health strives to improve quality control
The health system’s quality initiatives create a ripple effect that directly enhances patient outcomes.
Column: Memories from Hillcrest Middle School, now called Max Abbott Middle School
It’s a candid photo that someone (probably one of my unconditionally proud parents) snapped as I, clad in my oversized “Panther Pride” Hillcrest Spirit Team uniform T-shirt, clapped my navy and white pompoms together during what I can only assume was a JV football game.
Column: What work doesn’t always teach us
Bilingual columnist Claudia Zamora shares that it’s never too late to go back to school.
Columna: Lo que el trabajo no siempre enseña
Columnista bilingüe Claudia Zamora dice que nunca es demasiado tarde para regresar a la escuela y los invita a un evento de entrega de mochilas y útiles escolares en Fayetteville.
Budding journalists in high school student media learn civic engagement and personal growth
At Village Christian Academy, Pine Forest High School and Fayetteville Academy, being on the yearbook and newspaper staff means learning civic engagement and personal growth
Column: ‘Educational excellence is about more than money. But solid funding is the only foundation that will get us there.’
With a school system that ranks near the bottom quarter in public financial support, Cumberland County has a steep hill to climb if it wants to be competitive and attract more economic development. So far, we’ve failed.

