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Burke schools gear up for new year
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Burke schools gear up for new year

  • By SANDRA WILKERSON QUEEN sandra@thepaper.media

With the first days of the new school year just around the corner, Burke County Public Schools officials are preparing for students to return to class in less than a month.

Burke to receive $2.5 million more in opioid settlement funds
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Burke to receive $2.5 million more in opioid settlement funds

  • By MARTY QUEEN marty@thepaper.media

Attorneys general of all 55 eligible states and U.S. territories agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement from Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family. North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson made the announcement Monday. The state’s share is $145.4 million, of which Burke will receive $2.584 million.