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The 2022 graduation issue for Pierce County High School was published this week. It includes photos of the graduates, Senior Superlatives and highlights of the last meeting of the Pierce County Board of Education, where the STAR Student and retirees were honored. Pierce County High School for the first time had two STAR Students, who…

The Pierce County Jail addition has been completed, and renovations are underway in the older section of the Pierce County Jail. One of the benefits to Pierce County is that the jail now will hold all of the county’s prisoners, which no longer have to be housed in area jails. But the biggest benefit is…

Volleyball is being added at both Pierce County Middle School and Pierce County High School after Athletic Directors Brandon Jernigan and Maureen Brown appealed to the board last Thursday at the school board work session for the sport to be added at the two schools. The board of education at Monday night’s meeting approved the…