Monthly Archives: March 2022
Teachers: ‘We are juggling flaming chainsaws every day’
Alamance-Burlington school board members heard from four ABSS teachers – including the 2020 and 2021 teachers of the year – about how the board...
Resident to commissioners: Tighten noise rules on shooting ranges
A resident of the countryside beyond Burlington has asked Alamance County’s board of commissioners to slap a metaphorical silencer on the outdoor shooting ranges...
Settlement attempt between Graham, protesters fails
Judge requires plaintiffs to bear 20 percent of cost of depositions
The latest filings in an ongoing federal suit over the march in downtown Graham...
Can you help sheriff’s office find any of these 12 suspects? All wanted on felony charges
UPDATE, ONE MONTH LATER: The sheriff's office indicates that five of the original 12 suspects remain at large, and the public's assistance is still...
Sheriff praises deputy who wrangled with fleeing driver
An Alamance County sheriff's deputy was slightly injured after making a traffic stop in Burlington Wednesday afternoon when the driver attempted to flee, carrying...
Commissioners Lashey vs. Thompson debate over charter schools vs. other public schools
A request from a charter school developer set off a spat among two members of Alamance County’s governing board that, in a different setting,...
Construction of new high school continuing on schedule
Steel beams have been erected and exterior concrete walls are underway on the Alamance-Burlington school system’s seventh high school that’s being built along N.C....
What’s being built behind Mebane ABC store?
What's the construction work going on behind Mebane's ABC store and beside King Tire of Mebane?
Work is underway on a new ABC store, to...
Burlington police officer fires shots Wed. during burglary call on Sellars Mill Road
Homeowner and intruder apparently injured
A home burglary along Sellars Mill Road ended in chaos on Wednesday when a member of Burlington’s police force fired...
School board tentatively agrees to trim $2.5M from increase in county budget request
Alamance-Burlington school board members are scheduled to continue discussing, and possibly vote on, a county budget request at their upcoming meeting Monday night.
Meanwhile, school...
