Monthly Archives: June 2022

Retired Alamance Community College instructor Otha C. Hawkins has announced his intention to file to run for Supervisor on the Alamance County Soil and Water Conservation District Board. The Alamance Soil and Water Conservation District’s mission is to provide quality leadership and customer service for...

Burlington’s planning and zoning commission has made an about-face on a rezoning request that could bring a new gas station to a high-traffic intersection near the main entrance to the city’s largest residential development. During an online meeting on Monday, the planning commission unanimously declined...

An effort to fast track some new regulations for Burlington’s two main historic districts became bogged down this week as the proposed changes came up for review before the city’s planning and zoning commission. The planning commission ultimately opted to postpone its assessment of this...

Backroom deals are never a good idea in local government We’ve tried over many years to hold local public bodies to the open government (and thereby, good government) standard to which North Carolina’s Open Meetings Law specifies: “Whereas the public bodies that administer the legislative, political,...

Burlington police report that another teenager has been shot. Police responded to a call Tuesday night just before 10:00 p.m. to the 600 block of Center Avenue. A 19-year-old male was suffering from a gunshot wound.  He was taken by Emergency Services to an area hospital...

The new Alamance-Burlington superintendent, Dr. Dain Butler, was sworn into office Monday night, in advance of his July 1 start date. Several dozen Alamance County residents and ABSS employees were present for the swearing-in ceremony in the auditorium at the school system’s Central Office in...

Police in Burlington are trying to determine what happened along Graham Street on Monday to leave a teenager with a gunshot wound that ultimately proved to be fatal. This firearm-related tragedy reportedly occurred along the 1000 block of Graham Street in Burlington at about 8:30...

A man from Elon faces nine charges ranging from felony assault to traffic violations after he allegedly led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase through two counties that reached speeds in excess of 100 miles an hour. According to the office of Alamance County’s...

Williams High School has announced its Top 10 students for the Class of 2022, which actually included 11 students due to an apparent tie in their final grades.  Four of the top-ranking students in the Class of 2022 received both their high school diploma...

A woman from Mebane has been arrested after she passed out behind the wheel of a car in which she was allegedly ferrying a stock of illegal narcotics. According to the office of Alamance County’s sheriff, Chelsey Mychelle Rhew suffered what appeared to be a...