Monthly Archives: February 2024
Facing top recruit brings challenges, intrigue for county basketball players
Guarding or being guarded by future N.C. Tar Heel poses an interesting experience for local high school opponents
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
The...
Why is ABSS not allowing students to a dance if they owe a lunch debt?
QUESTION: Why is the Alamance-Burlington school system punishing kids by not allowing them to attend an upcoming Valentine’s Day dance, or participate in school...
Commissioners increasingly weary of school system’s ‘propaganda,’ ‘disinformation,’ publicity stunts
Commissioners put out their own report to show how much has been allocated to ABSS for roof repairs – and how little they've spent...
Two-thirds of money already approved by commissioners in past 4 years not yet spent
Commissioners say they have appropriated $15.6 million, but school officials have used only $4.3 million, less than one-third of available funds
A report that Alamance...
Burlington announces latest round of corridor improvement grants
The city of Burlington has awarded over $70,000 in grants to three businesses that are situated along thoroughfares that the city hopes to spruce...
Howard Brack Dixon
Howard Brack Dixon, 69, of Haw River, NC passed away at his residence on Thursday, February 1, 2024.
A native of Alamance County, he was...
BREAKING WED. NIGHT: Teen found dead in creek after flight from police
A grim discovery on Wednesday marked the end of a multi-day search for a teenager who had vanished along the frigid banks of the...
Western girls in first place as two players hit 1,000-point milestones
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Already a game with first place in the Central 3-A Conference at stake, the Western Alamance girls’ basketball...
School board asked to consider raising coaching supplement for second consecutive year
Alamance-Burlington school officials are still a few weeks away from unveiling their county budget request for the next fiscal year, but at least one...
Clover Garden opens new, freestanding high school
Charter school and county officials were on hand Friday for the ribbon cutting for Clover Garden’s new high school at 5806 Pagetown Road, Burlington....
