Monthly Archives: February 2025
D’Anna Cotton leads Cummings to (another) indoor state track & field championship
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Sparked by stellar performances from D’Anna Cotton and others, Cummings captured another state championship for its girls’ track...
Alamance Christian basketball teams advance to state quarterfinals
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
As the victories mounted for the Alamance Christian School boys’ basketball team this season, good vibes were all...
Potential for wintry weather prompts leagues to alter schedules for conference basketball tourneys
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Conference tournament basketball schedules have been altered involving some Alamance County teams.
The Central 3-A Conference and Mid-Carolina Conference...
ABSS may ask for 35-44% county funding increase
Supt.’s preliminary budget = +$20 million over current year’s spending levels
Alamance-Burlington superintendent Dr. Aaron Fleming floated some eye-popping county budget numbers during the school...
Alamance County apparently needs its own DOGE
Much attention has been focused nationally on the breathtaking pace of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and his technical wizards who are...
Graham city council’s closed sessions dealt with who owns blocked alley that resulted in arrest of mayor’s husband; findings: no one
Graham city council gathered with their attorneys in closed session briefly Tuesday night to discuss two legal matters – one of which is tangentially...
Elon basketball teams go through week of extremes
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
It was a week of extremes for Elon teams in Coastal Athletic Association basketball.
The men’s team went from...
County officials: Sheriff’s signing bonuses could outpace lapsed salaries that were originally financing them
A succession of signing bonuses seems to have done much to replenish the ranks under Alamance County’s sheriff – although they’ve also depleted the...
Aldermen OK $331K in raises for town’s 75 employees
Gibsonville taxpayers will spend an additional $331,000 per year to pay 75 full-time town employees additional compensation and benefits, based on action taken by...
Town points to $2M fire truck as reason for keeping large municipal savings acct.
Elon’s municipal leaders were in a defiant spirit this week as they responded to a recent rebuke from this newspaper’s publisher over the extensive...
