Monthly Archives: April 2025
Elon town salaries: 10% of staff above $100,000
With a full-time staff of 68 people, the town of Elon has one of the smaller payrolls a-mong Alamance County’s local governments. The town...
Man arrested for alleged disposal of handgun from fatal shooting
Police in Burlington have arrested a Graham resident for his alleged role in a fatal shooting that occurred along Queen Anne Street about six...
Burlington OKs proposal that would extend its annexation rights up to Graham’s border
Burlington’s city council has approved a proposed compact with Graham that would allow the larger municipality to annex land right up to Graham’s corporate...
Mebane activist suing Occaneechi Band over vote to expand tribe’s membership
A Mebane resident and activist is suing the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, the Native American tribe of which she is a member,...
City’s affordable housing consortium slogs through unfunded ‘planning’ period
A funding consortium that Burlington has formed to promote affordable housing is now open for business – albeit without any of the federal funds...
Burlington accepts 20% fee increase as it switches bus system’s operator
Burlington’s city council has selected a new contractor to take over the driver’s seat of the city’s Link Transit bus system.
The council formally approved...
Police in Burlington seek break-in suspect
Police in Burlington are looking for a man who smashed his way into a local retail establishment in the small hours of the morning...
Alleged equipment violations result in felony collars for sheriff’s deputies
Deputies in Alamance County have filed felony charges against suspects in two traffic stops that took place last week due to alleged “equipment violations.”
According...
ABSS considering using artificial intelligence to curb drivers who pass stopped school buses
Alamance-Burlington school board members are considering launching a new program that aims to cut down on stop-arm violations – i.e., drivers who pass yellow...
Cone Health, Duke Health square off in competition to build Mebane hospital
Cone Health and Duke Health appear to be squaring off, competing to win state approval for building a 46-bed hospital in Mebane.
Each has filed...
