Monthly Archives: July 2025
Mission Man Triathlon nixed as fundraising waned
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
The Mission Man Triathlon, which had existed for nearly 20 years, has been discontinued as organizers saw declining...
Elon town council rejects garage apartment but OKs request for duplexes from same property owners
Elon’s town council has dealt a mixed verdict to two sibling landlords who were previously refused permission for an accessory dwelling after their tendency...
Municipal election filing season opens Monday
Filing begins Monday, July 7, through July 18 at noon
The Independence Day fireworks may be over by Monday morning. But the county’s election office...
Area athletes advance to National Junior Olympics
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Several Burlington-area track and field athletes qualified for the National Junior Olympics later this month in Savannah, Georgia.
Athletes...
School board repeals minimum grade standards for athletes
Alamance-Burlington school board members have voted 6-1 to eliminate a 12-year-old policy that had required student-athletes to maintain a C average in order to...
Burlington mayor Jim Butler won’t seek reelection
After a career in municipal politics that has spanned the better part of two decades, Burlington’s mayor Jim Butler has decided to step down...
Edgar Franklin Stutts
Edgar Franklin Stutts, 95, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at Alamance Regional Medical Center. A native of...
Police debunk claims that officers shot man who died from medical crisis
Burlington’s police department blames an apparent medical crisis for the death of a man whom police officers found in a parking lot along Chapel...
Police smoke out suspect in tobacco shop robbery
Police in Burlington have announced the arrest of a man who allegedly pilfered a local tobacconist earlier this week.
Reginald Alfie Ti-wan Francis was taken...
Clara Jean Garner McKinnon
Clara Jean Garner McKinnon, 91 of Burlington passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at Liberty Commons, cared for by Liberty Hospice. She was...
