Monthly Archives: January 2026
And now for the fun. . .
Allie and Edward Ames brave Sunday's frigid weather to test the slopes at Burlington's Willowbrook Park, where the steam had frozen (see photo below).
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Commissioners hear latest annual budget plight: more expected expenses than revenues
Barely three weeks into the new calendar year, Alamance County’s top brass are already bracing themselves for a potential shortfall of $12.9 million in...
Double-murder case in Hillsborough now with jury; deliberations to resume Tuesday
Orange County jury began deliberations on Thursday in the double-murder trial of Issiah Mekhi Ross, who is now standing trial for the murders of...
From past editions (Jan. 25, 1940): Worst storm in many years cuts county off from outside world
From the Graham Sesquicentennial edition, published in The Alamance News, April 19, 2001:
By a blizzard and snow storm which was the worst in many...
Mebane activist prevails in lawsuit against Occaneechi tribe
A Mebane activist has prevailed in a nearly yearlong court dispute against the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, a Native American tribe based...
Williams’ Caroline Conner selected for U.S. Senate Youth Program
Caroline Conner, daughter of Lee and Emily Conner of Burlington and a junior at Williams High School, is one of two NC students recently...
Forrest Tribble Patterson
Forrest Tribble Patterson, 88, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on January 21 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after a brief...
Commissioners sign off, 3-1, on third round of ‘market-based’ pay hikes for staff at cost of $300K
Alamance County’s governing board has agreed to shell out more than $300,000 over the next six months to boost the salaries of hundreds of...
ABSS salaries for 2025, Part 5 (Conclusion, Ro-Z)
Salaries for Alamance-Burlington school system employees are being run as a part of the news-paper’s ongoing efforts to provide detailed financial information about local...
School board member who ditched GOP affiliation changes back, then decides not to run at all – withdraws from race
Alamance-Burlington school board member Dan Ingle has withdrawn from this year’s race for one of three open school board seats that will be on...
