Monthly Archives: May 2026
Manager Blames Post-reval Tax Rate for Current Revenue Crisis
Alamance County’s manager Heidi York insisted that it wasn’t simply bad luck that has led to the financial predicament which she identified in her...
County Residents Put in Their Two Cents Even Before Proposed Budget Is Released
The will of the general public is theoretically the driving force behind every decision made by Alamance County’s top brass. But the public’s role...
Manager’s budget gets mixed verdict from board
Members of the general public weren’t alone in their ambivalence about the proposed budget that county manager Heidi York unfurled on Monday.
Equally mixed was...
Proposed Budget: Spending Down 1.2%; Net Cut in Staff: 47
Alamance County’s manager has unveiled a spending plan that would add 2.25 cents (or nearly 4.6 percent) to the county’s property tax rate to...
Southern Alamance dominates Game 2 – tie-breaking Game 3 in East Region playoffs Friday night
BULLETIN AS WE GO TO PRESS:
Southern Alamance’s baseball team forced Game 3 in the Class 6-A East Region best-of-3 finals by winning 12-2 against...
State lifts burn ban in Alamance Co. et al.
The N.C. Forest Service has released Alamance County from a ban on open burning that had been in effect across North Carolina since March...
Alamance Arts selects new Executive Director
After an exhaustive statewide search, the Alamance Arts board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of veteran arts administrator, educator, and community-builder...
Commissioners plead lack of authority to stop controversial rural subdivisions near Saxapahaw
The want of any higher-level, local approval for Alamance County’s rural subdivisions hasn’t discouraged residents from approaching the county’s top brass with their objections...
City of Mebane agrees to pay $9.3M to Graham toward cost for wastewater treatment plant upgrade
The city of Mebane has agreed to pay the city of Graham $9.3 million toward the cost to upgrade and expand Graham’s wastewater treatment...
BREAKING MON. NIGHT: County manager recommends 2.25¢ (nearly 4.6 percent) property tax rate increase
County manager Heidi York presented her proposed county budget for the next fiscal year Monday night – $239.1 million, a 1.2 percent reduction in...
