Re-elected and new officials sworn in Monday
Local officials were sworn in to their respective offices Monday, beginning with commissioners Craig Turner and Steve Carter (pictured below) who took their oaths...
Influx of 435 refugee students expected within next year
Impact projected to be at 3 schools in Williams zone
Refugees from 12 countries across five continents who are being resettled in Alamance County by...
Cummings marching band nears fundraising goal to perform at Sugar Bowl
The Cummings High School marching band has raised a little over half of the amount needed to travel to New Orleans to perform at...
Thurs. a.m. Williams lockdown based on false report of shooter on campus
Williams High School was locked down this morning for less than an hour after Burlington police responded to a 911 call of an active...
Publisher objects to planned meeting between current and newly-elected school board members
A lunch meeting that had been planned for Friday between current and newly-elected Alamance-Burlington school board members was called off following strenuous objections from...
Vacancies at Broadview so hard to fill, school board OKs contract to hire online...
Alamance-Burlington school board members voted unanimously, 7-0, during their latest meeting to approve a $268,800 contract with an online education staffing company to hire...
ABSS nearing completion of bond projects
Alamance-Burlington school officials say that the projects funded by the $150 million bond package that voters approved in November 2018 are nearing completion.
ABSS assistant...
County allows schools to tap reserves to cover ballooning construction costs
Alamance County’s commissioners have agreed to let the local school system draw just over $8 million from its own capital reserves to cover cost...
Six candidates vie to fill three open seats on school board
Five of six candidates for the Alamance-Burlington board of education responded to the newspaper’s biennial issues questionnaire this week, revealing a number of points...
Republicans, Democrats make endorsements in non-partisan races
The leadership of Alamance County’s Republican Party has formally endorsed a slate of candidates in the ostensibly nonpartisan races for the Alamance-Burlington school board...
