New convenience store concept underway along South N.C. Highway 119
Construction is underway along South N.C. Highway 119 on a relatively new regional convenience store concept called Smart Shop.
A forthcoming location for Smart Shop...
Elon proposes to join municipal tourism authority
The town of Elon has become the second local community to reserve a spot on a new, municipal board that would fund tourism-related activities...
Burlington signs off on incentives worth 200K for Matthews International
Burlington’s city council has agreed to extend a package of subsidizes worth $200,000 to secure a manufacturer’s commitment to expand a facility it owns...
Citizens voice (mostly) opposition to Buc-ee’s at planning board meeting
More than two dozen citizens signed up to weigh in at Mebane’s planning board meeting Monday night on the proposed Mebane Buc-ee’s.
Some were Efland...
Mebane planning board recommends against Buc-ee’s travel center, 6-3
Mebane's planning board listened for almost four hours Monday night to representatives for a Buc-ee's travel center, a smattering of supporters, and a lot...
Expanded Sterigenics facility expected to create 20 new jobs
Sterigenics, a medical sterilization company that has operated a facility off Jimmie Kerr Road in Haw River since 1983 has asked the city of...
Buc-ee’s in Mebane getting closer
Buc-ee’s – a travel plaza chain based in Texas that’s steadily making inroads throughout the South – has filed plans with the city of...
Officials break ground on two warehouses in industrial park
Officials from Mebane, Graham, and the county gathered Monday afternoon for a groundbreaking for one of the county's newest industrial projects – two large...
The changing face of downtown Mebane: Kingsdown buildings demolished
The face of downtown Mebane is undergoing a major transformation. A project to convert the several blocks formerly occupied by the Kingsdown mattress factory...
Medline formally opens huge Mebane distribution center
Mebane mayor Ed Hooks gathered Tuesday morning with other city of Mebane and Orange County officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening...
