Burlington to mark its independence from COVID with fireworks show
After 15-months of pandemic-induced restrictions on gatherings, the city of Burlington plans to mark the return to normality with a literal bang when it...
Junk collectors backslide; judge issues new order to clean up property and keep...
An illegal junkyard outside of Burlington municipal limits appears to have slowly reconstituted itself in the months since county officials leaned on the property...
Burlington OKs nearly $1M in subsidies for public infrastructure in new medical park
UPDATE from subsequent city council vote on Thursday morning, June 17, 2021:
A package of financial incentives for a new medical park was among the...
Burlington short on volunteers for some city advisory boards
Burlington’s city council has agreed to keep the slots open for two of the city’s advisory boards and commissioners whose vacancies its members have,...
Why does city use out-of-state firm to collect fees for fire inspections?
QUESTION: Why has the city of Burlington contracted an out-of-state billing company to collect fees that it recently began to charge area businesses for...
Departing police chief takes parting shot at sheriff for raiding his staff; sheriff says...
Chief suggest 'reparations', but city mgr. disavows demand for reimbursement
It was with a hearty embrace that Alamance County’s sheriff Terry Johnson bid farewell to...
New deputies willing to take pay cut to work with sheriff, rather than stay...
It may not be the money or the distinguished gray uniforms. But over the past several years, something has prompted a fair number of...
Cone Health merger called off
Nine months after merger announcement, both organizations decide against pursuing Cone's merger with larger Virginia company
Greensboro-based Cone Health, which operates Alamance Regional Medical Center...
Burlington city council reaches decision on rezoning for Muslim cemetery
Council members again defend staff's professionalism in outlining reasons to oppose the rezoning for a cemetery on land designated for future industrial development
Burlington’s city...
Burlington city council agrees to bus service changes
Burlington’s city council formally approved changes in the city's bus system, Link Transit, Tuesday night.
Among the changes, a proposal to eliminate fares, which will...
