Fleeing Highway Patrol results in stop, multiple charges
A man stopped Wednesday (Feb. 24) after a pursuit by the N.C. State Highway Patrol in Graham has been charged with several drug-related offenses.
M'Eir Unique Johnson, black, male, 18,...
Advocacy group announces new legal challenge against state permit for quarry in Snow Camp
An environmental advocacy group has announced it’s taking legal action in response to a mining permit that state officials have granted to a controversial stone quarry in the unincorporated...
Planning staff, planning commission endorse Samet’s request for office rezoning near hospital
Burlington’s planning staff is sometimes seen as a rather inflexible guardian in assessing various rezoning requests in compliance with the city’s long-term land use plan and recommending against those...
Burlington police: body found in abandoned home ID’d as missing Burlington man
Police in Burlington have identified a body found in an abandoned home along Trade Street as the remains of a 60-year-old man who was reported missing in January.
According to...
Burlington police chief to retire
Burlington police chief J. Jeffrey "Jeff" Smythe intends to retire from his post within the next few months.
Smythe advised city manager Hardin Watkins yesterday that he would like to...
Littering by university student neighbors prompts Elon homeowner to demand tougher ordinance and/or enforcement
The scattering of cans prompted an outpouring of frustration when one Elon resident, situated in a neighborhood heavily populated by student renters, came before the board earlier this month...
Trials for 2020 protesters begin
First Halloween Day protester from march & rally found guilty of failure to disperse
Trials began Wednesday morning in Alamance County criminal district court for the first of more than...
Over publisher’s objection that deliberations should be public, aldermen go behind closed doors to...
Gibsonville’s board of aldermen this week interviewed its only candidate for town attorney during a closed meeting, an action that drew criticism from Alamance News publisher Tom Boney, Jr.
Prior...
Burlington city council postpones two public hearings on controversial items forwarded from planning board
Burlington’s city council postponed action on two potentially controversial issues Tuesday night during the council's semi-monthly meeting.
Two public hearings were scheduled, but both were postponed until the council's next...
Burlington council approves first 16 members of new community police advisory team
Burlington’s city council has unanimously approved a slate of 16 appointees to the city’s new community police advisory team.
The council formally tapped these 16 individuals Tuesday night from a...
