Graham fires city finance officer
The city of Graham has fired its finance officer, Melanie King, for unsatisfactory job performance after she was given multiple verbal warnings, based on...
City officials continue to feel sidelined as state’s rail service gathers steam
The chief of North Carolina’s rail operations has declared that his agency is still moving full speed ahead with its plans to expedite passenger...
69 townhouses approved for eastern side of Mebane
Mebane’s city council has approved another project on the city’s eastern side, in western Orange County, this one a conditional zoning request to allow...
Burlington bows out of class action settlements to preserve legal rights against industrial polluters
Burlington’s city council has decided to opt out of class action settlements with two corporations that are accused of releasing so-called “forever chemicals” into...
Mebane approves repaving bid for Clay Street work
Mebane’s city council approved a bid for $800,000 for repaving work, most of which will be dedicated to work on Clay Street.
The resurfacing there...
Police chief fires officer – but she says not because he applied for job...
Officer was fired same day sheriff's office scheduled to get his references from city
The Graham police department has terminated, demoted, and/or suspended three of...
Mebane pastor charged with groping man in Walmart bathroom
Jeffrey Duane Smith, 67, white, male, who has served as a pastor at Mebane Presbyterian Church for more than two decades, has been charged...
Hearing on historic mill’s redevelopment postponed for the second time in a year
A mill redevelopment project that was supposed to come before Burlington’s city council a year ago is apparently still not quite ripe for its...
Head of code enforcement reports progress on combating Burlington’s slum conditions
The head of Burlington’s code enforcement staff has assured the city’s leaders that, over the past four years or so, he and his colleagues...
What happened with the gunman wielding AR-15 at Mill Creek on Labor Day?
QUESTION: What transpired in the Mill Creek subdivision in Mebane, where an older man was seen walking through neighborhood carrying an AR-15, as well...
