Graham city council votes 4-1 to add Juneteenth as a paid holiday for employees
Graham’s city council voted 4-1 this week to add Juneteenth, which is observed on June 19 of each year, as a 13th annual paid holiday...
Mebane planning board recommends rezoning for insurance agency
Mebane’s planning board has voted unanimously to recommend rezoning property at 203 South Fifth Street from R-12 to neighborhood business to allow an insurance...
Commissioners plead lack of authority to stop controversial rural subdivisions near Saxapahaw
The want of any higher-level, local approval for Alamance County’s rural subdivisions hasn’t discouraged residents from approaching the county’s top brass with their objections...
City of Mebane agrees to pay $9.3M to Graham toward cost for wastewater treatment...
The city of Mebane has agreed to pay the city of Graham $9.3 million toward the cost to upgrade and expand Graham’s wastewater treatment...
Burlington Fire Chief Matt Lawrence honored
Burlington Fire Chief Matt Lawrence was honored with the North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs Career Chief of the Year award for 2026 Friday...
Burlington council OKs new fee structure for ‘rain tax’ while cutting $1 from current...
New structure will shift fees away for individual homeowners to commercial, industrial, and multifamily properties
After many a spurt and start, Burlington’s elected leaders have...
Newest on Sesquicentennial Park: no bids by 2-3 vote, but by consensus engineering firm...
Graham’s city council remained deeply divided this week as they took another 3-2 vote on the future of the Sesquicentennial Park on the northwest...
Graham city council decides: accessory dwelling units (ADUs) denied
Graham’s city council spent about an hour of its almost 5½ hour meeting Tuesday night discussing the issue of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and...
Graham city council’s April closed meeting to discuss mayor’s ‘performance’ violated state’s Open Meetings...
Graham’s city council improperly entered into a closed session last month to discuss the so-called “performance” of one of its own members, based on...
Graham city mgr. proposes 3¢ property tax rate hike
Graham city manager Megan Garner unveiled her $44 million proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year that, if approved, would increase the city’s property...
