Incumbents, commissioner challengers, judicial candidates first to file for 2024
Alamance County’s incumbent state legislative delegation – state senator Amy Galey, and state representatives Steve Ross and Dennis Riddell, all Republicans – were among the first to file for...
Amen to That: Dejuana Bigelow sworn in as first black woman Burlington city council...
Judge Larry Brown struck a resolutely spiritual tenor on Tuesday when he ascended the stage of Burlington’s Paramount Theater to swear in the city’s newest councilmember Dejuana Bigelow.
Not satisfied...
Filing season to open Mon. – unless court challenges slow the process
The starting gates for next year’s general election are primed to open early next week when Alamance County’s elections office expects to kick off the candidate registration period for...
Elon’s town clerk to retire after 21 years on the job
After the better part of two decades as Elon’s municipal clerk, DiAnne Enoch is preparing to hang up her keys to the town’s municipal building.
Yet, Enoch’s impending retirement, which...
Christmas comes to Graham
Downtown Graham is getting all decked out for the Christmas season. Festive decorations and lights were being strung throughout the downtown area beginning Monday morning.
Graham public works employees Hunter...
County beefs up DSS staffing ahead of Medicaid expansion
Alamance County’s board of commissioners has decided to pare down the size of the county’s planning board and create a new county-level board of adjustment to deal with irregular...
Seven firefighters injured when out building under construction collapses during man’s heart attack
The top brass from several agencies gathered in Burlington on Monday to explain how a group of firefighters wound up in the hospital this weekend when a building collapsed...
What are the implications of Burlington’s ban on parking on front lawns?
QUESTION: Does a raft of newly-approved changes to Burlington’s unified development ordinance prohibit people from parking on the front lawns of residential properties? How does this rule affect owners...
Homebuilder corrects county’s floodplain permitting oversight
The newly-built residence at 1360 Geneva Albright Road is more than just another real estate listing to Mark Dyer of DCI Homes.
Rising out of the picturesque woodlands near the...
New lines would shift Alamance Congressional district, change some precincts for state house
A set of new voting districts that made it though North Carolina’s General Assembly this week could have some significant repercussions on how Alamance County residents are represented at...
