Alamance News, 3 reporters honored for excellence in news coverage by state press association
The Alamance News was a big winner in the North Carolina Press Association’s annual news, editorial and photojournalism awards contest, announced during the association’s...
Elon’s assistant police chief to hang up his hat after 28 years
A long-serving member of Elon’s police force received a farewell salute from the town’s municipal leaders this week as he prepares to retire after...
Construction grounds air traffic at Burlington-Alamance Airport – for 30 days
The grounds of the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport are a hive of activity this week as contractors press ahead with a number of simultaneous construction...
Former ABSS chief operations officer hired as CEO of Ralph Scott Life Services
Dr. Todd Thorpe, who retired as the chief operations officer for the Alamance-Burlington school system earlier this year, has been hired as the interim...
Elon town council approves new municipal flag
Elon’s elected leaders have apparently found a new municipal flag that they can feel proud to fly at full staff.
During a regularly-scheduled meeting on...
Elon town council expands social district to include part of church grounds
Elon’s town council has given its blessing to a proposal that will add land owned by an area church into a new downtown district...
County’s planning board wrestles with whether to increase minimum size for residential lots in...
A public debate about subdivision lot sizes might strike some people as a mind-numbingly dull way to spend a Thursday night in July. But...
New county property tax bills now hitting home
Things have begun to heat up in Alamance County’s tax office in the three weeks or so since it issued the property tax bills...
Burlington touts joint venture with advocacy group to monitor industrial discharges into the sewers
The city of Burlington has announced a new, “one-of-a-kind” deal with an environmental advocacy group to jointly monitor certain categories of chemicals that local...
Burlington residents, mayor rail against new Amtrak schedule that reduces train stops in city
Commuters in Burlington and other parts of central North Carolina are apparently not “all aboard” with a new train schedule that the state’s transportation...
