Sheriff promotes property tax hike to help fill staff-level vacancies
Alamance County’s board of commissioners has generally given wide berth to a tax hike in years when any of its members are up for...
Contractor’s review of commercial tax values dampens enthusiasm for battle with big boxes
An all-out war with some of the nation’s top big box retailers seems to have lost favor with the head of Alamance County’s tax...
County’s new behavior health center nears completion in Burlington
Contractors are wrapping up work on a much-anticipated facility in Burlington that promises to revolutionize the services available to residents of Alamance County who...
Commissioner’s failure to acknowledge youthful drug conviction from 38 years ago sparks SBI investigation
Election filing form required candidate to say whether he'd had any felonies; he said he didn't, but he did
An apparent oversight in his...
Veterans’ group seeks free use of park for balloon festival
A local advocacy group for veterans seemed to aim for the stratosphere this week when it appeared before the county’s board of commissioners to...
County manager debuts budget for proposed capital improvements
Alamance County’s manager has unfurled a proposed capital improvement plan for the next fiscal year that calls for just over $22.5 million in outlays...
County suing Snow Camp homeowner over ‘putrid’ yard waste
Alamance County’s attorney has filed a lawsuit in civil superior court against Forrest Michael Shadle, who owns property at 2953 Quakenbush Road, Snow Camp,...
Sluggish year-end sales tax receipts worried one commissioner, but up overall – so far...
One factor that consistently enables local governments to replenish their savings is the general tendency for tax revenues to come in over and above...
Commissioners endorse proposals for opioid settlement that include revival of specialized drug court
Alamance County’s commissioners have signed off on some proposed uses for the roughly $2.9 million that the county has, so far, received from a...
County, municipalities vary in their use, calculation of “fund balance,” i.e. savings
A bursting municipal savings account has provided Elon’s town manager with a ready source of cash for the proposed budget he presented to the...
