Memorial Day remembrance 2024 – held inside because of threatening weather
Menacing storm clouds ultimately forced local veterans and their supporters to take shelter indoors when they convened in downtown Graham on Monday for Alamance...
County mgr. recommends 2¢, 4.6%, hike in property taxes to fund 2.8% spending increase
Alamance County’s manager has floated a new spending plan for the county that aims to “fortify” existing programs and services through measures that include...
School system turns in budget request too late
A choir of entreaties on behalf of the Alamance-Burlington school system came too late in the day to spare ABSS from a penalty that...
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,...
