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...
Alamance population up, but not explosive
Alamance County had the 19th largest increase in population growth among all 100 counties, in terms of the actual number of new residents (2,547, or...
N.C. Appeals Court rejects NAACP challenge to Alamance County’s Confederate monument
The second highest court in North Carolina has rejected a plea from the state’s chapter of the NAACP to force Alamance County to move...
Audit shows continued growth in county government’s savings
Alamance County’s annual audit is out, and it seems that the county’s leaders managed to keep things on a fairly strong financial footing during...
