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...
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...
County asked to pay construction cost increases as new mental health center takes shape
The past 13 months have seen a mind-bending transformation at 971 Kirkpatrick Road, where workers have been erecting a new public facility that will...
What’s status of “remote working”? Most local governments are mostly or entirely back in...
County, Burlington are exceptions – with more latitude still allowed for working from home
Most folks have dispensed with the facemasks they wore at the...
Commissioners trim back planning board, establish new county board of adjustment
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...
