Manager Blames Post-reval Tax Rate for Current Revenue Crisis
Alamance County’s manager Heidi York insisted that it wasn’t simply bad luck that has led to the financial predicament which she identified in her...
County Residents Put in Their Two Cents Even Before Proposed Budget Is Released
The will of the general public is theoretically the driving force behind every decision made by Alamance County’s top brass. But the public’s role...
Manager’s budget gets mixed verdict from board
Members of the general public weren’t alone in their ambivalence about the proposed budget that county manager Heidi York unfurled on Monday.
Equally mixed was...
Proposed Budget: Spending Down 1.2%; Net Cut in Staff: 47
Alamance County’s manager has unveiled a spending plan that would add 2.25 cents (or nearly 4.6 percent) to the county’s property tax rate to...
State lifts burn ban in Alamance Co. et al.
The N.C. Forest Service has released Alamance County from a ban on open burning that had been in effect across North Carolina since March...
Commissioners plead lack of authority to stop controversial rural subdivisions near Saxapahaw
The want of any higher-level, local approval for Alamance County’s rural subdivisions hasn’t discouraged residents from approaching the county’s top brass with their objections...
BREAKING MON. NIGHT: County manager recommends 2.25¢ (nearly 4.6 percent) property tax rate increase
County manager Heidi York presented her proposed county budget for the next fiscal year Monday night – $239.1 million, a 1.2 percent reduction in...
State burn ban remains in effect for Alamance County
Area residents who are just “burning” to incinerate their old yard waste will need to wait a bit longer to get the permission they...
22 county employees dismissed over past 18 mos.
Alamance County’s government has sacked 22 employees over the past 18 months for reasons that have ranged from shoddy workmanship and insubordination to one...
Rescue squad seeks special property tax
A stockpile of specialized tools and equipment has made the Alamance County Rescue Unit the go-to resource whenever area residents find themselves in the...
