THE PUBLIC ASKS: County pursues criminal charge over contractor’s unpermitted work
QUESTION: Has Alamance County taken legal action against a local contractor for ignoring a stop work order on an unpermitted building in the southern...
Democrats lobby school board to appoint Democratic former state rep to fill vacancy
Alamance-Burlington school board members heard from seven speakers Monday night who lobbied the board to appoint former state representative Ricky Hurtado – a Democrat...
Commissioners approve “PG” stickers for library books with mature themes
A flap over edgy library books has prompted the county’s library system to borrow a page from the distributors of motion pictures and other...
Commissioners tap assistant tax chief in Mecklenburg to take over Alamance County’s tax...
Alamance County’s governing board has selected Bradley Fowler, the current second-in-command to Mecklenburg County’s tax administrator, to serve as the new head of Alamance...
Commissioners OK family justice center’s grant request after derailing previous application
A grant application from the county’s family justice center has easily cleared Alamance County’s governing board despite the demise of an earlier funding request...
Mebane activist suing Occaneechi Band over vote to expand tribe’s membership
A Mebane resident and activist is suing the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, the Native American tribe of which she is a member,...
Commissioners agree to keep ‘banking’ holiday pay for emergency workers
Alamance County’s commissioners have approved a new holiday pay policy that effectively enshrines the use of “banked” holiday pay in lieu of a higher...
County manager calls for $30.4M in capital outlays for county, schools
Alamance County’s manager has unveiled a one-year spending plan for capital improvements that envisions more than $30 million in outlays on behalf of the...
County’s land swap with developer in idle
Alamance County’s administrators have yet to consummate a proposed land swap with a Guilford County developer that has been key to both the developer’s...
Federal lawsuit over Nov. 2019 protest settled for $120K
Five plaintiffs in a federal suit against Graham and Alamance County law enforcement officials received a cumulative payment this week of $120,000 in exchange...
