County mgr. proposes 1.59¢ (3.4%) property tax hike, 2% spending increase, cuts to ABSS
There was no lively sales pitch when Alamance County’s manager presented her latest spending plan to the county’s board of commissioners this week.
Instead, county...
Are local libraries a priority the county should keep funding?
A member of the county’s governing board may have opened a whole card catalog’s worth of controversy with the suggestion that the county should...
Sheriff reports jail, deputy staffing better; $10,000 signing bonuses have helped
Alamance County’s sheriff had both good news and bad news to report to the county’s board of commissioners when he presented them with a...
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...
