County commissioners continue to wrestle with plans for courthouse expansion – and where money...
The members of Alamance County’s board of commissioners continue to keep their options open as they grapple with a multimillion-dollar plan to renovate and expand the Judge J.B. Allen,...
Courthouse expansion cost now estimated at $67 million; can it be built without a...
Much of commissioners' discussion focuses on how to finance expansion without a property tax increase; should use extra money from capital fund designated for schools?
The movers and shakers of...
Former ‘body sculpting’ studio in Graham sued for defaulting on lease
The owner of a body sculpting business that had been located at 904 Washington Street in Graham is being sued for allegedly defaulting on a five-year lease one year...
Wrongful death suit filed against mental health facility in Burlington after teen’s overdose death
A mental health residential treatment facility in Burlington is facing a wrongful death suit filed by the adoptive mother of a teen who overdosed on Fentanyl and cocaine and...
ABSS sued over Broadview Middle School teacher’s ‘violent attack’ on student last Nov.
School board approved system's firing of teacher last week; teacher had expired license (but had not divulged that to ABSS)
A new lawsuit has been filed against the Alamance-Burlington school...
Burlington couple loses appeal at N.C. Court of Appeals against city over taken alleyway
The state’s second-highest court has rejected an appeal by a couple in Burlington who sued the city in 2021 for using an alleyway they claimed to own to build...
Panel overturns judge; rules against ARMC in DNR case
Hospital didn't attempt resuscitation despite family's standing instructions to do so; he died at hospital prior to scheduled surgery in 2018
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has overturned a...
Former student says Hawbridge charter school scotched his chance at Ivy League
A former student has filed a lawsuit against The Hawbridge School in Saxapahaw – one of the four public charter schools in Alamance County – alleging that an English...
Appeals court sides, 2-1, with Graham, overturns judge’s order to release body cam footage...
News organizations had sought all law enforcement footage from Halloween Day march and protest demonstration from 2020; the protest ended when law enforcement agencies used pepper spray to disperse...
Re-elected and new officials sworn in Monday
Local officials were sworn in to their respective offices Monday, beginning with commissioners Craig Turner and Steve Carter (pictured below) who took their oaths of office on Monday morning,...
