Elections board chairman, civil rights leader Dorothy Yarborough has died
Dorothy Yarborough, head of the Alamance County Board of Elections and a long-time local civil rights leader, has died.
Yarborough, 74, had been in declining health since around last November,...
Burlington police chief to retire
Burlington police chief Brian Long has announced his intention to retire from atop the department where he's worked his entire 28-year law enforcement career this summer.
Long was named the...
Mebane council recommends commissioners appoint retired businessman David Scott to city’s planning board
Mebane's city council voted unanimously Monday night to recommend to the county commissioners that the commissioners appoint David Scott as an extraterritorial member of the city's planning board.
The nine-member...
Burlington daily newspaper sold (again) – for 5th time in decade
New ownership by Kentucky company to take effect Dec. 1
The daily newspaper in Burlington has been sold (again), the fifth change in ownership over the past decade.
The newspaper trade...
After multi-agency investigation: cause of Tues. night mill building fire “undetermined”
Firefighters from Graham, Burlington, and Mebane fire departments have now completed a "primary and secondary search of the entire complex" of the former Culp Weaving plant on East Parker...
Avoid Court Square in Graham in middle of Sat., Mon. nights
The milling and paving of the Main Street area in Graham is now concentrated around the Historic Court House and Court Square in downtown Graham.
Cars will be detoured around...
A SPECIAL VIDEO REPORT from The Alamance News: Milling and paving in downtown Graham...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v05qnd7ZNcQ
The milling and paving of South Main Street and now North Main Street has been going on for several weeks.
NC DOT crews are now on the north side of...
Photos from weekend Balloon Fest: views from land and air
Rainy weather grounded balloons for most of Saturday, but about 21 took to the skies on Friday afternoon, and about 10 or so on Sunday afternoon, during weekend's Balloon...
Two teenaged boys found shot dead in woods near apts. where another teen had...
See video summary on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/3CAsGtn
Graham police are continuing to investigate a double homicide that appears to have occurred in the early morning of Thursday, August 25.
Police originally...
Mebane planning board recommends 900,000 square foot warehouse project on West Ten Road
Mebane's planning board gave a unanimous thumbs up, 9-0, Monday night to a developer's plans for 900,000 square feet of warehouses in two buildings on about 74 acres along...
