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...
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...
The Public Asks: Were county commissioners wrong to attend grassroots event on contentious subdivisions?
QUESTION: Was it appropriate for three of Alamance County’s five county commissioners to participate in a community meeting that some residents had organized in...
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...
County commissioners OK controversial debris landfill, 4-1
Opponents hint at potential legal challenge
Alamance County’s commissioners have given the all-clear to a controversial plan that local property owner Kenneth Phillippie has...
BULLETIN/BREAKING NEWS: Commissioners OK controversial Phillippie landfill, 4-1
Alamance County's commissioners voted 4-to-1 to approve an intent to construct permit for the new Phillippie landfill at 4115 Clapp Mill Road Monday night,...
County seeks bids for EMS ambulance base as site’s ownership remains in limbo
County still waiting for "swap" of Mebane land from Greensboro-based Koury Corporation
Alamance County’s leaders have kicked off the search for a contractor to build...
Commissioners postpone final decision on Phillippie landfill
Alamance County’s commissioners have decided to give themselves an extra two weeks to mull over a contentious request for a landfill along Clapp Mill...















