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...
New commissioner irks colleague with tweaks to social work proclamation
Perhaps Sam Powell’s most memorable contribution since his rise to the board of commissioners has concerned a purely symbolic proclamation that the board adopted...
Phillippie debris landfill gets planning board OK; county commissioners to consider next month
Alamance County’s planning board has endorsed a proposed permit for a land clearing and inert debris landfill that Kenneth Phillippie hopes to establish at...
New commissioner sworn in
Burlington businessman Sam Powell seemed to be in his element this week when he was formally installed as the newest member of Alamance County’s...
BREAKING SAT.: GOP taps Sam Powell to fill commissioner vacancy, run for abbreviated term
The leaders of Alamance County’s GOP have tapped Burlington businessman Sam Powell to serve as a temporary successor to the late county commissioner John...
