Commissioners appoint Duke-affiliated nursing instructor to health board
A nursing instructor connected to Duke University has been called in for a consult, of sorts, as the newest member of Alamance County’s health...
Commissioners call out police departments for not helping guard behavioral health center
Burlington, Graham, Elon wouldn't sign on to having their officers available for off-duty work
Alamance County’s leaders have a new bone to pick with some...
Commissioners at a loss over Burlington-based plan to leverage federal funds for affordable housing
A move by the city of Burlington to make the most of federal funds for affordable housing has apparently failed to leave much of...
Lots of budget-retreat discussion; were additional expenditures listed to lay groundwork for future property...
County commissioners huddled with the county's top bureaucrats on Monday, to hear lots about future requests for spending on the horizon. Is it all...
Commissioners spend daylong retreat hearing budget issues
An all-day budget retreat on Monday allowed the county’s administrators to lay out a game plan for the county’s next budget, which they predicted...
Commissioners decide to leave in place $500K payroll overpayment error to county workers
Alamance County’s leaders put in some cognitive overtime this week as they tried to untangle a payroll snafu that has credited staff members who...
Commissioners mull more funds for maintenance of area schools
In any discussion about Alamance County’s budget, the proverbial 800-pound gorilla is inevitably going to be the Alamance-Burlington school system.
As the single largest recipient...
Resurrection of sales tax referendum gets mixed response from commissioners
Should voters be asked a FIFTH time about a 1/4-cent local option sales tax they have consistently turned down?
Alamance County’s commissioners have two ways...
Commissioners grapple with fallout from their denial of grant application
There were no second chances this week for a grant application that Alamance County’s commissioners recently refused to let the county’s family justice center...
Commissioners tap John ‘Mac’ Jordan, Jr. for vacant seat on county planning board
Alamance County’s elected leaders have appointed the heir to a prominent local textile and political dynasty to a recently-vacated seat on the county’s planning...
