Commissioner recoils from change in health dept.’s flu vax mandate
A recent change to the local health department’s employee protocol for flu vaccinations seems to have stirred a rather visceral response from the county...
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...
Commissioners sign off on new ‘stump dump’ in Snow Camp
Another landfill approved for Snow Camp area
Alamance County’s governing board has given an area resident the all-clear to establish a new landfill for tree...
City council, commissioners go behind closed doors for economic development projects
While Burlington’s city council took action in an open meeting, and after a public hearing, on the LabCorp $71 million project at the Burlington-Alamance...
Property tax appeals grow: now more than 1,400
The county’s tax office is slowly chipping away at the mound of revaluation appeals that area residents have filed since they began to receive...
Commissioners vote to expand landfill’s waste disposal area
The county’s board of commissioners has agreed to add another 10 acres to Alamance County’s landfill.
During a regularly-scheduled meeting on Monday, the commissioners voted...
County agrees to buy former BD building along I-85/40 to house consolidated 9-1-1 center
Alamance County’s commissioners have decided to purchase a former industrial building in Burlington along I-85/40 to serve as a new, centralized location for the...
More than 600 property tax valuation appeals filed in first week
Alamance County’s tax office has been ground zero for a veritable popular revolt since area residents began to receive the results of the county’s...
Tax administrator estimates future break-even tax rate of 43 cents, down from current rate...
“So, the likely range we’re going to end up with in is anywhere from 42.5 cents to 42.5 cents. If someone pressed me what...
County eyes school system’s capital reserves to pay off debt for courthouse expansion
Among the highlights of county’s annual retreat were discussions about two big-ticket endeavors that the county’s administrators have been struggling to fit into the...
