Study: major new space needed for court system; Options: Renovate/expand, or raze criminal courts...
Cost to renovate/expand or build brand new about the same: $88M to $100 M
A consultant’s report on the Judge J.B. Allen, Jr. Court House...
County commissioners postpone decision on tougher spacing rules for heavy industry
A veritable ping pong game over land use in Snow Camp became tangled in the figurative net this week as the county’s governing board...
Campaign for ‘veterans community’ falters with county commissioners
Idea that was originally portrayed as free could now cost county $6.5 million
A small army of veterans came up against some unexpected resistance this...
Divided commissioners vote 3-2 to endorse charter school effort
County commissioners were divided over whether or how strongly to support one resident’s request to support his efforts to establish another charter school in...
Commissioners continue to hear complaints about shooting ranges in rural areas of county
An area resident who recently urged the county to crack down on noisy gun ranges has apparently found some allies to provide covering fire...
Audience member offers spontaneous donation after board balks at nonprofit’s plea for bailout
A spontaneous pledge from an audience member spared Alamance County’s governing board from having to deny a financial lifeline to a local nonprofit group...
Owners of shooting range fire back at neighbor’s complaints to commissioners
A resident’s public complaints about an area shooting range have drawn some return fire from the proprietors of this firearms training and practice facility...
School board votes 5-2 to ask commissioners for 9% funding increase for next...
Two weeks ago, when school board members first heard the ABSS administration’s proposal for an increase in local spending, school officials wanted just over...
Resident to commissioners: Tighten noise rules on shooting ranges
A resident of the countryside beyond Burlington has asked Alamance County’s board of commissioners to slap a metaphorical silencer on the outdoor shooting ranges...
Commissioners Lashey vs. Thompson debate over charter schools vs. other public schools
A request from a charter school developer set off a spat among two members of Alamance County’s governing board that, in a different setting,...
