School system to sell off land near old, segregation-era school
Alamance County’s commissioners have cleared the way for the local school system to sell off two acres of land near the site of a...
County budget proposal: 10 new employees, 28 unfrozen positions, pay raises, 10% increase in...
Alamance County’s manager has unveiled a proposed budget that recommends 10 new staff-level positions, pay raises as high as 5 percent, outlays on equipment...
Commissioners take racial equity training as part of NAACP settlement
A court-ordered primer on racial equity was apparently one of the conversation topics on Monday when Alamance County’s commissioners huddled behind closed doors with...
Commissioners okay 2-year advance in next reval as prelude to 4-year cycle
Alamance County’s board of commissioners has agreed to move up the implementation of the county’s next property tax revaluation from 2025 to 2023 –...
County tax administrator recommends early revaluation of taxable property
The head of Alamance County’s tax office has suggested that it would be to the county’s advantage to get a two-year head start on...
Sheriff rides into budget discussion flush with mid-year additions to his force
One of the highlight’s of the county’s budget retreat was a presentation from Alamance County’s sheriff Terry Johnson about the financial needs of the...
Commissioners hesitate to give schools permission to tap their own reserves for maintenance projects
Alamance County’s commissioners have declined for the time being to allow the local school system to draw more than $9.6 million from its own...
School system reduces its expectations for county cash as pandemic relief pours in
The annual budget requests from the Alamance-Burlington school system and Alamance Community College are always a learning experience for the county’s board of commissioners....
Depts, agencies press commissioners for $22M more than they currently get
Alamance County’s commissioners officially kicked off the annual budget process on Wednesday (April 21) with the first day of a two-day “retreat” that they’ve...
In a first, commissioners turn down economic incentives request
Third request does not go over as well as previous two, which were granted; 2-2 vote with one recusal scraps county's $600K contribution toward...
