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...
NAACP, county reach settlement in one of 2020 protest lawsuits
A federal district court judge has signed off on a settlement that the local chapter of the NAACP has reached with Alamance County’s top-ranking...
County commissioners deadlock over newest incentives for Lotus Bakeries
Alamance County commissioners deadlocked 2-2 on whether to provide another $600,000 in incentives for Lotus Bakeries in Mebane, the Belgian company famous for its...
It’s official: newest Lotus incentive request from county is $600K for $60M investment
Alamance County’s administrators have released the details of a corporate incentives request that the board of commissioners has agreed to consider next week on...
GRAHAM: 10 more policemen, 18 more firefighters, 2 more fire stations are chiefs’...
In Graham’s budget meeting in early March, the main focus of new personnel was on the police department, where the new police chief, Kristy...
