If candidate wins city council race, will her police captain husband be fired?
An ominous warning from Graham’s outgoing mayor has apparently given cold feet to one candidate in this year’s race for Graham’s city council.
Brooke Flood, one of seven contenders who’ve...
Graham mayoral candidate sidelined by stroke
Absent from Graham’s monthly city council meeting Tuesday night (August 10) was Chip Turner, the city’s mayor pro tem, who is also running for mayor to replace Jerry Peterman...
Candidates for mayor, city council spar over response to gun violence in Burlington
The fight against gun violence triggered a political shootout at a recent meeting of Burlington’s city council as incumbents and challengers went tit for tat in their zeal to...
Municipal slates for 2021 elections now set; last day brought several surprising last-minute filings
The final day for candidate filings for 2021 municipal elections brought some surprises and significant developments.
Filing Friday morning for mayor of Burlington was councilman Jim Butler, who opted to...
Oct. 5 primaries now assured in Burlington for both mayor and two city council...
An additional city council candidate in Burlington, the fifth, has triggered a primary election for the two available city council seats that will be held one month prior to...
2021 campaigns: competitive mayor races in Burlington, Graham
Races also emerge for city council in Burlington, Graham, Mebane
Since candidate filing officially opened on Friday, the fields in a number of municipal races have grown increasingly crowded with...
Councilwoman Jennifer Talley to run for mayor of Graham
Graham city councilwoman Jennifer Talley today announces that she intends to run for mayor of Graham in this year’s upcoming election. Filing for municipal offices begins Friday at noon.
Talley,...
Republican Hispanic official announces for non-partisan Mebane city council
Filing season for municipal elections doesn’t begin until Friday, but already there’s beginning to be a line of candidates interested in one of three council seats in Mebane that...
School board member Patsy Simpson won’t seek re-election in 2024; says she’s not sure...
Patsy Simpson, who was just elected to her fourth term on the Alamance-Burlington school board in 2020, told The Alamance News this week that she won’t seek a fifth...
County Republicans dub Venezuelan native as party’s new chairman
He's seen the dangers of socialism firsthand; wants to warn his countrymen
It might not be a move that will silence the critics, but the local Republican Party’s choice for...
