Revised plans filed for long dormant Mebane Kingsdown project downtown
A long dormant downtown project for the former Kingsdown mattress factory property in downtown Mebane appears to be coming back to life.
Almost 2½ years...
New Eagle Scouts honored
The last leg of the trail led one group of area scouts to Alamance County’s headquarters this week to receive some public congratulations from...
Planning board to review First Baptist Church’s rezoning request for day care, future church...
First Baptist Church in Mebane, which bought land for future expansion 10 years ago, is now apparently ready to move forward with the project...
Library boosters ring in their 40th anniversary with another spring book sale
Some people celebrate their 40th birthday with a wild Caribbean getaway. Others mark the occasion by bingeing on Haagen Daas and crying themselves to...
1993 murderer paroled
A former Burlington man who was convicted of murdering his live-in girlfriend in July 1993 was released on parole this week.
Jeffrey Maurice Willis, 54,...
ABSS teacher of the year now a contender for state’s teacher of the year...
Broadview Middle School teacher Chanel Jones has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 North Carolina Teacher of the Year.
The winner of the...
New Mebane city manager sworn in
After an almost six-months drought, Mebane has a new city manager.
Richard J. White, III was sworn in Monday night during the city council's January...
Usually rivals, Western’s Newton and Williams’ Mahan will team up in Shrine Bowl
By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
When Western Alamance’s James Newton found out he had been selected for the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas,...
Southern wrestling coach out; ABSS investigation into student-athlete incident ongoing
Sheriff also conducting investigation since coach doubles as deputy sheriff, SRO
James (“Jim”) Giannotti resigned Monday as the head coach for the wrestling team at...
Governor issues “pardon of innocence” for Mark Crotts, whose 3 successive murder trials captured...
1st trial: found guilty, verdict overturned;
2nd trial: hung jury;
3rd trial: not guilty
Outgoing North Carolina Democratic governor Roy Cooper has pardoned Mark Elliott Crotts for...


















