Let the school board vote on its own raise
We thought it was apropos that the county commissioners last week avoided being suckers for the school board.
School board members ducked their own decision-making...
Beware rural zoning
County commissioners and some of the Snow Camp residents who are pushing them in this direction may want to take a deep breath and...
Budget deliberations should always be open
Readers of this page will not be surprised that The Alamance News doesn’t cotton much to secrecy – not in courtrooms, not among municipal...
COVID delusion syndrome
It seems to us that some local governments are suffering a severe case of COVID delusion syndrome.
That’s not an officially recognized disorder, yet, but...
It’s high time for ABSS to get back to work
We’re not quite sure what to make of the reluctance of the ABSS school officials and school board members to reopen the county’s schools...
Name change for Sesquicentennial Park misguided, inappropriate – and we’re not even...
Bursting onto the scene this week in the last few minutes of a Graham city council meeting was an idea proposed by NAACP president...
Surely, Burlington has something more important to work on than changing Indian Valley...
Count us among the (very) skeptical about Burlington’s insistence that its sudden decision to consider eliminating “Indian” from the name of its Indian Valley...
GUEST EDITORIAL from Raleigh News & Observer – Alamance Co. isn’t exempt from the...
Editorial, The Editorial Board, The (Raleigh) News & Observer, Dec 10, 2020
Prior to the Civil War, Alamance County overwhelmingly opposed seceding from the Union....
GUEST EDITORIAL from Greensboro News & Record – Our Opinion: A judge shows...
Editorial, The (Greensboro) News & Record, Dec 13, 2020
By a judge’s command, Alamance News Publisher Tom Boney Jr. was handcuffed and hustled out of...
Courts must continue to be open to the public and press: “Even in...
Why, some may be asking, is it so important for The Alamance News or any other news media to be in a courtroom during...
