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N.C. Court of Appeals decision critical of district court judge Katie Overby’s handling of divorce settlement case: “manifestly unsupported by reason”

Courts
Appeals court reverses Alamance County judge’s denial of motion to set aside equitable distribution order in divorce settlement The North Carolina Court of Appeals has...

N.C. Court of Appeals vacates Alamance County district court judge’s order denying retroactive child support

Courts
The state’s second-highest court has vacated a ruling in a civil dispute over post-separation and divorce child support entered early last year by Alamance...

Sheriff, nine deputies removed as defendants in federal lawsuit

Courts
Alamance County sheriff Terry Johnson and nine of the 10 “John Doe” sheriff’s deputies who were allegedly at the scene of a fatal shooting...

Mebane restaurant ownership, profits part of dispute between owners

Courts
A popular restaurant in downtown Mebane is at the center of a protracted legal battle over the division of its ownership and profits. Juan Rossi...

Police

Duo booked after FLOC camera spots stolen car in Burlington

Burlington
Two women from Greensboro have been arrested after they drove through the city of Burlington in a car that had been reported stolen from...

Suspect in attempted murder snared in SC

Burlington
A man wanted for attempted murder in Burlington has been captured in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina after less than three days on the lam. According...

Burlington arrests serial shoplifter wanted in five jurisdictions

Burlington
A suspected serial shoplifter is behind bars this week after racking up charges of larceny and similar offenses in Burlington and several other communities. According...

Police chief-cum-councilman persuades colleagues to reprioritize pay for police officers, firefighters

Burlington
A sidenote on public safety salaries during the presentation of Burlington’s proposed budget became the centerpiece a day later thanks to the intercession of...

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Opinion

ENOUGH!

This newspaper has covered local governments for the at least the past 69 years. We’ve seen all sorts of combinations of mayors and council members,...

Selling off Sesquicentennial Park: such a shame

All we can do is continually shake our head in disbelief and disgust that Graham’s city council can be so deaf to the overwhelming...

Here’s hoping ABSS is getting better than “low-performing”

Alamance-Burlington school officials and their supporters were practically giddy this week over what they consider to be, as the superintendent put it, “a banner...

School system’s unreasonably high budget demand enables commissioners to hold the line against ABSS spending

Our thanks this week to Alamance County’s commissioners who held the line against increased spending demands made by the Alamance-Burlington school board. State law has...
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What restrictions, if any, will city council put on sale of...

Meanwhile, Sesquicentennial Park Citi­zens Committee formed with hopes to buy the property Graham’s city council could decide Tuesday night whether to impose any deed restrictions...
Courts

N.C. Court of Appeals decision critical of district court judge Katie...

Appeals court reverses Alamance County judge’s denial of motion to set aside equitable distribution order in divorce settlement The North Carolina Court of Appeals has...
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Sheriff seeks more manpower to review, monitor body cam footage

Film critics who bristle at the latest three-hour epic from Martin Scorsese are unlikely to get much pity from Alamance County’s sheriff Terry Johnson. Over...
Mebane

Mebane council reaffirms that approved plans envisioned stub out, not cul-de-sac

Adjacent neighborhoods had opposed mixed-use subdivision in 2023; didn’t want traffic going through their areas Mebane’s city council reaffirmed Monday a 2023 decision to...
Business

Commissioners appoint two chamber favorites to serve on tourism authority

A majority of Alamance County’s commissioners have approved two applicants endorsed by the local chamber of commerce to serve as industry representatives on the...

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