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ELECTION COVERAGE

Haw River’s newest councilman committed to small-town atmosphere

Haw River, the county’s oldest and one of its...

Graham gets new mayor, its first woman: Jennifer Talley

Two new councilmen also sworn in; one of council's...

Final, Unofficial Election Night Results

Burlington voters have turned out three-term incumbent Ian Baltutis...

Taxing, spending priorities at heart of candidate differences

Candidates for Graham mayor and city council are generally...

2019 downtown master plan still stirs controversy, debate

Two years ago, a consultant’s group made a significant...

Meet the candidates for Graham mayor and Graham city council

Graham voters are faced with a crowded ballot this...

One incumbent, three challengers seek two Haw River town council seats

Voters in Haw River will fill one vacancy on...

LATEST NEWS

Girls’ basketball to be featured in Central City Classic Williams

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Williams coach Jason Cheek envisioned making a bigger deal of some intriguing girls’ basketball matchups last season. From that,...

School system gets part of $8.5M bailout despite friction with county commissioners

Alamance County’s commissioners rekindled an on-and-off feud with the Alamance-Burlington school system this week as they revisited a plea for a financial lifeline that...

Does commissioner’s son-in-law work for company he keeps promoting for mold remediation?

QUESTION: At several commissioner meetings, including one Monday, commissioner chairman John Paisley, Jr. continually mentions favorably the job Sasser Restoration did on the first...

Did ABSS boycott the Graham Christmas parade?

QUESTION:  Who prohibited all of the ABSS bands from marching in the Graham Christmas parade and why?  I heard it was because of the...

EEOC takes up former county attorney’s age discrimination case; commissioners begin depositions

Their unamicable separation with their former legal counsel some two years ago seems to have come back to haunt the members of Alamance County’s...

Southern High loyalists press for reinstatement of fired football coach

The latest meeting of the Alamance-Burlington school board drew an unprecedented squatting-room-only crowd and more than four dozen speakers who pleaded – at times,...

Charges filed against four fire bugs for setting fire at Western Electric – in...

Charges continue to mount against a Graham man who was first arrested for his involvement in setting the November 12 fire at the former...

Three arrested, make first court appearances for Carolina Mill fire

Three men were arrested Wednesday in connection with the November 25 fire that destroyed the vacant former Carolina Mill north of Burlington. The mill,...

Rogers ready for school board service, sworn in Mon.

“To me, our school system is not about politics; it is about doing what is best for our students and our staff.   We are...

One man, three teens arrested for setting fires at Culp Mill, Green Level house

Juveniles now in juvenile detention facilities after first court appearances Tues.; motive unknown; sheriff's office still seeking info on third fire, at Carolina Mills Local...