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12 articlesRecent coverage of Alamance County from local and regional media.
Money pouring into local sheriff’s race
The ballots that area residents have cast during the state’s ongoing early voting period won’t be officially tallied until after the polls close this coming Tuesday. But the results are […] The post Money pouring into local sheriff’s race appeared fi...
Oct 29, 2026Burlington’s planning board OKs narrowed rezoning for real estate office rather than previous, open-ended one
A bit of textual sprucing up has enabled one area realtor to get Burlington’s planning and zoning commission to sign off on a rezoning request that had initially been a […] The post Burlington’s planning board OKs narrowed rezoning for real estate o...
Oct 29, 2026Mebane council rejects rezoning proposal to substitute 120 apts. for 51 townhouses
Mebane’s city council was not impressed with a developer’s plans to change the city’s zoning for a 14-acre lot to allow 120 apartments along South Eleventh Street on the Orange […] The post Mebane council rejects rezoning proposal to substitute 120 a...
Oct 29, 2026North Church Street revitalization focus of consultants’ work
Nearly 30 people visited Burlington’s city hall on Monday for the public debut of a plan that seeks to revitalize the city’s once-bustling North Church Street corridor. At 6:00 p.m. […] The post North Church Street revitalization focus of consultants...
Oct 29, 2026County wraps up new 9-1-1 center, prepares to begin work on Mebane EMS base
The coming few months could make for some significant milestones in a number of big-ticket capital projects that are currently on the to-do list of Alamance County’s government. Early next […] The post County wraps up new 9-1-1 center, prepares to be...
Oct 29, 2026County’s former health director settles in to new job as a Burlington assistant manager
Within two weeks of his appointment as Burlington’s newest assistant city manager, Tony Lo Giudice had already begun to stamp his personality on his assigned workspace at city hall. Save […] The post County’s former health director settles in to new ...
Oct 29, 2026COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL ELECTION COVERAGE
For the most comprehensive election coverage, you need to be reading The Alamance News. Here are summary stories, biographical information on the respective candidates, and their responses to issues questionnaires […] The post COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL ELE...
Oct 28, 2026Majority of commissioner seats on ballot: two seats for 4-year terms, one for 2-year term
The race for Alamance County’s board of commissioners has two slates of candidates that, at first blush, seem as starkly different as the two primary colors that have become a […] The post Majority of commissioner seats on ballot: two seats for 4-yea...
Oct 27, 2026Local officials discuss how to reduce juvenile crime, recidivism as adults
“We can’t – we cannot – give up on our kids.” – District court judge Larry Brown, Jr. More than two dozen Alamance County officials in law enforcement, education, courts, […] The post Local officials discuss how to reduce juvenile crime, recidivism a...
Oct 23, 2026County’s early voting off to a breakneck start, up almost 50% from last mid-term in 2022
Turnout during the opening days of early voting this fall has, so far, blown away the figures from the last midterm election in 2022. According to Alamance County’s elections office, […] The post County’s early voting off to a breakneck start, up alm...
Oct 22, 2026County tentatively renew deals with existing waste, recycling haulers
After weeks of hemming and hawing, Alamance County’s commissioners have tentatively agreed to retain the two waste haulers that presently provide curbside trash and recycling services outside the county’s cities […] The post County tentatively renew ...
Oct 22, 2026Auditor says ABSS has ‘turned finances around’
The Alamance-Burlington school system ended the 2025-26 fiscal year on June 30 in the black, with approximately $3.7 million in unassigned fund balance, or rainy-day savings, based on preliminary results […] The post Auditor says ABSS has ‘turned fin...
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