News across Alamance County

SOCCER ROUNDUP: Western opens league play by beating Graham
By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Western Alamance cranked out a strong second half to hand visiting Graham its first loss of the season in Monday night’s Mid-Carolina […]

WEEK FIVE PREVIEW: Area teams with nice records face road tests
By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Three area football teams without a league loss are set to play Mid-Carolina Conference road games. Here’s a look at Friday night’s […]

COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE: The local debate over Flock cameras
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE: THE LOCAL DEBATE OVER FLOCK CAMERAS. In this week’s (Sept. 17) edition: Burlington, Graham police chiefs see valuable benefits for law enforcement: https://bit.ly/4h1SdzD Some residents voice privacy concerns […]

Eastern soars some more in volleyball
By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Eastern Alamance stretched its volleyball winning streak to eight matches by sweeping visiting Southeast Alamance on Tuesday. The Eagles won 25-7, 25-20, […]

Two drug raids in Burlington nab total of four suspects
Police in Burlington have arrested four people during drug raids at two different locations that investigators believe have served as hubs for the trade in illicit narcotics. The most recent […]

Council closes in on new regulations for RVs in Elon
Elon’s municipal leaders have let out the clutch on some potential new rules that could replace the town’s relatively stringent restrictions on recreational vehicles, campers, and other motorized juggernauts. The […]

Paylor makes dazzling play in N.C. State’s home opener
By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Former Cummings football star Jonathan Paylor made an attention-grabbing play for North Carolina State last week. “I’m happy for Jonathan,” Wolfpack coach […]

Staff instructed by city council to draft new ordinance allowing backyard chickens
Burlington’s city council has given the city’s planning staff free range to develop a new policy that would enable the city’s residents to keep small flocks of hens in the […]

Other areas in N.C. have had second thoughts, decided to remove Flock cameras
Despite the high praise that many law enforcement officials have for Flock Safety’s technology, a growing number of agencies across North Carolina have ended, or at the very least rolled […]

Some local residents express concerns about Flock camera use
The proliferation of Flock cameras in some parts of the county has elicited scowls, rather than smiles, from some people who’ve passed in front of the lens. In Burlington, a […]

Flock cameras: Burlington, Graham police chiefs see law enforcement benefits
The police chiefs in Burlington and Graham are holding firm in their use of an AI-enabled technology that has been alternately hailed as breakthrough in policing and condemned as a […]

ACC likely to see bump in budget from change in how state funds community colleges
Alamance Community College officials are projecting that ACC will see an increase in the state-funded portion of its annual budget due to a new funding methodology that ties state funding […]