News across Alamance County

New drive-thru coffee shop in Mebane gets city’s planning board approval
Mebane’s planning board gave its imprimatur of support to a proposed rezoning of a small portion of a parcel off Wilson Road, across from the Walmart shopping center, for a […]

New plan in Mebane: 120 apartments instead of 51 townhouses on S. 11th Street
Mebane’s planning board has agreed to recommend rezoning for 120 apartments to take the place of a previous rezoning plan approved five years ago for 51 townhouses on about 14 […]

Legal Notices, Thursday, September 17, 2026
For assistance with legal advertising, please call Carol Boney at (336) 228-7851 or send email to: legals@thealamancenews.com Notice of Public Hearing The Board of Aldermen for the Village of […]

Alamance News honored with top state writing, reporting awards
The Alamance News was honored Thursday night with some of the state press associa-tion’s top writing and reporting awards for news coverage during 2025. At the annual convention held in […]

Graham planning board reverses opposition to city’s first gated community
An Ohio developer’s revisions contained in a third set of plans for White Rock Estates, near the corner of Hanford Road and West Moore Street – intended as Graham’s first […]

State report card (Part 2): ABSS improves graduation rates, but still trails region, state
The Alamance-Burlington school system’s on-time graduation rate improved at four high schools over the past year and increased by 1.5 percentage points overall – from 84.5 percent in 2024-2025 to […]

Randy L. Faircloth
Randy L. Faircloth passed away on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, at his home in Burlington, NC. A native of Burlington, Randy was born on June 20, 1957. He graduated from […]

Southeast loses hoops duo to TBS
By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Two key members of Southeast Alamance’s Mid-Carolina Conference championship boys’ basketball team from a season ago have transferred. Donnie Fairley and James […]

Southeast edges Southern in wild, high-scoring conference opener
Southeast, Eastern, Cummings roll up TDs on the way to victories By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Freshman Dorian Cruz scored his first varsity points on a short […]

9/11 anniversary remembered
Among the local tributes to the 25th anniversary of the attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 was this display outside the Graham Fire Department, two trucks and a […]

County attorney eases board’s jitters about possible voter fraud
A county commissioner’s angst about a potential outlet for voter fraud was quickly put to rest this week by a rather matter-of-fact response from Alamance County’s attorney. The county attorney […]

Woman arrested for shooting off gun during quarrel in Burlington
A woman from Burlington has been arrested after she allegedly punctuated an argument with a handgun. Ericka Latiesha Graves reportedly fired the 9-mm while she and another woman were quarrelling […]