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ALAMANCE NEWS EXCLUSIVE: County manager prepares four budget options for commissioners for Mon. night decision

Graham, North Carolina · Graham

ALAMANCE NEWS EXCLUSIVE: County manager prepares four budget options for commissioners for Mon. night decision

Alamance County commissioners have been given four options for a revised new budget for 2025-2026 from county manager Heidi York, based on various criteria the commissioners outlined on the second day of their two days of workshops held Monday and Tuesday, June 9 and 10. The Alamance News obtained copies of the correspondence from York late Friday after filing a public records request with her earlier in the day. A penny on the tax rate is estim…Read Article

Woman charged with second-degree murder and held withthout bond in crash that killed SEHS senior

Graham, North Carolina · Graham

Woman charged with second-degree murder and held withthout bond in crash that killed SEHS senior

A Burlington woman is being held in the Alamance County jail without bond after being charged with second-degree murder in a fatal crash that killed a Southeast High School senior last week. Tracey Ann Hernandez, 38, white, female, of 127 Bannockburn Run, Burlington, is charged with 10 other offenses in addition to second-degree murder in the crash that killed Lily Rose Hahn, 18, of Snow Camp, according to the court files. Hahn had been schedule…Read Article

Local governments 6, residents 0

Graham, North Carolina · Graham

Local governments 6, residents 0

We must confess to being mildly surprised that local municipal residents still appear to be so complacent toward the constant growth of local governments. Six municipalities have held state-mandated public hearings in recent weeks to hear from the citizens they ostensibly serve about the proposed budgets being contemplated in each of their towns and cities. The score: governments 6, residents 0 – and in each case, the governments came away with …See the Story

Planning board likes expansion of commercial, townhouse project, doesn’t like more apts.

The same law firm represented two separate developers during Monday night’s Mebane planning board meeting. But the outcomes were polar opposites, with the board unanimously recommending one and unanimously against the other. The contentious project involved a 140-unit apartment complex that is now proposed for a 14.7-acre triangular-shaped lot along N.C. 119 near the former Hawfields Presbyterian Home (now Compass Healthcare and Rehab). [Story c…Graham, North Carolina · Graham Read Article

Southern Alamance prepares to restock football staff

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Openings on Southern Alamance’s football coaching staff didn’t take first-year coach Jonathan Hester by surprise. With the departure of assistants to Orange this month, Hester had formulated a plan. “I kind of already knew that that was a possibility, so I started looking at some things,” Hester said. “I’ve already been working on talking to some guys. I’ve talked to a bunch of people and tried to find …Graham, North Carolina · Graham Read Article

ALAMANCE NEWS EXCLUSIVE: More on the budget from two days of commissioner workshops

Read extensive coverage from 10 hours of county commissioner meetings during budget workshops on Monday and Tuesday, June 9 and 10. • Discovery of new revenues late in process energizes commissioners, who had been struggling with tight projections all around: https://alamancenews.com/commissioners-appear-ready-to-spend-windfall-of-new-revenues-in-fund-balance-still-pondering-tax-rate-options/ • Staff punches holes in commissioner Ed Priola’s alt…Graham, North Carolina · Graham Read Article

County administrators eviscerate commissioner’s alternative budget

County commissioner Ed Priola broke with tradition last week when he booked a formal appearance before his fellow commissioners to poke holes in the recommended budget that county manager Heidi York had presented to them in May. Priola went on to chastise the county’s management for the runaway growth that he said has characterized their spending patterns, and he offered his colleagues a quick peak at some potential reductions that he assured th…Graham, North Carolina · Graham Read Article

Commissioners grill rural fire chiefs on proposed hikes in district tax rates

Alamance County’s leaders had a chance to turn up the heat this week on six rural fire departments that have proposed increases in the special property taxes that help subsidize their operations. The chiefs or assistant chiefs of these six agencies appeared before the county’s board of commissioners on Monday to explain why they’ve requested hikes, ranging from 1 to 3 cents, in the secondary levies that are tacked onto the property tax bills of …Taxes · Graham Read Article

William Jay "Bill" Woodrome

William Jay “Bill” Woodrome, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on June 1st, 2025, at the age of 71. Born on October 10, 1953, in Denver, Colorado – “the happiest day of his mother’s life,” as he was fond of saying – Bill brought joy, laughter, and kindness to all who knew him. Bill was the cherished son of Harvey and Ilo Woodrome and the loving brother of Harvey Woodrome. He shared 42 wonderful years of marriage with …Graham, North Carolina · Graham Read Article

Water line extension delay pushes completion of ACC’s Public Safety Training Center to August

Alamance Community College’s administration is targeting completion of ACC’s $19.9 million Public Safety Training Center in Green Level for early August, following a delay in extending water service to the site. Installation of a water line to the property in Green Level was originally scheduled to be complete late last year but is now estimated to be complete later this month, after a survey for the existing utilities on Yanceyville Road turned…Graham, North Carolina · Graham Read Article

Bureaucratic ambush in Gibsonville

Among the most offensive of local budgets this year has to be that put together in Gibsonville by town manager Ben Baxley. We thought his initial proposal for a whopping 6-cent tax increase was unbelievable, and apparently he got enough feedback from his board that he trimmed it back to 4 cents before presenting the revised version last week, which was adopted unanimously by the board of aldermen. But in the process of “trimming” back an unreaso…Taxes · Graham Read Article

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