Alamance News

Alamance Battleground State Historic Site is playing host to three days of special, family-friendly activities that began Thursday and will continue with an 18th-century Living Experience and Patriots' Day on Saturday and Sunday.

The Gibsonville Museum is open on the third Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Next open date is Saturday.

"I'm your Huckleberry," the famous quote from the film "Tombstone" adorns T-shirts for the band, Huckleberry Blue.

Environmental groups and state regulators are worried about a North Carolina Senate bill that repeals laws intended to improve water quality in Jordan Lake.

LIFESPAN Circle School, a local day care center for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will hold a junior olympics and spring carnival on May 17.

The regional agency that oversees mental health care in Alamance County has announced new leadership to oversee its managed care.

Three volunteer fire departments are asking the Alamance County Board of Commissioners to approve tax rate increases in their districts so they can meet budget needs for 2013-14. Representatives from E.M. Holt, North Eastern Alamance, and Snow Camp volunteer fire departments presented their request to the board last week.

Lindsay Allison Forrester of Burlington and Derek Cloyd Denard of Winston-Salem were married at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Grove Park Baptist Church, Burlington.

College of The Albemarle President Kandi Deitemeyer is one of six finalists for the president's job at Alamance Community College in Graham, members of the COA board of trustees have confirmed.

WASHINGTON More than a dozen North Carolina sheriffs have banned together with other sheriffs from Arizona to Pennsylvania in opposition to a bipartisan U.S. Senate proposal to overhaul the nation's immigration laws.

It's a memorial that has a special meaning for the families of the names placed on the first, Fallen Heroes Memorial in Alamance County .

Students from Alamance Christian School will present "The Sweet Sounds of Spring" on May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Colonial Hardware store in Graham.

Alamance Community College has whittled its list of finalists for its next president to six and released names of the candidates this morning.

Still looking for a Mother's Day or graduation gift? Then don't miss your last chance to visit this year's Mega Purse Sale, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at Holly Hill Mall and Business Center.

Summer nights are made for music. There's nothing better than sitting in a lawn chair, with the sun setting behind you, listening to the groovy vibes of a live band.

Oddly enough, it's a designation often applied to tasks that constitute the backbone of our communities - teaching, law enforcement, fire protection and rescuers - those whose daily contributions are too vast to simply ignore or overlook.

North Carolina is in the basement when it comes to unemployment. Our unemployment rate sits at 9.2% . The national average is 7.5%. This new project is expected to attract job seekers from the Triad to the Triangle.

With the stroke of a pen Wednesday, Gov. Pat McCrory ensured no mother would have to fight for justice the way Danna Fitzgerald did.

Alamance County Rec. and Parks is co-sponsoring the Tim Selinske US Masters Disc Golf Championship from May 17-19 at Cedarock Park, open to current PDGA members, tour officials and players qualified for their division based on age.

The Burlington City Council decided Tuesday to have staff review the city's discretionary authority in determining where sewage byproducts are spread, and immediately stop spreading the treated waste byproducts on fields near schools during school days.