Altamahaw News

A fine, retentive memory and a good mind for details are your chief characteristics.

Burlington and Alamance County residents are invited Thursday to hear about conservation and restoration efforts of three impaired Alamance County creeks.

“It just takes a little longer because they have to fill out a voter registration form”

Elections offices across the state are taking extraordinary steps and hiring more people as they prepare for an anticipated onslaught of voters this spring. via Kinston Free Press

“It's not like putting a tomato seed in the ground and watering and fertilizing it and knowing that three months later you'll have a tomato”

Franklin Garland of Hillsborough pulls a gallon-sized plastic bag out of his freezer, opens it up and breathes in the nutty, earthy aroma. via News & Record

“We can't afford any longer to have these formulas discussed in isolation”

A legislative study committee on Wednesday recommended taking $32.5 million from the lottery reserve fund and giving it to 57 counties to use for school construction. via The Gaston Gazette