Haw River News

Most local banks will be closed Thursday. The State Employees Credit Union will be closed Thursday and Friday.

A man who broke into a home on Gayle Drive in Haw River earlier this month was charged Wednesday.

A Haw River man faces kidnapping and sex offense charges over an alleged incident involving a 16-year-old girl.

No injuries were reported at the site of Tuesday morning fire at a home in Haw River.

An Alamance County man faces charges relating to "approximately 30 pounds of marijuana plants," according to arrest records at the county magistrate's office.

On the morning of July 13, 2008, the men of Chosen Company hauled themselves up before dawn, preparing for another hot and sweaty day of labor constructing a new combat outpost in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.

Heavy rain caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida dropped as much as five inches in some locations, causing many cities to have sewage spills due to rising water levels.

Not this year, Big Bird. You either, Mickey Mouse. Not even Stephen Colbert nabbed a stray vote in this year's election.

The Alamance County Board of Elections ruled Thursday that no laws were violated in the Haw River precinct in the Green Level town council race on Election Day.

A Haw River woman accused of taking more than 160 DVDs and other items from a Burlington Wal-Mart and pawning them faces more than 40 charges.

Let's start by saying that while we're all for our teachers getting their due, we have to offer a THUMBS DOWN to the idea of using the Alamance-Burlington School System's "rainy day fund" to pay one-time bonuses to teachers and other system employees.

The City of Burlington says a sewage spill on Wednesday is because of heavy rains left from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

Local elections might be many things, but they are never predictable. Outcomes in all Nov.

Two Alamance County teenagers were arrested Monday for drug violations. School Resources officers at Southern Alamance High School arrested them after an investigation from a tip.

She was released after posting a $1,000 bond. * Reginald Keith Watson, 17, of Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road, Graham, was charged Friday by the Alamance County Sheriff's Department with possession with intent to manufacture/sell/distribute marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Tuesday's election proved a night to celebrate for three write-in candidates. Write-ins Carissa Graves and Michael Trollinger captured the two town council seats up for grabs in Green Level, and write-in Kelly Allen triumphed in Haw River.

Unofficial vote tallies from Tuesday put two write-in candidates on the Green Level Town Council and one on the Haw River Town Council.

Alamance County Home School Spelling Bee for fourth to eighth grade home schoolers will be held Jan.

The 87-year-old Haw River man missing since last week was found dead by a hunter in Montgomery County on Friday.

Among a variety of concerns raised by candidates for the upcoming Haw River elections, beautification of the town, the need to attract commercial and housing developments, and lowering tax rates rank the highest.