Alamance County News

The Alamance County Board of Commissioners agreed this week to sell property at 706 W. Haggard Ave., to Elon University after no upset bids were received.

Detention officers at the Alamance County jail are following "special provisions" for an inmate with intellectual disabilities, a spokesman for the sheriff's department said Wednesday.

A Burlington man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly set fire to a storage building on a property where he is a tenant.

The Rotary Club of Morehead City-Noon announced that it will help Make-A-WishA Eastern North Carolina grant wishes to two children based in Carteret County with life-threatening medical conditions.

Membership in local gangs is growing, members of a law enforcement task force told the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education Monday.

Robert Mark Jordan, 52, of A. Faucette Lane, Burlington, was charged Tuesday, June 18, 2013, by the Alamance County Sheriff's Office with burning other buildings.

On Tuesday night, the City Council - with Mayor Pro-tem David Huffman and Councilman Jim Butler absent - adopted a resolution allowing the purchase of the 2.21-acre site on Bonnar Bridge Parkway.

The other college presidents nearly laughed Earl Danieley out of the place when he publicly entertained the possibility Republican Jim Holshouser might be elected governor.

The city of Burlington is offering a housing repair program specifically for low- and very low-income households with special needs that require immediate modifications or repairs to ensure the residents' safety.

Kenneth G. Smith, 29, of N.C. 49 South, Burlington, was charged by Elon police June 17 with two counts of unlawfully obtaining a credit card and 12 counts of obtaining property by false pretense.

EMILY Anderson and Kellie Ann Grubbs had an unusual housewarming on Easter Sunday in March.

Sheetz Inc. and Samet Corp. have partnered on the construction of a 250,000-square-foot distribution and production facility in Burlington, N.C. Sheetz recently selected Samet as the contractor in charge of construction management for the $32.8 million center that is a cornerstone of expansion plans for the retailer.

James Michael Bowman, 48, of Major Hill Road, Graham, was charged June 17 by Alamance County deputies with possession with intent to sell/deliver marijuana, manufacturing a schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The Human Relations Council's mission is "to promote cultural diversity to better serve the needs of the citizens of Alamance County."

The Alamance County Board of Commissioners didn't have a majority vote necessary to approve the 2013-14 county budget ordinance on Monday and will meet again early next week to take another vote on the issue.

A property tax rate increase of 2 cents is likely in 2013-14, providing $2.4 million in additional revenues.

There are still thousands of people without power in the Triad after severe storms tore through the area on Thursday.

In 2008, Alamance County Adult Protective Services responded to about 175 cases where residents over 60 were left without care, physically abused or taken advantage of financially.

The announced partnership between Samet Corp. and Sheetz is a winning combination, say Burlington city officials awaiting construction of the Sheetz distribution center on Whites Kennel Road.

The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for the replacement of seven bridges in Alamance and Caswell counties.