Auditor says ABSS has ‘turned finances around’
The Alamance-Burlington school system ended the 2025-26 fiscal year on June 30 in the black, with approximately $3.7 million in unassigned fund balance, or rainy-day savings, based on preliminary results of the financial audit. The $3.7 million in unassigned fund balance that ABSS ended the previous fiscal year with represents...
State-issued bonuses trickle down to local law enforcement
One perk in the state’s latest annual budget has begun to come through in a big way for local law enforcement officers across Alamance County. Earlier this week, the county’s board of commissioners and Burlington’s city council accepted their share of the nearly $40 million that the budget sets aside to give sworn police officers and sheriff’s deputies one-time bonuses of $1,750 apiece.
City of Greensboro reaches halfway point on Road to 10,000 housing initiative
Editor’s Note: The video above accompanied an April 27, 2026, news report on Greensboro’s Road to 10,000 housing initiative. GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – The City of Greensboro has already surpassed the halfway point in its goal to complete the Road to 10,000 housing initiative by 2030. The project is designed to increase housing capacity in […]
County’s early voting off to a breakneck start, up almost 50% from last mid-term...
Turnout during the opening days of early voting this fall has, so far, blown away the figures from the last midterm election in 2022. According to Alamance County’s elections office, a total of 13,553 people in Alamance County had cast their ballots by the time that the polls closed on Tuesday – the fourth day of early voting ahead of the general election on November 3. This total amounts to a 46 percent jump over the 9,280 voters that the elections office had logged by the fourth day of early v
Board of Commissioners Candidate Mike Perdue Addresses Past Criminal Charges
Mike Perdue, the Republican candidate for the at-large seat on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, responded to questions about past criminal charges in an interview Thursday. Guilford County Court records show Perdue had 13 charges against him between 1983 and 2014, ranging from speeding and misdemeanor larceny to driving...
Drought expert: Lack of water ‘pretty severe’ in some N.C. counties
Four North Carolina counties are facing extreme drought conditions, prompting state and local leaders to ask residents to conserve water by using it for critical needs only. Residents in Caswell, […]
Lows remain in the 40s for the next week in the Triad
PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Are you loving the sunshine? We hope so, because the forecast stays sunny through the beginning of next week! High temperatures will hold steadily in the lower-70s under sunny skies today. Our moon is getting fatter, and you’ll be able to see a lot of texture on the surface of […]
Gas leak closes McEwen Dining Hall until further notice
Crews work to repair a leaking gas line outside of McEwen Dining Hall, Oct. 21. The dining hall remains closed. McEwen Dining Hall is closed until further notice because of a gas leak first reported Oct. 18, according to Vice President for Student Life Jon Dooley. There is no estimated time or date for when McEwen will reopen.
Greensboro monument inspired by chilling Holocaust photograph marks 6,000-visitor milestone
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Greensboro monument immortalizing a group of women who were killed in the Holocaust marked a milestone on Wednesday. Women of the Shoah celebrated the 6,000th visitor to experience the guided educational tour at “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots,” a monument in LeBauer Park. The sculpture, dedicated in April 2023, […]
Justin Jackson sees no reason to panic over Indiana loss
Justin Jackson isn’t worried about Michael Malone’s first Carolina team after a 76–58 exhibition loss at Indiana that left some fans uneasy. Jackson said on the “Tar Heel Tribune Podcast” that the setting matters, as does Indiana’s veteran, physical front line. It was also the first game in a road environment for a roster that had played only one other exhibition, an 88–70 win over Southern Cal in Greensboro.
