Alamance County

The Alamance-Burlington School System, Burlington Pediatrics, and Cone Health have partnered to provide students at Hillcrest Elementary School with telehealth services during the school day.

The Alamance-Burlington School System has sworn in Aaron Fleming as its new superintendent. Fleming has served as the superintendent of Harnett County Schools for the past seven years, and was previously an education policy advisor to state House Speaker Tim Moore.

Ace Speedway in Alamance County and its owners accuse Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration of violating its constitutional rights. The state Supreme Court agreed unanimously Friday that the speedway can seek financial damages.

Leaders of the Alamance-Burlington School System have approved a budget proposal that realigns dozens of positions amid the district's funding crisis. The proposal also cuts nearly 70 vacant positions.

Bill Harrison, the newly named interim superintendent of the Alamance-Burlington School System, says the district will have to cut programs or positions amid its budget crisis.

Republicans state lawmakers have overridden Democratic Governor Roy Cooper's veto of the 'Parents Bill of Rights.' The bill would bar instruction on gender identity, sexuality or sexuality in elementary schools and would require schools to notify a parent if their child changes their name or pronouns.

Cooper submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday calling the Southgate pipeline unnecessary.

The MVP Southgate project is an extension of the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry natural gas from West Virginia close to the North Carolina state line.

Recent state legislation will speed up plans to build a 70-mile trail along the Haw River between Greensboro and Chatham County.

The House Education Committee advanced the bill requiring all public school teachers in most circumstances to alert parents before they call a student by a different name or pronoun. It would also prohibit instruction about gender identity and sexuality in K-4 classrooms.