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Alamance County hires new county attorney, while new city manager gets started.

A group of Murray State University music students recently competed in the National Trumpet Competition (NTC), the largest instrument competition in the world

The Alamance County Board of Commissioners announced its plans to hire a new county manager.

$1.5 million: revenue on once cent of property tax 3%: increase in county tax base 7.04 cents: Amount of property tax dedicated to education capital spending, paying down bond debt and directly funding projects generating $8.6 million for the Alamance-Burlington School System and $2.1 million for Alamance Community College 3.6 cents: dedicated to the “debt step down” program, $2.6 million paying down county capital spending and $2.9 million ACC borrowing, not from its $39.6 million bond issue 0.96 cents: dedicated county equipment plan, AKA the “penny plan,” $1.5 million including $40...

Alamance County commissioners agree local schools have serious needs, but are particular about from which pots of money schools spend. “I don’t want us to be a roadblock to what the school board needs,” said Alamance County Commissioner Steve Carter. “The only issue for me is how do we pay for it and making sure the way we pay for it is the most efficient for our taxpayers.” Thank you for supporting local journalism as a Times-News subscriber The commissioners approved letting the Alamance-Burlington School System use nearly $4.8 million from its capital reserves for a set of projec...