/tags/burlington Burlington en-US Copyright Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:55:00 GMT /education/2025-03-24/alamance-schools-telehealth 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. Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:55:00 GMT /education/2025-03-24/alamance-schools-telehealth Walker Livingston /education/2024-09-18/alamance-burlington-superintendent-aaron-fleming 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. Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:46:44 GMT /education/2024-09-18/alamance-burlington-superintendent-aaron-fleming Will Michaels /education/2024-05-16/alamance-burlington-school-budget-proposal-cuts-positions-avoids-layoffs 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. Thu, 16 May 2024 19:53:39 GMT /education/2024-05-16/alamance-burlington-school-budget-proposal-cuts-positions-avoids-layoffs Will Michaels /education/2024-03-28/alamance-burlington-superintendent-schools-deep-budget-cuts 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. Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:59:00 GMT /education/2024-03-28/alamance-burlington-superintendent-schools-deep-budget-cuts Will Michaels /news/2023-03-25/alamance-community-college-celebrates-grand-opening-of-new-multi-million-dollar-biotech-center State and federal leaders joined Burlington officials at a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening Friday. Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:18:00 GMT /news/2023-03-25/alamance-community-college-celebrates-grand-opening-of-new-multi-million-dollar-biotech-center Sharryse Piggott /news/2022-12-09/kentucky-paxton-media-buys-six-north-carolina-newspapers-gannett The six newspapers changing owners from Gannett to Paxton are the Burlington Times-News, the Asheboro Courier-Tribune, the Kinston Free Press, the New Bern Sun Journal, and The Daily News of Jacksonville. Fri, 09 Dec 2022 17:46:23 GMT /news/2022-12-09/kentucky-paxton-media-buys-six-north-carolina-newspapers-gannett Mitchell Northam /health/2022-07-06/nc-based-labcorp-offers-monkeypox-test-wake-confirm The test is already approved to detect orthopoxviruses, which include monkeypox. Wake County confirmed its first case of monkeypox — the third in North Carolina — on Wednesday. Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:08:20 GMT /health/2022-07-06/nc-based-labcorp-offers-monkeypox-test-wake-confirm Bradley George /sports/2021-05-11/prospects-sock-puppets-milb-baseball-back-north-carolina-durham-bulls After a hiatus of about 20 months due to COVID-19, Minor League Baseball has returned in North Carolina. The Durham Bulls, armed with the game's top prospect, open at home on May 11. And the newly-named Burlington Royals begin play in June. Tue, 11 May 2021 11:34:35 GMT /sports/2021-05-11/prospects-sock-puppets-milb-baseball-back-north-carolina-durham-bulls Mitchell Northam /sports/2020-09-30/mlb-converts-appalachian-league-including-burlington-royals-into-college-summer-circuit Major League Baseball started the process of eliminating minor league affiliates Tuesday, with the Appalachian League converted to a college summer… Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:01:58 GMT /sports/2020-09-30/mlb-converts-appalachian-league-including-burlington-royals-into-college-summer-circuit Associated Press, Mitchell Northam /race-demographics/2020-08-12/rev-greg-drumwright-calls-for-change-in-graham-nascar Greg Drumwright has spent most of his life in North Carolina’s Triad region. He was raised in Burlington, attended college at North Carolina A&T and then… Wed, 12 Aug 2020 11:52:15 GMT /race-demographics/2020-08-12/rev-greg-drumwright-calls-for-change-in-graham-nascar Mitchell Northam