The Times-News

The Times-News is a daily publication located in Burlington, North Carolina. It was established in 1931 through the combination of the Burlington Daily Times and The Burlington News.

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Art teacher finds her groove at Southeast Alamance

5 days ago | thetimesnews.com | Keith Barber

Although Windy Lampson is now Alamance-Burlington School System’s 2025 Teacher of the Year, she did not begin an education career after finishing college. Lampson, now visual arts teacher at Southeast Alamance High School, obtained a master's degree from East Carolina University’s School of Art & Design and began working as a professional painter upon graduation. Her first foray into the field of education was serving as an art teacher at an elementary school, and it wasn't a fit.
Elon University to launch Digital Content Management major this fall

1 week ago | thetimesnews.com | Keith Barber

Elon University's first new communications major in a decade comes in response to how differently the generation of students now approaching college age has experienced all kinds of media compared to previous generations, according to the new major's program director.
Alamance-Burlington Board of Education receives an earful from teacher

1 week ago | thetimesnews.com | Keith Barber

Cassie Dodson, an Exceptional Child Teacher at A.O. Elementary, sounded the alarm bells regarding increased teacher burnout and teacher attrition in the Alamance-Burlington School System during the public comments portion of the most recent meeting of the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education. “Everyone who is not in the first with us every day is making decisions for us, and we’re the ones burning,” said Dodson, a veteran teacher with 14 years of experience. “We cannot keep teaching this chaos.
Burlington's Big Lots to reopen in May

2 weeks ago | thetimesnews.com | Jill Doss-Raines

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save May 15 is the tentative date when the Burlington store of the retail discount chain Big Lots will reopen, according to the stores' new owner. The past year has been a rollercoaster ride for Big Lots shoppers and employees. Big Lots filed for bankruptcy protection on Sept. 9. In December, large "Going Out of Business" and "Closing" signs went in the front windows,...
Alamance County Board of Commissioners approves labeling books in county libraries with parental guidance stickers

2 weeks ago | thetimesnews.com | Keith Barber

The Alamance County Board of Commissioners unanimously has approved placing parental guidance stickers on books in the county’s public libraries. The Alamance County Library Committee voted in February to recommend placing stickers on books containing violence, underage drinking and drug use, or sexually explicit content.
‘The climate that we’re in right now’: Attorney sheds light on settlement in protest lawsuit

3 weeks ago | thetimesnews.com | Keith Barber

Attorney Jaelyn Miller believed she had a strong case against Alamance County and the city of Graham over measures that law enforcement officers took to block a peaceful protest in November 2019. But on Feb. 21, Miller’s clients agreed to a $120,000 settlement with the city of Graham after a mediation session that lasted more than seven hours.
Life took golfer on a winding course

3 weeks ago | thetimesnews.com | Jimmy Tomlin

If you think Richard Watkins stood out on campus in college in the 1970s, when he was one of only a dozen or fewer African Americans in the entire student body, you should’ve seen him on the golf course. Watkins, a native of Guilford County who now lives in Martinsville, Virginia, arrived at the small High Point College in 1972, an African American integrating a sport played predominantly by whites. Tiger Woods hadn’t even been born yet.
Woman unravels a 150-year-old family mystery

1 month ago | thetimesnews.com | Jimmy Tomlin

When Beth Saunders began investigating the mysterious disappearance of Thomas Maness, her great-great-grandfather, she had no idea where the search might lead her — if anywhere. Some three decades later, she unravels the remarkable truth of what really happened to Maness nearly 150 years ago in her new book, “The Search for Thomas Maness.”Saunders, a native of northwestern Randolph County, inherited this mystery back in the 1990s, when she was discussing the family lineage with her grandparents.
Mebane City Council mulls continuation and expansion of downtown Social District

1 month ago | thetimesnews.com | Keith Barber

On May 5, the Mebane City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed continuation and expansion of the Downtown Mebane Social District. Last June, the city council established the social district — an area where people are allowed to openly carry alcoholic beverages purchases in downtown businesses during certain times — for a 12-month trial period.
The toast of Hollywood: The Arc of High Point’s animated film shines at prestigious festival (copy)

1 month ago | thetimesnews.com | Jimmy Tomlin

When participants in a Triad area program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities created a 10-minute animated comedy, they were having fun and proving a point at the same time — namely, that they belong.