Graham News

Children who will be 4 or older on or before Aug. 31 may be eligible to register for pre-kindergarten classes for the 2012-13 school year.

John Locklear says that what he learned Thursday at an employment opportunities forum and jobs fair may very well lead to the career he has always wanted in law enforcement.

Greene County Emergency Services Director Randy Skinner told the Greene County Board of Commissioners at this week's meeting his department received a $9,500 Hazardous Materials Emergency Planning Grant under the N.C. Department of Emergency Management.

Alamance County -- Over a period of several weeks the Computer Crimes and Forensics Investigations Unit of the Alamance County Sheriff's Office has been conducting a number of cyber crime investigations.

The Centre of Performing Arts will present "The Doll That Couldn't Dance" at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Paramount Theater in Burlington.

With that as the goal, Graham is sponsoring an Employment Opportunities Forum and Jobs Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the University of North Carolina's Regional Center at COMtech.

A short dead-end road with no through-access will be permanently closed, if a petition from property owners is approved.

There is a saying that Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week. But a group of area Christian pastors say they want to change that fact this Sunday with the annual Unity Service.

Analysts and observers see the potential for gasoline price hikes ranging from five to almost 20 cents per litre across Canada this spring and summer.

Elon students visiting the Elon Town Center can now get pizza and ice cream, two college staples, in one place.

A man pleaded guilty Friday in the abduction and slaying of a 7-year-old Florida girl who was found in a landfill.

Cedar Cliff United Methodist Church is holding a country breakfast from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. today at the church at 4683 Cedar Cliff Road in Graham with ham, sausage, eggs, bacon, biscuits, gravy, fruit, homemade pastries and jelly and grits.

Philipps made her plans official Thursday morning during a gathering of supporters at the Captain James White House in Graham.

The 2012 version of Alamance la Carte, a culinary fundraiser of the Alamance County Arts Council, is set for March 2, and tickets for this popular event go on sale Feb.

At least one lane of Interstate 40 shut down by a rock slide on Tuesday could be open by Feb.

A Graham funeral director who lost his license in December now faces criminal charges for allegedly taking a woman's life insurance money after her husband's death.

Competitions contribute to the overall 4-H experience. Here, Haywood County 4-H'ers show goats.

A former director for Scotland County Cooperative Extension will be one of the featured speakers for a BioAg Symposium on Friday.

Sharpe was born and raised in Graham, N.C. and lives there currently with his wife Alma.

Two hikers from Charlotte were found unharmed about 1 a.m. Sunday after they were separated from their hiking party around noon Saturday in the Wilson Creek area of northwestern Caldwell County.