Why Alamance County’s Pro-Trump Sheriff Iced Out ICE
Terry Johnson abruptly ended his agreement to hold immigrant detainees just before Trump’s crackdown in N.C.
Changing An Election, One Conversation At a Time
Deep canvassing can sway voters much more than other persuasion methods. Can it change votes in Alamance County?
How Blue-Collar Candidates Could Change Politics
An upstart effort to get more working-class people to run for political office takes root in Ashe and Alamance counties.
An Alamance Hot Dog Legend At a Crossroads
Zack’s Hotdogs is a case study in what happens when a decades-old restaurant changes hands.
A Big Gap In This Year’s Legislature
Alamance County Democrat Ricky Hurtado was the first Latino elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2020, but the glimpse of representation was short-lived.
King of The Road
Last year, the Burlington City Council unanimously supported transforming a bleak avenue leading from the interstate to downtown. Then power broker Sam Hunt derailed the plan—and helped exile the three-term mayor.
A New Democratic Playbook
Ricky Hurtado bucked party strategists to run a different kind of campaign. Is he the vanguard of Latinx electoral power and millennial campaigning in North Carolina?
More Alamance County Coverage
Behind the Piece: “Today’s Outlaws”
An interview with writer Belle Boggs and a look at the reporting behind “Today’s Outlaws.”
Today’s Outlaws
Extraordinary actions by law enforcement in Graham, North Carolina, briefly captured national headlines last Halloween. But the long-rooted violence it exposed, and the protest movement that endured, are here to stay.