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🌱 Why Alamance officers flooded the U.S. 70 corridor Friday night

Alamance, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Alamance officers flooded the U.S. 70 corridor Friday night
  • How Buc-ee’s could reshape traffic, taxes, and jobs in Alamance.
  • How Alamance tipsters can help after shots hit a Graham home

Also on today's calendar: Stories on the Big Screen: Big Fish and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Very hot, with a high of 100 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 95, low: 69.
  • Sunday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 96 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Burlington police lead multi-agency traffic safety operation along US-70 corridor (abc45.com) — Burlington police led a late-night, multi-agency traffic safety crackdown along the U.S. 70 corridor, using a mobile breath-testing unit to ease pressure on the Alamance County Jail’s breath lab. Officers from Alamance County and nearby departments made 43 stops, issuing 36 charges ranging from speeding and DWI to drug offenses, targeting intersections with some of the city’s highest crash rates.
   

2. BREAKING WED: Officials laud Mebane Buc-ee's at groundbreaking (alamancenews.com) — A massive Buc-ee’s travel center is officially underway in Mebane, poised to become one of Alamance County’s biggest sales tax generators and a major new employer by 2027. Local and state officials highlighted the project’s road improvements, 200 planned full-time jobs, and shared tax benefits for Mebane, Graham, and Alamance County at Wednesday’s groundbreaking.
   

3. Four charged after shots fired into occupied Graham home; no injuries reported (abc45.com) — Graham police have charged four people after shots were fired into an occupied Oakley Street home in April, with no injuries reported. Investigators from Graham and Burlington recovered several stolen firearms, and anyone with information can contact Alamance County Crime Stoppers or local police as the case continues under North Carolina’s Iryna’s Law detention rules.
   

4. Pride Month: Maria Lagunes Flores '29 reflects on a year of self-discovery and belonging (elon.edu) — An Elon University first-year student describes how LGBTQ-focused housing and campus programs helped her find community and shape her academic path. Her journey now includes an internship with Transcend Alamance, where she helps support transgender residents in Alamance County through a bi-monthly newsletter and hopes to carry that sense of belonging into a future education career.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Alamance

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Alamance

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.