The decision denies a constitutional right to an abortion, overturning almost 50 years of precedent.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence today. All House Democrats and 14 Republicans voted for the legislation, and the final vote was 234-193. This marks the first major gun safety legislation since the 1994 assault weapons ban. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden for his signature. He is expected to sign.
Beginning July 1, at-risk kids in the Burlington-Alamance area can attend a day treatment program at Another Chance Treatment Center in Burlington. The program is designed for children and adolescents between the ages of five and 20 who struggle with behavioral issues.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a century-old New York gun law today that placed strict restrictions on carrying a concealed firearm in public for self-defense purposes. This comes at the same time the U.S. Senate is working to pass a bipartisan gun safety bill, and other states, including North Carolina, are in the process of passing gun safety bills. The 6-3 decision found that requiring applicants applying for a concealed carry license to demonstrate a special reason for self-defense is a violation of the Second Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court released a key decision today in the ongoing fight over North Carolina voting laws, ruling 8-1 that leaders of the state’s Republican legislature can defend a photo identification law in court. The court’s ruling did not discuss the merits of having photo ID laws. Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the majority opinion, based this decision on the right of partisan state governments to represent themselves in court.
For Dave Wright, the playwright and director of the Paramount Acting Company’s newest original play “The Last Boomer on Earth,” the show is a walk down memory lane.
Burlington Animal Services announced June 21 in a media release it received a $60,000 investment for its lifesaving work with animals across Alamance County. The animal shelter celebrated its grant from the national nonprofit Petco Love earlier this month at the closest Petco store location to the county in Greensboro.
For Green Level residents like Todd Corbett, the town’s Juneteenth celebration is both a celebration to commemorate the end of slavery, but also a chance to see the community members they grew up with.
A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina against the Graham police department and Alamance County Sheriff Department, which alleged the use of excessive force by the police departments against protestors during a voting rights march. The city of Graham, Graham police department and county sheriff will pay $336,900 to the group of plaintiffs represented by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
The Peace Corps Prep program is centered around four core competencies: sector-specific skills, foreign language proficiency, intercultural competence and professional savvy and leadership. Elon has ranked seventh among 150 partner universities for the number of certificates awarded in 2021. This year, ten Elon students received a certificate.
Juneteenth National Independence Day, also known as Emancipation Day, commemorates June 19, 1865, when the end of slavery was announced in Galveston, Texas, two years after the ratification of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday last year by President Joe Biden.
Nine vehicle break-ins and two stolen vehicles have been reported to the town of Elon police in the last couple of weeks, according to a June 15 email from Jon Dooley, vice president for student life. Many, but not all, of the vehicles belong to Elon University students.
Elon police are investigating a series of vehicle break-ins after four Elon University students and one Graham resident reported on June 13 their vehicles had been broken into, according to an incident report obtained from the Town Police Department.
According to an E-alert sent out June 14 at 10:45 a.m., a black bear was spotted in the area of Saddle Club Road and Pineway Drive in Burlington, about three minutes from Elon University.
Alamance County will remain under a heat advisory through 8 p.m. June 13, according to the National Weather Service, after high temperatures state and nationwide. The county will be under an excessive heat warning from noon to 8 p.m. June 14, with temperatures expected to reach highs between 110 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
One of Elon University’s student apartment complexes, Park Place at Elon, is at the center of a dispute in which Greensboro-based Samet Corporation is suing a subcontractor and architecture company hired to work on the mixed-use development for allegedly failing to provide services in a way that would have prevented future structural damage to the property.
It has been 1,578 days since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that sparked the youth-led March for Our Lives movement. 1,540 days after the first demonstration, thousands of people gathered once again Saturday in Raleigh, Washington D.C. and across the country to protest a recent string of national gun violence.
The Burlington Police Department is investigating two shootings that have occurred in Alamance County in three days, according to June 6 and June 7 media releases.
Elon University alumna and former staff member Tammy Cobb ‘87 began her role as executive director at Alamance Arts in Burlington on May 16.
Teachers could be banned from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity to students in kindergarten through third grades after a bill was passed by the North Carolina State Senate on June 1. House Bill 755, also known as the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” passed with a vote of 28 for and 18 against. Now, the bill will go to the State House of Representatives.
