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Due to a collapsed culvert, 1353 to 1363 Southern High-Mount Hermon Road, located between
Bellemont-Mt Hermon Road and Rogers Road, has been temporarily closed. Repairs are
estimated to take the next two days, and county officials anticipate the road will be opened by
Thursday, June 27.
For further questions, please contact the Alamance County Emergency Management
Department at 336-227-1365.
This morning, the Alamance County Emergency Management Office and the AO Fire Department were alerted to water leaking from the base of the Ossipee Dam in Altamahaw. Since then, the NC Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Quality Dam Safety Division, and the State Emergency Management Office have been in contact with representatives from the local County Emergency Management Office as well as Glen Raven Mills, owner of the dam. At this time, the dam is categorized as a regulated jurisdictional low hazard dam indicating that if failure occurs, there should be minimal negative impact to property.
Glen Raven Mills along with the AO Fire Department and the Alamance County Emergency Management Office will be working together to regularly monitor the situation and will report any change in status to the Department of Environmental Quality Dam Safety Division.
Due to these conditions, the Altamahaw Paddle Access, Shallow Ford Natural Area Paddle Access, Great Bend Park Paddle Access, and the Glencoe Paddle Access will be closed until further notice.
Alamance County Government Offices, Landfill and Convenience Center, and District and Superior Courts will operate on a three hour delay and will be opening at 11:00am on Tuesday (12-11-18) due to winter weather.
For assistance pertaining to the winter storm, please call the Alamance County Call Center at 336-290-0362.
The Alamance County Graham Recreation Center Shelter located at 311 College Street will be closing as of 8am on Monday, December 10.
For questions pertaining to the winter storm, please call the Alamance County Call Center at 336-290-0362.
Alamance County Government Closings
Alamance County Government closures for Monday (12-10-18) due to inclement weather:
For assistance pertaining to the winter storm, please call the Alamance County Call Center at 336-290-0362
Due to the impending winter storm, the County is currently working to ensure that services remain available to residents.
The County is planning to activate the Emergency Operations Center early Sunday morning staffed with emergency services departments and community partners. The Sheriff’s Department, EMS, and Central Communications (911) are working to up-staff in order to accommodate the anticipated bad weather.
At this time, Social Services and the Health Department are preparing to set up a shelter in case there is significant weather that impacts power. The County will provide information once the decision is made to open the shelter to the public.
For assistance pertaining to the winter storm, please call the Alamance County Emergency Operations Center at 336-290-0362.
The AT&T and Verizon network degradation that impacted 911 call routing and caller location
have now been resolved.
Alamance County will continue to provide updates if any new information is received.
Please be advised that the NC Department of Information Technology has received notice from multiple carriers that there are issues with both wireline and wireless services across the southeast portion of the country.
According to L.V. Pokey Harris, Executive Director of the North Carolina 911 Board, “Carriers are addressing the issues at their respective levels and working toward a resolution.”
In case of emergency, please continue to dial 911 first. If your call does not go through, please dial the alternate emergency number (336) 570-6777.
Alamance County will continue to provide updates as new information is received.
Please be advised that AT&T is experiencing outages that is affecting 911 service in Alamance County. Approximately 13,144 AT&T customers with local 336 exchanges including: 278, 440, 538, 584, 585, and 586 are unable to use their landline or internet service phone to call 911. At this time, the concentration of residents that have been affected reside in West Burlington (including the hospital), Elon, Gibsonville, and Northern Alamance County Communities.
AT&T is currently unable to give estimates for time of repair, but AT&T staff are working to restore service as quickly as possible.
Alamance County urges AT&T customers in these areas to find alternate options to contact the Alamance County Communications Center (911) in case of emergency.
Alamance County will continue to provide updates as new information is received.
Update #1:
To ensure connection to emergency services in Burlington, AT&T customers should call (336) 570-6777 for medical emergencies and (336) 229-3500 for police or fire emergencies occurring in Burlington.