''The Mebane Enterprise'' was a newspaper based in

Mebane, North Carolina Mebane ( ) is a city located mostly in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States, and partly in Orange County, North Carolina, Orange County. The town was named for Alexander Mebane, an American Revolutionary War general and member of the U ...

. It was previously known as ''The Alamance-Orange Enterprise'' until February 13, 1991. The ''Enterprise'' was a weekly community newspaper that focuses on local government in Mebane and

Alamance County Alamance County (), from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved September 18, 2012. is a county in North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 171,415. Its county sea ...

, as well as local business and school news. In 2018, the

paid circulation Print circulation is the average number of copies of a publication. The number of copies of a non-periodical publication (such as a book) are usually called print run. Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulat ...

was 3,100, and the free circulation was 81. This newspaper is unrelated to the ''Mebane Enterprise'' (which merged with the Hillsborough Journal in 1965) published from 1920–1967. In January 2024, Womack Publishing announced the ''Mebane Enterprise'' will close its office and merge with '' The News of Orange County'' at the end of the month.

Awards

In 2017 and 2018, the ''Mebane Enterprise'' won 15

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awards: * Education Reporting (1st place, 2018) * Sports Columns (1st place, 2017; 2nd place, 2018) * Best Video (1st place 2017 and 2018; 2nd place 2017 and 2018; 3rd place 2017) * Best Multimedia Project (1st place 2018; 2nd place 2017 and 2018) *

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(2nd place 2017) * Best Niche Publication (2nd place 2018 for Mebane Newcomer's Guide) * Political Reporting (2nd place, 2017) * Religion Reporting (3rd place, 2018)

References

Weekly newspapers published in North Carolina Alamance County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-newspaper-stub