Cooper visits Lowgap to deliver supplies, honor Bledsoe
Cedar Ridge Elementary School in Lowgap on Tuesday welcomed to campus North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper who was on hand to deliver boxes of school supplies, tour classrooms to see learning in action, and...
View ArticleBear raids local bird feeders
ARARAT, Va. — The Patrick County countryside normally is a quiet, uneventful place, but that was not the case recently when Mary Dellenback Hill encountered an unexpected visitor in her yard. It was a...
View ArticleMayberry: Kindest town in America?
Kindness, tinged with a smattering of emotion, was on display Friday morning during the Mayor’s Proclamation and official Opening Ceremony for the 2023 Mayberry Days. The concept of kindness, and how...
View ArticleA Mayberry wedding: Dressed as Charlene and Ernest T., couple marries
It wasn’t exactly Dud Wash and Charlene Darling joining in holy matrimony, but it was doggone close. Bonita Sohn and Chris Bray, two long-time friends from Elizabeth City, were married Friday morning...
View ArticleChanges in works for Market Street
The Market Street Arts and Entertainment District that has operated in downtown Mount Airy since 2020 is being taken to another level, including an expansion of its schedule to seven days per week. The...
View ArticleDiners, chefs, community to benefit from Dinner on Main
Next weekend Pilot Mountain will shut down its Main Street to hold another installment of Foothills Dinner on Main. The unique event born in 2017 is a chance for people to visit the town and enjoy...
View ArticleSCC nursing student awarded Cherokee scholarship
DOBSON — A nursing student at Surry Community College has become one of only 10 individuals in America to be awarded an A Nurse I Am Scholarship, and its first-ever local recipient since the program...
View ArticleGreenway grand opening planned Monday
Years of planning and development will reach fruition Monday when a new section of the Granite City Greenway officially is welcomed into Mount Airy’s family of recreational facilities. The grand...
View ArticleJordan, Willis honored by state agency
Two Surry County officials were recently recognized by the Association of North Carolina Boards of Health, honoring the two for their “extraordinary contributions to public health,” according to the...
View ArticleJoyce recognized for financial performance
Tammy Joyce, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Mount Airy, recently was invited to attend the firm’s Financial Advisor Leaders Conference, which celebrates the contributions and achievements of 400...
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