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Courthouse tragedy drama returns to Hillsville
Courthouse Productions will stage “Thunder in the Hills” again at the historic Carroll County Courthouse, North Main Street, Hillsville, Virginia, beginning April 7. The play, which is performed in the...
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SCC holds practical nurse graduation
Eight students recently graduated as practical nurses from Surry Community College. Pictured, from left, are Krystal Simmons of Ararat, Jessica Aguahedionda of Ronda, Brittany Cline of Ararat, Elaine...
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Market Street hits snag
History is not being kind to the city of Mount Airy concerning plans for a major upgrade in a key section of its downtown area. This involves the discovery of a lease that was forged in 1938 between...
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Aaron Blackwelder pottery workshop set for Saturday at Mount Airy Museum of...
The next session in a series of workshops at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History will feature the art of pottery, while another museum program, set for Sunday, has been canceled. On Saturday the...
View ArticleHealth Department Inspections
Health Department Inspections is a regular listing of inspections conducted in Surry County establishments by North Carolina health officials. The listing includes restaurants, schools, day care...
View ArticleCity schools seeking county funds for buildings
City school officials will appear before the Surry County Board of Commissioners to discuss two building renovations with total estimates of $5.68 million tonight. One structure is on the high school...
View ArticleOpposition raised to new apartments
A Jamestown firm that already has successfully developed one Mount Airy apartment complex and is in the process of launching another has encountered some opposition in its plans for a third. The most...
View ArticleSheriff: Nothing new in skeleton case
DOBSON — No further information is available in the case of a skeleton found near Mount Airy nearly a week ago. According to Sheriff Graham Atkinson, authorities have yet to receive the results of an...
View ArticleCommunications center plans halted
DOBSON — County commissioners pumped the brakes on a plan to relocate the county’s 911 communications center. Monday evening the Surry County Board of Commissioners voted not to move forward with a...
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Health Department Inspections is a regular listing of inspections conducted in Surry County establishments by North Carolina health officials. The listing includes restaurants, schools, day care...
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County to buy former grocery store
DOBSON — Surry County will shell out $1.5 million for a property adjacent to the Surry County Government Center. Following a closed session at Monday evening’s meeting of the Surry County Board of...
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• A man was jailed under a $77,315 secured bond early Wednesday on a series of weapons and drug-related charges, according to Mount Airy Police Department reports. Travis Wayne Burkhart, 37, of 182...
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Byerly moving to middle school
Olivia Byerly has been named the new principal of Mount Airy Middle School. The city Board of Education approved transferring Byerly from Tharrington Primary School to the middle school to take on the...
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Rep. Foxx to visit city
Fifth District Rep. Virginia Foxx, who serves Surry County in Congress, is scheduled to visit Mount Airy next Thursday — but that will be limited to one appearance at a local school, according to...
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City stalls intersection improvements
Possible improvements to what has been described as a confusing intersection in Mount Airy came to a screeching halt Thursday afternoon. The Mount Airy Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 against...
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7th Annual Bizfest event a success
MOUNT AIRY — The seventh-annual Bizfest went off with out a hitch Thursday, according to organizers. On Thursday, 44 business vendors set up in the large meeting room at Cross Creek Country Club in...
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$1.4 million needed for school capital
DOBSON — Surry County Schools will need about $1.4 million for special projects in the upcoming fiscal year, according to school officials. Dr. Travis Reeves, Surry County Schools superintendent,...
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Official: Void greenway pact
Plans for an extension of Mount Airy’s greenway system, which seemed to be moving right along, have taken an unexpected turn — including a call by one city official to cancel a contract for the...
View ArticleMarriage licenses issued in Surry County
The following marriage licenses were issued in Surry County. • Edward W. Bryant, 61, of Mount Airy, and Brenda G. Doss, 55, of Lincolnton. Issued March 30. • Adam D. Duncan, 31, and Susan E. Crissman,...
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Schools request more operating funds
DOBSON — Surry County Schools officials are requesting nearly $900,000 for locally funded pay supplements in addition to an increase in regular operational funding. However, unless House Bill 13 gets...
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