Lenoir, NC

Mount Airy, NC

Surry County, NC

For over a year now Rhonda Baylor has been trying to make an impact where she is able in order to improve the lives of others in Surry County. She called her group “Bruised Not Broken” to symbolize that although life can throw challenges and obstacles in your way but that does not mean it is time to throw hands in the and give up.

Nonprofit celebrates anniversary

North Carolina State

Raleigh, NC

Yuridia Gallegos, a junior at Surry Early College High School of Design, has been accepted to attend the N.C. Governor’s Page Program. The Governor’s Page Program gives high school students from across North Carolina the opportunity to go to Raleigh for a week of hands-on participation in their state government. The program is designed to help students grow in four key areas which are civics, history, service, and professional development.

Early College student accepted governor’s page program

When presenting an overview of the Mount Airy City Schools to the county commissioners, Superintendent Dr. Kim Morrison recently used a comparison she likes and presented the health of the school system as though it were a business. She said they have grown from a $17 million company to a...

Mount Airy Schools grow market share, add students

Greensboro, NC

Earlier this month, Surry County Schools was named a School District Cup Winner at the Second Annual North Carolina Showcase, hosted by the North Carolina Association of Scholastic Activities at the UNC Greensboro Auditorium. This is the sixth time that Surry County Schools has won the School District Cup since 2013.

Surry Schools win NCASA Cup

For many Memorial Day marks the start of the summer season. As the season changes, the hours at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History are changing as well. This past weekend they started new summer hours. Monday through Saturday they will be open from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day, and will be open on Sunday from 1 – 4 p.m.

Museum has summer hours and special events

California State

Set for Friday, Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park. Although the Mount Airy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention doesn’t officially begin until Friday, musicians near and far already have begun making their way to its familiar confines at Veterans Memorial Park on West Lebanon Street. That even included someone venturing...

Fiddlers convention tuning up for weekend

• A camper valued at $4,000 was discovered stolen in Mount Airy Tuesday morning, according to city police reports. The theft occurred in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 300 block of Franklin Street, with the owner of the property identified as Christopher Michael Fleeger of Franklin Street.

Police reports

The Catalinas kick off a three-concert weekend with a 7:30 p.m. show at the Blackmon Amphitheatre. (Hobart Jones | Surry Arts Council) The Extraordinaires will cap off a musical weekend with a Saturday concert in Mount Airy. (Hobart Jones | Surry Arts Council) The Surry Arts Council’s Summer Concert Series...

Three concerts slated this week

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City spending $1.5 million to stem sewage crisis

Sewage — more-glamorously known as “wastewater” — isn’t a pleasant topic by any name, and Mount Airy officials hope to prevent the worst scenario of all:...

City spending $1.5 million to stem sewage crisis

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