Fayetteville, NC

Mount Airy, NC

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

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

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

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

Letter carriers normally don’t take away items from local homes — usually it’s a matter of leaving behind materials such as bills, advertising circulars or maybe a birthday or Christmas card. But it was a different story on May 13, when Mount Airy postal employees collected thousands...

Local lettercarriers collectfood for bank

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Middle schoolers face off in debate competition

Five middle schools recently faced off in the North Regional Debate Competition hosted at Piney Grove Baptist Church in Mount Airy, with students from Gentry Middle...

Middle schoolers face off in debate competition

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