Crowd celebrates new clinic location

Building owner looking for Barber Hosiery artifacts. Tony Kirby shows off some of the memorabilia he has already collected from the former Barber Hosiery Mills including scales and the time clock. Kirby want to collect items from Barber Hosiery’s history circa 1938 to 1972 to create a display at the offices of his business K&D Sign in Mount Airy which was one the home of Barber Hosiery.

Northern Regional Hospital has partnered with DailyPay—a provider of on-demand pay—to provide an essential employee benefit to healthcare employees. Through the partnership, Northern Regional Hospital employees will have the power of choice and control over their earned pay to pay bills, save, spend, or invest on their own schedule.

Sara Lowe, a teacher at Mount Airy High School, has been awarded an Ag in the Classroom “Going Local” grant by the North Carolina Farm Bureau to promote the importance of agriculture among youths. Outreach grants provided to educators in the state through the Ag in the Classroom...

Editor’s Note: Community Comment is a periodic column in The Mount Airy News featuring commentary from community leaders in Mount Airy and Surry County. This month is Board Appreciation Month and I wrote this column last year. I feel it is worth publishing again with some slight updates. We appreciate our Board of Education. Mount Airy City Schools (MACS) has an amazing Board of Education (BOE). The members go above and beyond to volunteer their time in support of the superintendent and school district as well as listen to the direction of the community. This team of professionals attends two board meetings a month, many school events throughout the year, and statewide training sessions. The role of the board is:

In recording deeds, the state of North Carolina does not require that the amount paid for a parcel be stated on the deed. However a tax stamp at the rate of $2 for every $1,000 in value is affixed to each deed. Recent real estate transfers recorded in the Surry...

The identity of an inmate who died in the custody of the Surry County Sheriff has been released. In a statement released late Friday the Surry County Sheriff’s Office said that Joseph Garrett Koehler, a 26-year-old white man, was found unresponsive at the detention center on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 23 at approximately 5:24 a.m.

Editor’s Note: Reader Diary is a periodic column written by local residents, Surry County natives, and readers of The Mount Airy News. If you have a submission for Reader Diary, email it to John Peters at jpeters@mtairynews.com. With three-foot icicles hanging from the roof and the windows “frosted up,”...

• A Mount Airy man was jailed under a large secured bond this week on charges of assault on a government official and resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer, according to city police reports. Jason Alexander Austin, 40, of 147 W. Lebanon St., No. 1, was encountered Wednesday by...

The Surry County Community Corrections office is seeking information on the whereabouts of the following individuals:. • Jesus Jose Arellana, 31, a Hispanic male wanted on a post-release warrant and probation violations who is on supervision for felony larceny of motor vehicle, resisting a public officer, fleeing to elude arrest, driving while license is revoked and driving while impaired;

Coach Mandy Holt and her daughter Addy are presented a bouquet of flowers by Surry Central Athletic Director Wes Evans. Mandy Holt is presented a congratulatory letter from UNC men’s basketball coach Hubert Davis in honor of her 200th career win. Cory Smith | The News. Surry Central’s girls...