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Gov. Roy Cooper visited Cedar Ridge Elementary School on Tuesday, delivering school supplies, visiting classrooms, speaking with students and teachers, and talking about the importance of public education with 2023 North Carolina Principal of the Year, Donna Bledsoe. Cedar Ridge Elementary School is a pre-K through fifth grade school in...

The state House voted along party lines Tuesday on a Republican plan to give legislators more control over elections. The governor would be stripped of the power to appoint members of the state Board of Elections. Legislators would select all members of state and local elections boards, with Republican and Democratic leaders appointing equal numbers.

There is high school football action in Surry County, North Carolina this week, and information on how to stream these games is available in this article. Follow High School Football this season on the NFHS Network! Keep tabs on your family or alma mater and tune in!. Other Games in...

DOBSON — Drug busts can occur through traffic stops or searches of homes, and the latest round of major arrests by the Surry County Sheriff’s Office involved a combination of both. As a result, five people have been jailed under large secured bonds — $4 million in one...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — Around 10:00 p.m. Sunday, Surry County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting call on Welcome Baptist Church Road in Mount Airy. When deputies and Mount Airy Police Department officers arrived to the scene, they found Roger Dollyhite with an apparent gunshot wound. Dollyhite, 80, was taken by Surry County Emergency Medical Services to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

The Surry County Board of Elections is hosting a voter registration event Tuesday at the Mount Airy Library from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 145 Rockford Street. The event happens to overlap with an all-day Open House at the library. At the elections board event officials will be working...

2023 is the Year of the Trail in North Carolina. Each month, The Laurel will celebrate with a story about an inspiring trail, related organization or project. The town of Elkin in Surry County is a top regional destination for hiking, biking and other trail activities. Three trails converge in Elkin’s downtown: the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail, Overmountain Victory Trail and the Yadkin River Blue Water Trail. The Elkin Valley Trails Association also builds and maintains a variety of local trails in the area, so options abound.

DOBSON — Drug busts can occur through traffic stops or searches of homes, and the latest round of major arrests by the Surry County Sheriff’s Office involved a combination of both. As a result, five people have been jailed under large secured bonds — $4 million in one...

Late last week at the Surry County Detention Center an inmate escaped custody of jailers by posing as another inmate. He was brought back into custody within two hours and little fanfare was made of the event, so little that some residents still are unaware it even happened or why they were not alerted.

The Association of NC Boards of Health (ANCBH) has announced that Surry County Health and Nutrition Center and Stanly County Consolidated Health and Human Services Board are the recipients of this year’s statewide awards for public health agencies. Stanly County Consolidated Health and Human Services Board is the winner of the Outstanding Board of Health […] The post Board will receive state award for public health appeared first on The Stanly News & Press.

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (WGHP) — A man is facing dozens of sex crime charges after an investigation by a Piedmont Triad sheriff’s office. According to the Surry County Sheriff’s Office, they spent a month investigating Jonah Isaac Brannock, 39, after they received a report at the end of July. As a result of this investigation, […]

The Surry County Board of Elections is hosting a voter registration event Tuesday at the Mount Airy Library from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 145 Rockford Street. The event happens to overlap with an all-day Open House event at the library. At the elections board event they will be...

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — A Mount Airy Man is facing more than 70 charges related to sex with a minor. The Surry County Sheriff’s Office said Jonah Isaac Brannock, 39, was arrested following a month-long investigation. He’s charged with multiple counts of indecent liberties with a minor, first-degree statutory sexual offense, and statutory rape among other charges.

SURRY COUNTY, N.C. — The Surry County Sheriff's Office performed a drug bust, arresting five people and recovering several pounds of drugs from Dobson and Pinnacle on Sept. 12. It all started with a vehicle stop. On McKinney Road in Mount Airy, detectives allegedly located trafficking amounts of fentanyl,...

Local resident Dan Hornak speaks on the topic of light rail travel during a public hearing before the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners. When most Surry Countians think about how to get from Point A to Point B, motorized vehicular travel comes to mind — with riding a bicycle or walking other options — but there also is interest in light rail transportation.

An 80-year-old Mount Airy man was shot and wounded Sunday, authorities said Tuesday. Surry County sheriff's deputies received a call at 10:02 p.m. Sunday about a shooting in the 400 block of Welcome Baptist Church Road in Mount Airy, the Surry County Sheriff's Office said. When deputies and Mount Airy...