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SAC welcomes Main Event Band
The Blackmon Amphitheatre will come to life again Friday evening as Main Event Band takes the stage as part of the Surry Arts Council’s Summer Concert Series. SAC said the show will have something for all musical tastes and described the group as, “The ultimate party band performing R&B, Soul, Beach, Country, and Funk. Their performances also include music styles from the 80s and 90s as well as your favorite songs of today. From Beach to Classic rock, from Soul to Country, from Disco to...
Man charged with felonious assault on officer
STUART, Va. — An Ararat man who was barricaded inside his home and apprehended with the help of pepper spray is being held without bond on charges including felonious assault on an officer. Sammy Wayne Smith, 52, of 211 Triple Smith Lane, was taken into custody shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday after members of the Patrick County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at his residence. That course of action...
Arts Council taking audiences 'Into the Woods'
This weekend is one of the few remaining on the Surry Arts Council’s calendar of events that does not have three Summer Concert Series shows at the Blackmon Amphitheatre. Have no fear, the council is presenting a show this weekend meant to carry spectators away on a magical journey that will take them “Into the Woods.” The Surry Arts Council is presenting two performances this weekend of Steven Sondheim’s 1987...
North Surry competes in Upchurch Lineman Challenge
KING — Trent Lowman and the West Stokes Football program hosted their annual offensive and defensive lineman challenge on July 22. The two-hour event featured 73 athletes from West Stokes, West Wilkes, North Surry, Starmount and South Stokes. “I think today went smoothly even though it was hot and humid, and it looked like everyone enjoyed themselves,” Lowman said. “You have several 7-on-7 competitions through the summer, but they are...
'Into the Woods' on stage this weekend
The Surry Arts Players Community Theatre will be performing "Into The Woods" directed by Tyler Matanick this weekend. There will be a Saturday evening performance at 7 o'clock and a Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. "James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone's favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece and a rare modern classic," organizers of the production said. "The Tony Award-winning book and score are both enchanting and touching." ...
Appalachian Regional Commission co-chair visits Elkin
Gayle Manchin, Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) federal co-Cchair, visited Elkin on Thursday, along with Guy Land, congressional liaison specialist with the ARC Office of the Federal Co-Chair and other staffers. Manchin and her team were on their way to Boone where she was to preside over the graduation ceremony for an entrepreneurial camp for teens. While in Elkin Manchin was given a tour by Main Street Manager Laura Gaylord, Mayor Sam Bishop and Town Manager Brent Cornelison. ...
Social Media Detectives will see through the smoke
The Mount Airy Library and the Surry County Office of Substance Abuse Recovery will present informative sessions to teach children in third through fifth grade how to understand the meanings of media messages and advertisements as part of the Media Detective program. The free camp runs at the Mount Airy Library from August 5 to August 9 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Media Detective classes are activity-based, media literacy education, alcohol and tobacco use prevention programs that engage children in the third through fifth...
City schools finalize key personnel moves
Just as NFL players are reporting to training camps in anticipation of the coming season, Mount Airy schools are readying key personnel for the start of the 2024-2025 academic year. Aug. 13 will be the first day of school, with three administrative appointments announced this week ahead of that. This includes Barry Hill being named to a tech education leadership position locally for a new state program, according to information...
Richardson returns to Motocross National Championship
Surry County’s own Wells Richardson is headed back to the top amateur motocross competition in the world. Wells will compete in the 43rd annual Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship July 29 — Aug. 3. The event features more than 1,500 of the top motocross riders worldwide that compete across 36 classes of 42 riders each. Wells, an 8-year-old rising third grader at Dobson Elementary, will make his second...
SCC Hosts Successful Old-Time Music Camp
Hands were busy picking and strumming guitars, bows moved across fiddle strings, banjos rang out, and toes stomped as voices rose loudly at Surry Community College’s Old-Time Music Camp. Novice and veteran musicians learned traditions of the Appalachian Mountains during the 5th Annual Surry Old-Time Music Camp held in July on SCC’s main campus in Dobson. Sherry White, Career Technical Education Coordinator, reflected on the Old-Time Music Camp, saying, “The 2024 Surry Old-Time Music Camp enjoyed an outstanding turnout and was a tremendous success. It...
Local woman dies after car hits tree
A Mount Airy woman was fatally injured late Wednesday afternoon after a car she was driving veered off the roadway and struck a tree. Tiffany Nichole Burkhart Anderson, 36, a resident of Lineback Road, was identified as the victim of the single-vehicle crash by the Mount Airy Police Department. It occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday while Anderson was operating a 2003 Ford Focus on Arlington Street toward South Main...
Police reports
• A suspicious-vehicle investigation at Circle K on North Main Street early Monday led to a Mount Airy man being jailed without privilege of bond on felony drug charges including possession of crack-cocaine and methamphetamine, according to city police reports. In addition to those violations, Keelan Antonio Tayshawn Goodwin, 26, of 208 Long St., is accused of five misdemeanors reflecting the multiple unlawful substances with which he was found. Those...
Housing Consortium hosting public hearing
The Surry County Housing Consortium (SCHC) has planned a public hearing to receive comments from residents on their 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan. The group said the purpose of the Annual Action Plan is to specify how the SCHC will address housing and community needs for the use of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. The meeting will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 31, at the Historic Courthouse, Room...
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Work on New Hope New Beginnings, a sober living transitional residence, in Mount Airy continues. Surry County Board of Commissioners Vice Chair Mark Marion said the project would soon be sending out a request for bids on foundation repair to the home. The home at 126 Rawley Avenue is going to be the new home of . 126 {a class=”mh-excerpt-more” title=”128478807_web1_RawleyExt1” href=”https://www.mtairynews.com/news/107382/a-road-back-from-addiction/attachment/128478807_web1_rawleyext1”}[…]{/a}
'Project Vista' still hovering on horizon
There’s still no word from an unnamed local company as to whether it will remain in Mount Airy after being granted a generous incentive package including the donation of 25 acres of land at Westwood Industrial Park. Such an announcement had been anticipated in early July by officials including Surry County Economic Development Partnership (EDP) President/CEO Blake Moyer. “We’re still in the same situation we were a couple of weeks...
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A Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation bus is seen at the depot in Winston-Salem. A PART commuter line serving Surry County was terminated in 2022 but its Park and Ride lot was left behind. The City of Mount Airy has agreed to purchase the lot.
Granite Bears 3-peat as Conference Cup winners
Mount Airy earned the title of top athletic program in the Northwest 1A Conference for the third-consecutive year, while fellow Surry County school Elkin secured the No. 2 spot. The Wells Fargo Conference Cup awards points based on a school’s finish in the conference standings for each sport. The Conference Cup is a companion to the Wells Fargo State Cup, which awards points to schools based on postseason performances. The...
Michael Wood promoted to Stone Mountain State Park Superintendent
RALEIGH — A Wilkes County native has been named as the new park superintendent at Stone Mountain State Park. Michael Wood, who grew up in Wilkes and previously worked for the state parks service in the same county, was tabbed for the post recently, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation. He succeeds Jeff Jones, who retired earlier this year. Wood grew up in Hays and graduated from...
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