Dobson News

Amber Lawson signs up to receive more information from the Educational Opportunity Center while her friend, Brittany King, left, waits to do the same.

A bad economy and construction contractors' hunger for work will enable a project at a Mount Airy industrial park to be completed much cheaper than planned, officials said.

Mondee Tilley/The News Mount Airy mayoral candidate Deborah Cochran receives the news that she won with 1,018 votes from Election Board Chairman Hugh Campbell.

Results are in from the Surry County Board of Elections on todaya s political races.

Even though the rain on Saturday canceled the cruise-in portion of a benefit for the family of Mark Wood, residents, friends, and family poured into the Thurmond Community Center to participate in the benefit.

In two days voters in Mount Airy, Dobson, and Pilot Mountain will have the chance to cast a ballot and select who will be among the townsa elected leadership for the next few years.

A land developer who has proposed a project for the town of Dobson has charged the board of commissioners has been negligent in following up on what he has proposed for the town.

DOBSON a ' On Halloween night, the Surry County Sheriffa TMs Office will be conducting its annual Operation Silent Night.

Jonathan Snow was born and raised in Dobson. He is a graduate of Surry Central High School and attended N.C. State University and Guilford College.

Ron Atkins, 58, of has been a resident of Dobson for 25 years. Owner of Images photography studio located in Dobson, he has been married to Dixie Cook for 25 years.

Ricky Draughn, 54, is the mayor and fire chief for the Town of Dobson. He was elected as mayor in 2001.

Astronomy magazine will present its 2009 Out-of-this-world Award to a club or organization that has shown excellence in astronomy outreach activities.

Town commissioners decided Thursday night to pursue grant money from the North Carolina State Energy Office that could pay for updates to the town's aging water plant.

In a time when a bargain is a hard thing to find, members of the Dobson Rescue Squad who put on the Field of Screams at Fisher River Park have decided to lower the price this year.

A local program that provides employment services to persons with developmental disabilities has fallen victim to state budget cuts.

The Dobson Fall Fest will be held this Saturday in historic downtown Dobson from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. to raise money for the Foothills Food Pantry.

Dinner & A Movie on the Courtyard showing House on Haunted Hill ! Enjoy dining in our outside Courtyard while watching classic films from the 1940a TMs, 50a TMs, and 60a TMs.

Five commercial Triad wineries took home honors last week at the 10th annual N.C. State Fair Wine Competition in Raleigh.

A local woman was killed Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash shortly before 10 a.m. Jackie Small, 71, of Level Cross, when her Chevrolet pick up truck crashed into an oncoming SUV on N.C. Highway 268, near Siloam Road.

The town of Dobson will soon be considering an ordinance aimed at curbing crime by enforcing a curfew for those under the age of 18.