Mount Airy News

It's mission accomplished as far as developing the first-ever mission statement for the city of Mount Airy is concerned.

Volunteers Grant Cockerham, Jordana Coe, Madison Ramey and Dot Coe work to fill goody bags for North Carolina Alzheimer's Mount Airy Walk participants.

Dean Gordon stands outside the Center for Public Safety of Surry Community College with Administrative Assistant Sandy Wall.

Totals for this year's food drive by local mail carriers were still being tallied at last report, but one thing is clear: a record amount was collected.

A debate between Mount Airy's commissioners surrounding whether the city is moving too fast, or too slow, on a downtown mini-park has resulted in a 3-2 vote not to authorize funding for it at present.

Mount Airy's preliminary budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, unveiled Thursday night, includes some good news for most everyone.

For 30 years, land once occupied by a city landfill has sat unused, but that could be changing with plans for a solar farm at the site.

Manufacturer Shenandoah Furniture expects to complete the purchase of the former Henredon Furniture plant here by the end of June, according to a report in the Pilot Mountain News .

Mount Airy property owners will know the fate of their pocketbooks as it relates to the city budget after the 2013-2014 municipal spending plan is released Thursday night.

The city of Dobson received a grant to build a new town park, worth just under a half a million dollars, $497,000, from The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund.

OK, it's vacation-planning time. More than a few times I've heard people from elsewhere say what a gem is North Carolina come vacation time.

More than 170,000 older adults in North Carolina have Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia, according to information released by the North Carolina Center for Health Statistics.

Surry Community College President Dr. David Shockley was on hand as Amadour Winery & Vineyard President David Chaloupka presented Josh Willard with a full scholarship to the college's viticulture program for this semester.

Mount Airy firemen work to contain the restaurant blaze at 1384 S. Main St. with the help of the city's ladder truck.

The first African-American state senator from Forsyth County will be the guest speaker for the 48th-annual Freedom Fund Banquet in Mount Airy next Saturday.

To the local U.S. Postal workers taking part today in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

My opinions about state-run lotteries have been voiced multiple times in this space.

Eight Surry residents hit the road and headed east on Interstate 40 this week, but rather than a fun trip to the coast their destination was the state capital to seek economic help for the county.

A Mount Airy woman has been charged with 20 drug violations as the result of a Surry County Sheriff's Office investigation of alleged methamphetamine trafficking in the North Franklin Road area.

Like many of his associates, Sgt. Greg Martin, a former Mount Airy police officer, learned the ropes of his profession through local Basic Law Enforcement Training - but he shares a unique place in its annals.