Mount Airy News

This is the first in a series of three articles featuring artists chosen for the upcoming Fiddle Crawl in downtown Mount Airy.

Commissioner Shirley Brinkley is shown at a city council meeting Thursday night, when she expressed thanks to local businessman Tom Webb for applaudin... Two weeks after a controversial redevelopment commission was approved by Mount Airy officials, a procedure was unveiled Thursday night for citizens to apply to become members of the group.

The N.C. Department of Transportation will begin work on a paving rehabilitation project along Interstate 77 near Mount Airy on April 22. NCDOT crews will begin the project with full-depth patching operations along the four-mile stretch of road, followed by milling and replacing the road surface.

A resident from Mount Airy is facing charges for allegedly stealing a vehicle from a victim he originally sold his car to.

According to Tuesday's Mt. Airy News , a man in Mount Airy, N.C., is behind bars, facing a felony charge of animal cruelty , for allegedly killing his girlfriend's small dog.

On Saturday, artists will be demonstrating their craft and selling art at more than 60 venues throughout the downtown district of Mount Airy,for the Spring Art Walk, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Artists will be on hand from many different areas and mediums, including painting, drawing, printmaking, woodworking, ceramics, photography, sculpture, crafts, ... (more)

Steve and Jill Shepard, of Mount Airy, announce the engagement of their daughter, Paige Elizabeth Shepard, of Raleigh, to Shawn Joseph Hankinson, of Raleigh.

This is the first in a series of three articles featuring artists chosen for the upcoming Fiddle Crawl in downtown Mount Airy.

Copeland Kindergarten student Alezander VillaSenor takes his turn reading to a group of bikers at Country Cafe.

Saturday is a big day in downtown Mount Airy with the Spring Art Walk, and the museum is hosting multiple activities as well, including the annual Easter Eggstravaganza and a History Talk with local author Tom Perry.

On Saturday, artists will be demonstrating their craft and selling art at more than 60 venues throughout the downtown district of Mount Airy,for the Spring Art Walk, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Artists will be on hand from many different areas and mediums, including painting, drawing, printmaking, woodworking, ceramics, photography, sculpture, crafts, ... (more)

Amanda Cooke, left, and Lucy Ellen Gwyn practice some of the skills learned during a clinic on vinyl siding installation Saturday which was geared pri... Amanda Cooke, left, and Lucy Ellen Gwyn practice some of the skills learned during a clinic on vinyl siding installation Saturday which was geared primarily toward women.

In a scramble befitting its name, kids in a "Running Rabbits" segment of Mount Airy's first Easter egg hunt seek a coveted golden egg and ... Children take off in search of eggs hidden around the field during Saturday's hunt that drew hundreds to Westwood Park in Mount Airy.

Byron and Barbara Bailiff of Greensboro are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristen Anne Bailiff, to Michael Walker Dinkins, the son of David and Josie Dinkins of Mount Airy.

At 2 p.m. the documentary "Broadcast - A Man and His Dream" will be shown at the Earle Theatre in downtown Mount Airy.

The Mount Airy Downtown Inc. on Tuesday unanimously approved an expansion of the Municipal Service District, or MSD area, in the downtown portion of the city.

The Mount Airy community will say good-bye to its longtime hospital administrator at a public reception this afternoon as efforts intensify to find a successor to Bill James.

Debra Sensel Burkhart, 58, of 668 Orchard View Drive in Mount Airy, was arrested by the Surry County Sheriff's Department after allegedly attempting to smuggle ten Xanax into the county's detention center to Jeffrey Dwayne Dawson, 23, of the same address.

Madeline Caudill enjoys decorating her hat and playing with the decorations at a previous Easter Eggstravanganza at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional ... A group from a previous Easter Eggstravaganza walks behind the Easter Bunny from the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History to the Robert Smith House, ... Saturday is a big day in downtown Mount ... (more)

Artist Mike Lowe displays his work during last year's Art Walk in downtown Mount Airy.