Mount Airy News

After construction of Dobson Square Park is complete, the town of Dobson will have a new site for it's weekly farmer's market.

A Mount Airy man has been charged with two violations, one a felony, stemming from a recent break-in of a neighbor's vehicle, according to city police department reports.

Ernestine Chappell, left, is congratulated by City Manager Barbara Jones Tuesday during a party at Reeves Community Center celebrating Ernestine's 100 birthday, which she'll reach Friday.

Mount Airy Museum of Regional History Director Matt Edwards is pictured holding one of two bottles from the former Mount Airy Saloon known to exist.

Some longtime local residents might think the old Blue Ridge Hotel has come back to life at the corner of North Main and West Oak streets in downtown Mount Airy.

A section of Sparger Road just off N.C. 89 west of Mount Airy has been reopened to traffic after being closed more than four months so a bridge there could be replaced.

Thailand Ambassador to the United States Vijavat Isarabhakdi receives a framed lithograph of Eng and Chang Bunker from Zack Blackmon Jr. The presentation was part of an exchange of gifts between the Bunker family and the Thai delegation Saturday at the 25th Annual Reunion of the Descendants of the Original Siamese Twins.

That's what happened to me this week while surfing through news reports. From children at the border with Mexico, to corpses being dragged around Gaza, I saw the momentary black-and-white blur of Andy Griffith's retro coif.

Mount Airy Rescue Squad members use a Jaws of Life to open a wrecked automobile's door.

Belk has announced it will host its bi-annual Kidfest in-store event August 9, from noon until 3 p.m. in Mount Airy.

Officer Todd Bledsoe of the Mount Airy Police Department holds a newly acquired body cam that is allowing arrests and other incidents to be recorded.

North Carolina author and storyteller, Sheri Wren Haymore will visit City Lights Bookstore on Saturday, July 26th at 3 p.m. to present her two novels, A Higher Voice and A Deeper Cut.

Blood and platelet donors of all types, especially O negative, B negative and A negative, are needed in the face of a looming summer shortage to avoid an emergency situation with the supply available for patients.

For the quarter ended June 30, 2014, net income totaled $767,779 or $0.18 per fully diluted share, compared with totaled $800,843 or $0.19 per fully diluted common share earned during the second quarter of 2013.

The plug has been pulled on plans for a solar farm at the former Mount Airy landfill on City View Drive.

Nearly 100 gather to question state DOT officials and contractors about the N.C. 268 bridge project over U.S. 52 in Pilot Mountain Thursday, after the bridge was removed and work has not proceeded for more than three weeks.

A West Virginia man whose wife and unborn child died in a 2006 traffic crash in Mount Airy is suing General Motors, claiming that a faulty ignition switch in her car was responsible.

Monroe Capital has increased the credit facility to OSG Billing Services , an ESOP owned-business, to support the acquisition of SouthData .

Despite indications Surry County would allocate its share of funding to extend natural gas to Westwood Industrial Park, "Project Glow" got left in the dark during a meeting this week.

The Henry County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a rezoning request for a proposed Dollar General store across from Sanville Elementary School.