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Mount Airy, North Carolina is located in Surry County. Zip codes in Mount Airy, NC include 27030, and 27031. The median home price in Mount Airy is $134,900. More Mount Airy information.

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Council offers free summer fun for entire family

June 18--With a long summer, many parents and grandparents are searching for free activities for children, in order to encourage them to keep learning and growing creatively while school is not in session.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

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Nature photographer to speak here

A man who has done much to preserve the beauty of North Carolina on film will be featured at a program Saturday in Mount Airy.

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City residents getting 4-cent tax cut

Mount Airy Mayor Deborah Cochran and Commissioner Jon Cawley go over figures during a workshop Monday which culminated with the adoption of the 2013-2014 city budget.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

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Grants for industries supported

These could obligate the municipal and county governments to provide matching funds possibly totaling $48,000 for grants, but offer the prospects of about 60 new jobs.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

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Pair allegedly sold prescription pills in parking lot

Two Lowgap residents have been arrested by Mount Airy police for allegedly selling prescription pills in a business parking lot.

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Public safety personnel receive crisis training

Those participating in recent Crisis Intervention Team training are, front row, from left, Christi Fulp, Surry Central-Communications; Patrick Long, Yadkinville Police Department; Kelly Hiatt, Mount Airy Police Department; Jared Roundy, Surry County Sheriff's Office; Susan Bolen and Daniel Watson of Northern Hospital; Ray Arnder and Alan Freeman of ... (more)

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Valuables stolen from work trucks

Equipment, wire, tools and other property valued at nearly $4,500 were reported stolen Wednesday as a result of two separate incidents in Mount Airy.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

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Writer: Think of Siamese twins as metaphor for Civil War

Writer Philip Gerard talked about how the lives of Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker served as a metaphor for the Civil War.

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Workshops slated to help seniors learn new Medicare forms

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Family and Consumer Agent Carmen Long has announced two Medicare changes workshops to help seniors protect themselves from fraud by learning how to read the new format of Medicare billing summaries.

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Timber sale could bring further tax cut

The sounds of trees crashing to the ground in Westwood Industrial Park in Mount Airy could be music to the ears of city taxpayers, one official believes.

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One-time windfall may not be good reason to cut taxes

Mount Airy commissioners are considering selling timber on the city-owned Westwood Industrial Park for an estimated $400,000, and some board members see this as a way to drop the city's tax rate in the upcoming budget year that begins on July 1. The 2013-2014 budget under consideration already calls for a 2-cent decrease, from 56 cents per $100 of ... (more)

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

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Surry Community College graduates 44 nurses

Surry Community College has graduated another group of Associate Degree Nursing students who will soon sit for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses .

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Mon Jun 10, 2013

World Trade

ITC Says China, Mexico and Thailand Dumped Steel in the U.S.

Imports of prestressed concrete steel rail tie wire from China, Mexico and Thailand are being sold in the United States at less than their fair value and are harming the domestic industry, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday.

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Sun Jun 09, 2013

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Scouts join Elks to honor Old Glory

Members of Boy Scout Troop 538 prepare Sunday to raise a new banner at Mount Airy Elks Lodge during its annual Flag Day program.

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Leadership Surry County develops future community leaders

Leadership Surry County has recently been re-launched as a business and community development educational series, which is a partnership program of Surry Community College and the Surry County Economic Development Partnership.

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ACLU marginalizing itself?

The statistics are clear on this point. Of 83 people charged or cited for marijuana-related cases from June 2012 until now, 74 were male and just 9 were female.

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Sat Jun 08, 2013

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Fiddlers convention ends on high note

Dom Flemons, center, a member of the Grammy-winning band The Carolina Chocolate Drops, makes a special appearance at the Mount Airy fiddlers convention.

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Habitat names interim director, celebrating 20 years

As the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate is organizing its 20th anniversary celebration for next weekend, the group also is embracing an interim director and board members are taking on more responsibility following the recent resignation of the executive director.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

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City alters water-quality notification method

But there might be a bit of a downside involved due to customers now encountering a little more trouble to learn that information, which is resulting from a change in the notification procedure some have found confusing.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

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Jack Smith Creek project ready in time for tropical storm

As Tropical Storm Andrea bears down on New Bern Friday, the now-completed Jack Smith Creek Storm Water Project will get a chance to be tested.

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