Mount Airy News

Mount Airy City Schools received NC Prevention Partners' 2010 Prevention Excellence Award for programs that encourage wellness among students and staff in their school system.

Don Snyder of Shelby, Ohio, polishes his 1934 Chevy after arriving in Mount Airy with the Vintage Street Rodders of America, who included the city on their 2011 Vintage Rod Tour.

Russell and Kay McLachlan relax at the Sobotta Manor Thursday afternoon. They are came to Mount Airy from Virgina Beach, Va.

A man accused of statutory rape in Mount Airy was jailed under a large bond, only to post that amount and be released, officials say.

Surry County residents don't often get the chance to attend a ball, but just such an occasion is planned this weekend - one that also offers the opportunity to aid at-risk children.

The company provides energy solutions for more than 175 investor-owned, municipal and co-operative utilities Pike offers services to Engineering, Procurement and Construction projects and renewable energy projects.

Mr. James Raymond Johnson was born in Mt. Airy on February 18th, 1920 to Mr and Mrs.

The staff of the Greater Mount Airy Visitors Center greeted 58,485 visitors in 2011 and has greeted a total of 351,665 since opening its doors in November 2005.

The next round of the municipal election process in Surry County unfolds today with the start of early voting in Dobson.

Jeff Boyles, left, Mount Airy public services director, presents an update on the city's new curbside-recycling program during a planning retreat Thursday which was attended by various municipal officials.

County Commissioner Paul Johnson, right, talks about what an asset The Pilot Center is to Pilot Mountain and Surry County during a quarterly elected official's dinner at the center Thursday night.

Nashville Recording Artist, Rachael Johnson will interview with Germany's leading Country Music Journalist, Christian Lamitschka, during this year's Country Radio Seminar in Nashville.

Rows of solar panels occupy a site near the Mount Airy waste-treatment plant off U.S. 52-South. On the heels of Mayberry Solar Farm beginning operations last fall, another facility is planned on Quarry Road by O2 Energies.

It's a new year but the same old story for Mount Airy officials, who will be focused on property taxes which they once again hold a planning retreat Thursday and Friday.

A list of wastewater and stormwater projects designated for funding from a first-round distribution of federal stimulus money includes none from Surry County.

Mrs. Connie Mae Taylor Puckett, 91, of Mount Airy, passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at Golden Living Center.

The simmering water dispute between Dobson and Mount Airy will be on the agenda during tonight's Dobson Board of Commissioners meeting, although one town official said most of the discussion will probably take place in closed session.

One day earlier this spring, unusual rock formations were noticed along a section of the Ararat River which meanders beside Mount Airy's new greenway.

Staff Report The Greater Mount Airy Sports Hall of Fame will induct four new members and honor a fifth with the annual "Granite City Award" today at 3 p.m. at the Blackmon Ampitheatre.

When Oct. 29 rolls around, a native daughter will be recognized in two ways - with a highway named in her honor and with the opening of a new exhibit at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History featuring her life as the focus.