When smoke rose above the tree line of Mount Airy Tuesday morning, it drew concern from residents who were unsure of its ...

A predominantly residential section of Franklin Street in Mount Airy is proposed for rezoning as part of the city’s new ...

Surry County announced a service update due to the threat of possible winter weather. The landfill will open at 8 a.m. on ...

Recent debate and complexities surrounding key advisory boards and committees in Mount Airy has led to a frequent bureaucratic solution: the formation of another committee, whose functions also will i ...

The United Fund of Surry’s fourth annual Bourbon Bonanza brought a taste of New Orleans to Cross Creek Country Club last month, raising $110,000 to support local nonprofits serving Surry ...

During the Ararat, North Carolina, Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors meeting held on Jan. 29, the board approved the purchase of a Life ARM mechanical CPR device ...

Polls in recent years have shown the American public is getting increasingly exhausted of partisanship and the us-vs-them attitudes it brings to public discourse. Unaffiliated voters became the majori ...

In classrooms across Surry County, substance abuse prevention programs are reaching students with messages designed ...

In response to the widespread snow and hazardous travel conditions affecting communities across North Carolina, the NCHSAA ...

The Surry County Board of Education unanimously voted Monday night to start the 2026-2027 school year Aug. 12, defying state ...

Speedskater Erin Jackson already has made history, as the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter ...

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts” dates to the Trojan Horse days — a saying that could be modernized to “beware of suspicious characters bearing dishwashing liquid,” based on recent events ...