For the second year in a row, Mount Airy City Schools has been awarded the 21st Century Community Learning Center Summer Mini-Grant. This year’s competitive…
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Local rental business sold to Utah entity
By The Citizen on April 22, 2022
The rental business of a local commercial laundry service has been acquired by Alsco Uniforms, a large company with a national and international presence based…
Forensic investigators look at North Surry fuel leak
By The Citizen on April 22, 2022
It should have been a fun February Friday morning at North Surry High as the night before the Lady Greyhounds basketball team defeated Southwestern Randolph…
Pilot Mountain Civic Club names Citizen of the Year
By The Citizen on April 20, 2022
The Pilot Mountain Civic Club named Carolyn Boyles as the 2021 Citizen of The Year. At a recent meeting, Mayor Evan Cockerham presented her with…
School festival to focus on peace
By The Citizen on April 20, 2022
Mount Airy City Schools will be putting on a Community Peacefest Monday, which organizers say will be a way to focus on the need for…
Easter celebrations are a long time local tradition
By The Citizen on April 18, 2022
Easter, no matter when it falls, marks the coming of spring and has been celebrated with exuberance for centuries. Many bits of farm wisdom revolve…
Come trail away with me
By The Citizen on April 15, 2022
It is a great invitation to “Start exploring North Carolina – one step at a time” on the website for the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail.…
Not in tornado alley does not mean all clear
By The Citizen on April 11, 2022
A little more than two weeks ago, many of us got news we’ve all become familiar with, a tornado watch alert from the National Weather…
Razed and confused: demo costs debated
By The Citizen on April 9, 2022
Mount Airy officials are hiring an Asheville law firm to pursue foreclosures on land where unsafe houses were torn down at taxpayer expense — a…
Man facing slew of break-in, other charges
By The Citizen on April 9, 2022
A Mount Airy man was being held in the Surry County Jail Friday on 12 break-in, larceny and property damage charges stemming from three separate…