Farming always has its share of uncertainties and Pilot Mountain blueberry farmer Ann Hill has undergone plenty of challenges this year. After a succession of…
Posts published in “Top Stories”
Summer reading program underway
By The Citizen on June 29, 2020
The following books are now available for checkout, you may place them on hold online with your library card, at www.nwrl.org, and click on our…
Four decades of Arts Alive!
By The Citizen on June 25, 2020
COVID-19 has made life more challenging for many, but the Surry Arts Council is forging ahead with its Arts Alive and other summer activities for…
Rezoning approved for townhouses
By The Citizen on June 24, 2020
Mount Airy officials have taken action to allow townhouses to be built on property with a troubled past. “There were three houses on there,” city…
Red Cross doing COVID antibody tests
By The Citizen on June 23, 2020
The process of giving blood now includes something extra: the testing of all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies by the American Red…
Working together helped Mount Airy to grow
By The Citizen on June 22, 2020
Fire broke out in Jefferson Smith’s store at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, 1893. Fortunately for everyone, the night watchman of the Blue Ridge…
Multiple developers eyeing Spencer’s
By The Citizen on June 21, 2020
New life is being breathed into the Spencer’s redevelopment project in downtown Mount Airy with a disclosure that hotel, restaurant and residential entities have expressed…
BLM march was first step
By The Citizen on June 18, 2020
Organizers of a June 6 Black Lives Matter march in Mount Airy say the now-infamous death of George Floyd — who was killed by three…
Students chronicle life during the pandemic
By The Citizen on June 14, 2020
Where were you during the global pandemic of 2020? As schools around the country pivoted from in-person to remote instruction, many teachers struggled with how…
Museum offering summer camps
By The Citizen on June 12, 2020
It’s been said that the show must go on no matter what obstacles are encountered, and this outlook could be applied to summer camps planned…