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Dobson run to aid Meals on Wheels

Runners are scheduled to hit the streets later this month in Dobson to help persons in Surry County who are far less mobile. This involves…

What’s in a name?

I love names. What they mean, where they come from, and all they tell us about our family and communities. Our names are among the…

First names added to POW/MIA wall

It might lack the stature of the Iwo Jima flag-raising monument or the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall’s grandeur, but a new exhibit in Mount Airy…

Mount Airy struggled with desegregation

On the first weekend of June 1963 several people went to lunch counters throughout Mount Airy’s downtown and ate. Hardly a remarkable occurrence. Restaurants and…