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…
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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…
Coronavirus affecting blood supply
The coronavirus has presented yet another problem: a threat to the blood supply, which the local American Red Cross unit is mounting special efforts to…
County, city schools to close next week
Both Surry County Schools and Mount Airy City Schools announced Friday evening the systems will extend spring break for at least one week, through Friday,…
High school athletics suspended across North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association Thursday afternoon suspended all of its member interscholastic athletics effective at 11:59 p.m. on Friday…
Westfield resident dies in fiery crash on U.S. 52
KING — Two people were killed Monday evening when their car crashed and caught fire. The victims were identified as the driver, Casey Dylan Sprinkle,…
Surry County suffered through flu pandemic
Samuel Wesley Marion Jr., a blue-eyed boy with waves of dark brown hair, was born in Dobson on a chilly Oct. day 1918 — just…
A (silent) blast from the past
This isn’t exactly your father’s night at the movies. More like your great-grandfather’s. That’s because the family movie being shown Saturday at Central United Methodist…
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…