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1 week ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
Surry County Schools will be removing additional asbestos from four of the system’s facilities soon. The Surry County Board of Education approved spending at a meeting earlier this month to remediate dangerous asbestos from four area schools and provide security improvements at others. kAms:C64E@C @7 r@?DECF4E:@?[ !=2??:?8[ 2?5 s6D:8? #@36CE sC2F89? AC6D6?E65 E96 3@2C5 H:E9 3:5 :?7@C>2E:@? 7C@> D6G6? AC@G:56CD @7 2D36DE@D C6>65:2E:@? D6CG:46D] $@>6 =6G6= @7 C6>65:2E:@?
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1 week ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
The process of designing and refining the county budget has been ongoing for many months. On Monday the Surry County Board of Commissioners will hold its regular meeting, but it will also serve as one of the final steps in the process of setting the budget for fiscal year 2025-2026. kAm%96 AF3=:4 962C:?8 D4965F=65 E92E ?:89E :D >62?E E@ 8:G6 C6D:56?ED 2 492?46 E@ G@:46 2? @A:?:@? 23@FE E96 4@F?EJ’D A=2??65 DA6?5:?8 AC:@C:E:6D 7@C H92E :D AC@A@D65 E@ 36 2 3F586E @7 >@C6 E92? S`_g >:==:@?
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1 week ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
When making decisions around the dinner table about how and where to use scare resources, families want to make sure they have all the information they need about what before opening the checkbook. Pilot Mountain officials took a similar tack during the budgeting process for the coming year when a proposal was solicited from the Surry County Sheriff’s Office to take over policing of the town as a means to regain financial ground lost to the actions of the former town manager. kAmpD E96 E@H?
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1 week ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
Those wanting to hit the links at Cross Creek Country Club for the Greater Granite Open golf tournament will have to delay their pleasure another week. Officials with the United Fund of Surry announced the tournament needed to be postponed from Friday, May 30, one week to Friday, June 6 due to weather concerns.
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1 week ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
During a workshop last week in Dobson about youth tobacco use and vaping, attendees heard of the possible relationship between vaping and later issues of substance use disorder.
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1 week ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
Thanks to funding from the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal, Mountain Park Rescue Squad has announced plans to construct its first permanent building after securing a $190,000 grant. Leaders with Mountain Park Rescue explained the new building would be located in the 1100 block of Zephyr Mountain Park Road, in a large field across the road from the existing Mount Park Volunteer Fire Department and Mountain Park Elementary.
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1 week ago | 
elkintribune.com | Ryan Kelly
Thanks to funding from the North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal, Mountain Park Rescue Squad has announced plans to construct its first permanent building after securing a $190,000 grant. Leaders with Mountain Park Rescue explained the new building would be located in the 1100 block of Zephyr Mountain Park Road, in a large field across the road from the existing Mountain Park Volunteer Fire Department and Mountain Park Elementary.
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2 weeks ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
Seniors of Mount Airy High School are headed off to a great many places following graduation and on Saturday morning a large crowd assembled at Wallace Shelton Stadium for their big day. Principal Jason Dorsett asked for the graduates’ permission to "be in your head one more time.” He offered advice to the students of the Class of 2025 and encouraged them to give of one of their greatest assets: love. "Let your love out. Love others. Love is our greatest gift.
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2 weeks ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
The Northern Regional Hospital Foundation recently announced the 2025 recipients of the Robin Hardy Hodgin Education Scholarship, awarding $5,000 scholarships to two “exceptional high school seniors pursuing healthcare careers.”Abby Epperson of Mount Airy High School and Ella Riggs of North Surry High School were chosen as the scholarship recipients this year.
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2 weeks ago | 
mtairynews.com | Ryan Kelly
To gain a greater insight into youth tobacco use and prevention, the Surry County Office of Substance Abuse Recovery along with Surry Drug Free Communities/All-Stars Coalition hosted a workshop in Dobson to discuss trends and lacking state policy around tobacco. The keynote speaker was David Willard of the Northwest Regional Tobacco Prevention and Control Office.
