Mount Airy News

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:@?

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 >:==:@?

1 week ago | mtairynews.com | Tom Joyce

Pickleball is considered the fastest-growing sport in America, but courts accommodating that huge interest locally are said to be experiencing growing pains. Though three of the six pickleball courts at Riverside Park have only been open since July 2023 as part of a major renovation/expansion project there, players say repairs are needed to the pickleball complex overall. kAm%9C66 @E96C 4@FCED AC6G:@FD=J 6I:DE65 2E E96 D:E6]k^AmkAm%96 :DDF6 H2D 3C@F89E E@ E96 2EE6?E:@?

1 week ago | mtairynews.com | John Peters

For many, the term “summer camp” conjures up images of far-off adventures in the forest, staying in primitive cabins, generally roughing it for a week or two in the greater outdoors. Two local organizations holding summer camps are taking a different approach, with their activities in downtown Mount Airy. kAm%96 |@F?E p:CJ |FD6F> @7 }2EFC2= w:DE@CJ 92D 7@FC H66<\=@?8 42>AD A=2??65[ 2:>65 2E G2CJ:?8 286 8C@FAD]k^AmkAm$FCCJ pCED r@F?4:= 92D E6? H66<\=@?8 G6?EFC6D @? E96 5@4<6E[ 7@4FD:?8 @?

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?