Balloons will line the streets as love fills the air this Valentine’s weekend when downtown merchants celebrate the romantic holiday this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. “We are encouraging people …

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With $100,000 to burn, for the next 10 weeks, a group of students at the Surry Early College High School will be competing in a stock market game.
Students in Jonathan Amos’ social studies class will be competing within the classroom as well as among other students at the regional, state and national levels. Students will try to invest their “money” wisely so as to end up with the most at the end of the game period.

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Two Surry County deputies involved in the shooting of a 70-year-old man, who was left in critical condition and later died, were cleared of any wrong doing and will return to work later this week, …

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At least two local financial institutions are actively working to protect customers in the wake of a security breach at a New Jersey-based company that processes payments nationwide. Surrey Bank &…

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Pulling into a handicapped parking space can be a convenient practice for some able-bodied motorists desiring a shorter walk, but that violation could soon come at a price: $221 to be exact. The M…

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Rob Connolly didn’t know what to expect when he came to the Mount Airy debut of his film, which recently appeared in the Sundance Film Festival and was shot locally in town at the inoperative Spenc…

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In December 2008, the state saw 97 counties’ unemployment rates increase, including Surry County, which neared 10 percent, the highest since 1996. The county’s unemployment rate from December of 9…

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Area residents who are out of work are still struggling with a jobless rate that has soared near double-digits, but some of those without jobs will benefit from a recent extension of unemployment b…

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As a born and bred North Carolinian, author Bill Thompson is so passionate about his home state and the stories of its land and people that he travels throughout the state and the South sharing tho…

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DOBSON — Student safety has always been a priority for Surry County Schools. In that light, the school system has recently taken more steps to ensure that that remains the case. At the Feb. 2 boar…

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