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'Thunder' brings visitors from all over U.S.
Mount Airy area residents are used to tourists from across the nation visiting the region — if it’s not “The Andy Griffith Show” ties or the county’s status as home to many of the giants of the old time and blue grass world, it’s vineyards, hiking trails and river sports which keep tourists coming. Just up the road, in Hillsville, Virginia, there’s another point one interest which draws visitors — a crime which happened more than a century ago. ...
Milepost Music brings live music to Mabry Mill
MEADOWS OF DAN, VA — Milepost Music is bringing live mountain music to Mabry Mill, located at milepost 176 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. Free outdoor concerts will take place from 2 to 4 p.m., on the first and third Sundays of each in through the summer. Jared Boyd and Friends will perform on Sunday, June 2. Boyd is a clawhammer banjo and rhythm guitar player from Galax, Virginia. He has played at the Galax Old Fiddlers’ Convention and gigs...
Pilot Mountain Masons learn the signs of stroke
May is National Stroke Awareness month and recently the Masons of Pilot Lodge #493 A.F.&A.M. received lifesaving information about the medical condition at the group’s May meeting. Lodge Master Casey Shaw facilitated the presentation and welcomed presenters retired RN Nancy Carter and Kendra Lawson, RN, of Hugh Chatham Health in Elkin. “The month of May is a time for stroke education and increased awareness of this life threatening — life changing event,” Carter said. “According to the statistics from the American Stroke Association, in the...
Trail Days Festival begins Thursday in Elkin
The annual North Carolina Trail Days Festival begins Thursday with events planned in Elkin, Jonesville and beyond. North Carolina Trail Days celebrates the many outdoor recreation opportunities found in small towns throughout the Blue Ridge Mountain foothills, according to organizers. At the junction of three state trails, Elkin is a “true trails town.” NC Trail Days has grown to a four-day event, aligning with National Trails Day on the first...
North Surry graduates celebrate, express gratitude
It was a time of celebration, gratitude, and emotion Saturday morning for nearly 200 North Surry High School graduates, their families, and faculty members who have been with them through their high school journeys. Jansen Huff, one of the graduates who has served the past year as the student body president, addressed the nearly full football stadium at the school, expressing his “profound gratitude” to the teachers, counselors, and other faculty members he said “helped shape me into the person I am. You all have...
Mobile home fire in Galax leaves one dead
A fire Sunday morning in Galax, Virginia, claimed the life of a 60-year-old male, according to the Galax Fire Department. Galax Fire Department was toned at 7:35 a.m. on Sunday, May 26 for a structure fire on Spring Trace Lane in Galax. “Arriving units found smoke showing from a singlewide mobile home with neighbors indicating one person was trapped inside. Firefighters initiated rescue efforts removing one 60-year-old male from the...
Free clinic to operate in East Bend this weekend
Remote Area Medical will be hosting a free pop-up clinic offering dental, vision and medical services just across the Yadkin County line in East Bend for two days this weekend, June 1-2. All services are free, no ID required and on a first-come, first-served basis the group said adding that on Sunday, the clinic services are on abbreviated schedule — patients are advised to arrive early that day. Remote Area...
Locals medal at 2A Track Championship
GREENSBORO — Surry County tracks stars combined to capture three medals at the 2A Outdoor State Championship Meet. North Surry’s Ella Riggs led the county with two medals. The junior finished state runner-up in girls shot put with a mark of 38-00.25 feet, which was 2.5 inches behind the gold medalist. She also won a bronze medal by taking third in discus throw with a mark of 120-09. Riggs met...
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Kendra Lawson of Hugh Chatham Health in Elkin and retired nurse Nancy Carter, a member of the Pilot Mountain Civic Club, presented education as part of Stroke Awareness Month to the Masons of Pilot Lodge #493 A.F.&A.M including what the signs of stroke may look like.
MCA graduates looking toward horizon
The need to look beyond the horizon was a common theme at the seventh-annual commencement ceremony for Millennium Charter Academy. While MCA’s Class of 2024, with 23 students, is smaller than that of other high schools in the area, everyone present more than made up for that Saturday morning during a program filled with celebration, anticipation and enthusiasm. “We are a different breed,” said Eden Gravely, one of two seniors...
Local singers grace stage at Carnegie Hall
A group of local singers from VOCE and Elkin First Baptist took the stage Tuesday at the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City to take part in a performance with other choral groups from around the country. They were all joining together in a performance of “Our Father” by composer Pepper Choplin, a musical suite based on The Lord’s Prayer. Distinguished Concerts International New York said Choplin’s composition is, “Powerful music about faith and worship that combined artistry and ministry using traditional phrases from...
Swift action replaces 2 Northern Regional Board members
The Surry County Board of Commissioners made significant changes at its last meeting, including naming replacement members to the Northern Regional Hospital Board of Trustees and initiating the process by which to dissolve the Flat Rock / Bannertown Water and Sewer District following its transfer to the City of Mount Airy last year. Upon returning from a closed session, Chairman Van Tucker announced the board had selected replacement members for the two vacant seats on the Northern Regional Hospital Board of Trustees. He made a...
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