Mount Airy wins Great Main Street award

Mount Airy was winner of the 2012 People's Choice contest for Great Main Street in a "Great Places in North Carolina" initiative sponsored by the N.C. Chapter of the American Planning Association.
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/may/01/mount-airy-wins-great-main-street-award-ar-2230620/

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 14:40:17 -0700

Insteel Industries Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

MOUNT AIRY, N.C., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Insteel Industries, Inc. (IIIN) today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share on the Company's ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/insteel-industries-declares-quarterly-cash-180000817.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:00:00 -0700

Main streets in Mount Airy, other NC cities recognized

North Carolinians voted Mount Airy’s Main Street the state’s favorite main street in a poll, winning a contest attempting to recognize great places in the state and quality city planning.
http://newsobserver.com/2012/05/01/2037102/main-streets-in-mount-airy-other.html

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 18:14:39 -0700

Voters: The Best Main Street Is In This Triad Town

1,700 voters picked this town as their choice for the best main street in North Carolina.
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local_state/article.aspx?storyid=227232

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 17:01:56 -0700

Great Main Street: Mt. Airy's downtown wins honor

Mount Airy's downtown has received a people's choice award, so to speak.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/foothills/Great-Main-Street-Mt-Airy-s-downtown-wins-honor/-/10626528/12389456/-/m28q2x/-/index.html

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 11:30:55 -0700

Construction Continues at Mount Airy High School

The $3.5 million renovation and expansion project is nearing completion.
http://www.wxii12.com/Construction-Continues-at-Mount-Airy-High-School/-/9678472/12141852/-/rsqeklz/-/index.html

Published: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:10:55 -0700

Surry residents attend NAACP-led tour; local tea party protests

MOUNT AIRY -- Walter Walker seemed typical of local residents affected by poverty due to job loss or other factors who shared their stories Monday afternoon when a statewide bus tour swung through Mount Airy — as tea party members protested nearby.
http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2012/may/01/surry-residents-attend-naacp-led-tour-local-tea-pa-ar-2228898/

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 06:30:15 -0700

Wine festival draws attendance from all over NC

For the past 11 years, locals as well as North Carolinians from the Charlotte, Concord, Mooresville, Raleigh and Durham areas of the state have come to celebrate the wine culture of the Yadkin Valley.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/foothills/Wine-festival-draws-attendance-from-all-over-NC/-/10626528/13435396/-/6bo0ngz/-/index.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 07:46:10 -0700

W-S Prep girls win 4x100 crown

Winston-Salem Prep showed its speed Saturday at N.C. A&T during the NCHSAA's Class 1-A outdoor track and field championships.
http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2012/may/13/wssport01-w-s-prep-girls-win-4x100-crown-ar-2273546/

Published: Sat, 12 May 2012 21:03:25 -0700

Willie Nelson to play in Pinnacle

Music legend Willie Nelson is scheduled to perform at the Jomeokee Park Amphitheater in Pinnacle on June 16. This is Nelson’s first, and possibly only, North Carolina performance for 2012.
http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/foothills/Willie-Nelson-to-play-in-Pinnacle/-/10626528/13396278/-/uujkdr/-/index.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 06:45:53 -0700