Police Chief Darryl Bottoms retires
Rain doesn’t dampen holiday spirit
Pilot Mountain marks Deck the Halls
Dogwood District holds recognition banquet
Vintage mart a hit with shoppers, merchants
Latest Updates
- Mistletoe Market set for Dec. 14 in Pilot Mountain - 11:57 am
- Police Chief Darryl Bottoms retires - 10:14 am
- Rain doesn’t dampen holiday spirit - 10:51 am
- Pilot honors retiring police chief - 9:05 pm
- Volunteers help feed Pilot-area families - 5:31 pm updated: 5:53 pm.
- Pilot Mountain marks Deck the Halls - 10:44 am
- Community members help with Ruritan angels - 12:45 pm
- Pilot team takes top spot at Lego competition - 3:52 pm
- Shoals Ruritan Angel Tree is Sunday - 1:47 pm
- Shoals takes a stand against drugs - 1:16 pm
- Dogwood District holds recognition banquet - 12:05 pm
- Local youth earns Eagle Scout rank - 5:08 pm
- Dewey’s Bakery holiday location opening in Pilot - 2:39 pm
- Outreach thrift store closes its doors - 11:18 am
- Pictured are Pilot Mountain Middle School Students who took part in the school’s recent science fair. - 12:19 pm
- Vintage mart a hit with shoppers, merchants - 9:40 am
- Pilot business council gathering is Thursday - 2:56 pm
- Davis to present ‘A.A. Burleigh: Civil War Soldier‘ - 11:28 am
- VFW Post to hold flag retirement - 11:22 am
- Fall Vintage Mart is Saturday - 10:22 am
- Westfield PTO holding bazaar - 4:57 pm
- Great Chili Cook-off coming to Pilot - 12:38 pm
- Gaz’s retirement on the horizon - 6:32 pm
- Shoals students show principal appreciation - 10:40 am
- Glow party a hit with all ages - 4:54 pm
NEWS
Shoals takes a stand against drugs
Students and staff at Shoals Elementary participated in National Red Ribbon Week recently, showing there support for taking a stand against illegal dr...
Dogwood District holds recognition banquet
Scouts and leaders from across the county gathered in the First United Methodist Church Family Life Center on Nov. 12, as Pilot Mountain Scouts BSA Tr...
Local youth earns Eagle Scout rank
Benjamin Snow of Troop 538 recently received his Eagle Scout Award in a ceremony this month at First Baptist Church of Mount Airy.Snow’s Eagle S...
Dewey’s Bakery holiday location opening in Pilot
The committee overseeing the “A Place to Play – Pilot Mountain” community playground project is teaming with Dewey’s Bakery to...
Outreach thrift store closes its doors
The Pilot Mountain Outreach Center Thrift Store has closed its doors and sold all remaining merchandise, choosing to focus on its food bank ministry.A...
Pictured are Pilot Mountain Middle School Students who took part in the school’s recent science fair.
Pilot Mountain Middle School recently held its annual science fair, with seven students taking first place ribbons and advancing on to the county wide...
SPORTS
East Surry names new fieldhouse for Coach Downs
PILOT MOUNTAIN — Long-time coach Barry Hall started out as an assistant to Downs, only to have Downs reverse the tables a bit when he told Hall ...
East turns the tables
RONDA — Some things are so nice they need to happen twice.The East Surry Cardinals and the East Wilkes Cardinals first met this season in week 1...
Three SCC spikers honored for ‘17 performance
DOBSON — Moving back to her natural position of outside hitter paid huge dividends in 2017 for Anika Thomas and Surry Community College’s ...
Cards pull it out with 33 seconds left
PILOT MOUNTAIN — East Surry sent Starmount packing for the second time this season with a 21-14 victory over the Rams in the first round of the ...
East Surry wins JROTC Raider Challenge
The East Surry Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program seemed to enjoy being at home Saturday as it took on a large and impressi...
Silver Cardinals
BURLINGTON — About 15 minutes after their season came to an end on a damp Saturday evening, one could notice many of the East Surry tennis playe...
LIFE
Pilot team takes top spot at Lego competition
Surry County School System middle school students recently spent a Saturday at Surry Community College to compete in the 2019 Surry First Lego League ...
Shoals Ruritan Angel Tree is Sunday
The Shoals Ruritan Club will be sponsoring the 17th annual Shoals Community Angel Tree on Sunday evening from 5-7 p.m. at the Shoals Ruritan Building,...
Dogwood District holds recognition banquet
Scouts and leaders from across the county gathered in the First United Methodist Church Family Life Center on Nov. 12, as Pilot Mountain Scouts BSA Tr...
Westfield News
Happy Thanksgiving!Pancakes with Santa — Saint Nick is stopping by to have breakfast at Double Creek Volunteer Fire department Saturday, Dec. 14...
Local youth earns Eagle Scout rank
Benjamin Snow of Troop 538 recently received his Eagle Scout Award in a ceremony this month at First Baptist Church of Mount Airy.Snow’s Eagle S...
OPINION
Visitor angry over experience
To the Editor,On Saturday, March 23, my sons and I visited Mount Airy.It has been a while since I have been in your city, as I live in Tennessee, and ...
The wisdom of Winston still holds
Considering Winston Churchill was an obnoxious imperialist, it’s a little surprising how often his words of wisdom can be of real value, even to...
Leftists undermining Trump?
To the Editor,For political advantage, leftist-Democrats insist that the recent Supreme Court of the United States confirmation is illegitimate and la...
Barter should have to earn subsidies
To the Editor,I finally got some real clear information on the Barter deal from that recent letter to editor (A better ‘barter’ for taxpay...
A better ‘barter’ for taxpayers
There’s been a flood of untrue comments saying the Committee for Transparency (CFT) is trying to block Barter.Not true. We simply seek to have o...
Writer has had enough with city leaders
To the Editor,After retiring from the Air Force and Postal Service I just wanted to settle down and enjoy my retirement years with no responsibilities...
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