Local News in Surry County, North Carolina
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When the textile mill goes, so does a way of life (USA Today)
In textile towns across the Southeast, thousands of workers are starting over again, sometimes painfully.When the textile mill goes, so does a way of life (USA Today) Mount Airy, N.C., has lost thousands of textile jobs sincd 1999, and the U.S. has lost hundreds of thousands. Those jobs won't be coming back. That has changed life in the town that was the model for The Andy Griffith Show's Mayberry.
Research: Kids Hit More Than 1,400 Times In NC Schools (WFMY News 2 Greensboro) According to data released Wednesday, some Triad schools used corporal punishment during the last school year.
Legislation to block Navy airfield is grounded (The Petersburg Progress-Index) RICHMOND - Legislation that could have stopped the U.S. Navy from locating an outlying landing field in the Tidewater area, including a proposed airfield bordering Prince George County, has been refused permission for takeoff this year. But landing field
Police To Collect Unwanted, Expired Prescription Drugs (WXII-TV Winston-Salem) Wondering what to do with that old bottle of penicillin, or how to keep unused Vicodin or Ambien out of the wrong hands? A upcoming event in Mount Airy could be the answer.
Affected beneficiaries (Winston-Salem Journal) Nearly 3,800 Medicare beneficiaries in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina are affected by the suspension of Fox Insurance Co.
Election Filings of Northwest North Carolina (Winston-Salem Journal) Here are the candidates running for election in Northwest North Carolina:
For The Record (Winston-Salem Journal) Reynolds 5, Parkland 4
Local Company Livid Over Losing Contract Bid (WXII-TV Winston-Salem) Officials at North Carolina Granite Corp. thought they had the inside track on winning the subcontract to provide materials for the for the 9-11 memorial in New York City, but were livid to learn that the contract was awarded to an overseas company.
Virginia not among finalists for fed Race to the Top education funds (WTKR Norfolk) The U.S. Department of Education announced the 16 finalists for the first round of $4.35 billion Race to the Top education funds today, and Virginia was not among them.