Surry Business

The U.S. Department of Transportation has given the go-ahead for plans to build the Winston-Salem Northern Beltway in Forsyth County, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Saturday. This step completes the project’s environmental review. Once a pending legal challenge is resolved, the state may begin right-of-way acquisition and construction planning, according to a news release from the […]

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North Carolina tied with Georgia as the fifth fastest–growing state from July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Nevada and Arizona, Utah and Idaho topped the list, based on percentages of increase. North Carolina added almost 200,000 people in 12 months — a 2.2 percent increase — and crossed […]

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We’re back from an end-of-summer vacation and glad to be home again in Surry County. Somewhere we read that the temperature drops one degree with each additional 100 feet above sea level. Don’t know whether that’s true, but 82 degrees and 37 percent humidity this afternoon at the Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (elevation: 1,247 feet) […]

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TopRetirements.com, “where active people 55-plus can find the best place to retire,” ranks Mount Airy among the nation’s 180 best communities for active retirees. Asheville (No. 1) and Winston-Salem (No. 10) top the list. Among all states, only North Carolina and Arizona have two Top 10 communities; North Carolina alone has 13 on the 180-city […]

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Is she really 45? You didn’t hear that here.

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