This story has been updated with Smith County’s final report. All results are considered unofficial until they are canvassed. The final unofficial results have been posted in Smith […] ...

There are places that look like they were designed by a committee of people who studied “charming small town” in a textbook, and then there’s Mount Airy, North Carolina, which is the real thing.

I saw “A Face in the Crowd” in the late 1980s at the summer arts festival at Appalachian State University. The film was 30 years old, but the politics-big business-media ...

Situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Mount Airy, North Carolina, wears its “Mayberry” moniker well. As the ...

Mount Airy, North Carolina didn’t get that memo, and thank goodness for that. Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, this town operates on a completely different frequency than the rest ...