The Mount Airy News
[3] The News is one of two newspapers serving Surry County, along with The Tribune in Elkin.The Mount Airy News and The Tribune have the same corporate parent.In June 2007, both The Mount Airy News and The Tribune were part of a sale from Mid-South Management Co., Inc. to Heartland Publications, LLC of Connecticut.However, after attempting several different publication schedules, The Messenger closed less than three years later, shutting its doors in 2010.[6] Later in 2017, Champion Media sold its Mount Airy area newspapers to Adams Publishing Group.