Elkin News

TRIBUNE/Jessica Pickens Jason Couch's book about the history of Elkin is now for sale.

Today, digital photography prevails for artisans presenting their work on web-based regional and national craft show applications.

Plans include display for tourists A new arts magnet, soon to open in Elkin, is expected to attract sculptors from across the Yadkin Valley.

Saturday night, downtown Elkin will have a case of the blues. Music legend Pop Ferguson will be entertaining the crowds who come out to this week's "Celebrate Life" Series event.

With only one game remaining on its schedule, Elkin needed to knock off a scrappy West Wilkes squad in Millers Creek Wednesday night to keep pace with Alleghany.

TRIBUNE/Jessica Pickens Meet Rebecca Wood, new general manager of Royall's. Wood and her husband Robert have lived in Hamptonville for two years.

Local Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts are participating in the annual "Scouting for Food Drive." Food bags will delivered throughout the Elkin community on Saturday, Feb.

County Commissioner Paul Johnson, right, talks about what an asset The Pilot Center is to Pilot Mountain and Surry County during a quarterly elected official's dinner at the center Thursday night.

With the beginning of the holiday season only two weeks away, Elkin's association of Main Street merchants is solidifying plans for its biggest financial quarter of the year.

Details: A woman reported that she noticed the syringe disposal container inside a room had been broken into and all the disposal syringes had been taken from the container, according to an Elkin Police report.

The Surry County commissioners have a packed agenda for their meeting on Monday night, which includes six public hearings, a presentation about the potential environmental impact of Fibrowatt and school project discussion.

Helping to grow the emerging art scenes of Elkin ERIK DAHLAGER "Erik Dahlager is one of those people who seem to be able to do anything he sets his mind to, and do it well." Local artist John Furches has high praise for fellow artist Dahlager, who works part-time at the Furches Gallery and has accompanied the Furches' to several art shows around ... (more)

Staff Report Downtown Elkin's Fourth Friday celebration will get under way on Aug.

A proposal to allow an occupancy tax to be collected in Surry County, which "died" in the state Legislature last spring, could be resurrected in an upcoming General Assembly session.

It came as quite a surprise to Elkin officials and downtown business owners when they heard of the resignation of Teresa Howell from her position as Main Street manager.

It will only be a few more months and the last portion of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Bridge will be removed.

Theresa Knops, Main Street and community manager for the town of Elkin, has been elected to be on the North Carolina Downtown Development Association board of directors.

The staff and department heads of the Town of Elkin are in preparation stage of developing the 2010-2011 budget.

The daughters of The Tribune editor and publisher, Harvey Laffoon, would help at the paper on Saturdays before they were allowed to go to the movies.

"When I was a student, I participated in a shadowing experience that was like a job internship.