''The Tribune'' is a weekly newspaper published in

Elkin, North Carolina Elkin is a town in Surry and Wilkes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, along the Yadkin River. Elkin shares its name with the surrounding township of Elkin Township. The population was 4,083 at the 2020 census. Geography Elkin is ...

. It has covered the tri-county area of Surry, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties since 1911. ''The Tribune'' has an average paid circulation of about 2,000.

Overview

Harvey Laffoon (1897-1978) was the owner, publisher and editor of ''The Elkin Tribune'' for 42 years, beginning in 1926. He was inducted into the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame in 2002. In 1949, the paper expanded from a weekly to bi-weekly. After Laffoon retired in 1968, the newspaper was sold to Mid-South Management Company Inc. Thomas Fleming succeeded Laffoon as publisher. Soon after the paper was sold, it was expanded to three times weekly. Further, Elkin was dropped from the masthead, and it became known as ''The Tribune''. In 1970 Rebel Good became editor at the age of 21 and, in 1978, after Fleming experienced health problems, became publisher. He served as editor and publisher for 37 years. Mid-South Management was sold to

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into a new company,

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. On June 5, 2019, The Tribune and regional publisher Sandy Hurley announced that Bill Colvard had been named the new editor, replacing Wendy Wood.

Affiliated publication

''The Tribune'' also publishes ''On the Vine'', a quarterly magazine that focuses on Yadkin Valley and

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wine.

References

External links

The Tribune website

* ttp://www.heartlandpublications.com/ Heartland Publications website
The Yadkin Valley Chamber of Commerce - Elkin, NC
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