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<p>Photo courtesy of Morgan Minton</p><p>The Elkin High School chapter of the FFA is selling plants of different kinds for a club fundraiser April 10-19.</p>
Elkin High School FFA to host spring plant sale
Elkin High School’s Future Farmers of America program will be holding a spring plant sale. The sale runs from April 10 through April 19 at the high school’s greenhouse on Vine Street. Vine Street is off of West Main Street. Hours are from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with Wednesdays from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.. The sale is an annual event the FFA does to raise money for the Elkin Chapter. The students from Hor...
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Surry Community to host job fair
Surry Community College is hosting a large Job Fair on Tuesday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to noon in the SCC Gymnasium located on the Dobson campus. More than 40 organizations will be represented across a wide spectrum of industries: law enforcement, emergency services, governmental agencies, manufacturing, healthcare, viticulture/enology, financial services, retail outlets, childcare and the military. These organizations are recruiting for curre...
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<p>&#8216;20 Ingredients to an Outstanding Downtown&#8217; comes to Elkin through a free seminar with author Roger Brooks on April 9 in Town Hall.</p>
‘20 Ingredients to an Outstanding Downtown’ coming to Elkin
‘20 Ingredients to an Outstanding Downtown’ will come to Elkin, thanks to the Main Street Advisory Board. The video seminar by Roger Brooks, and his Destination Development International (DDI) team, has assisted more than a thousand communities in North America and in Europe, with their business and tourism development, branding, and marketing efforts, say organizers. “A group of us heard Roger speak at the Main Street Conference in Salis...
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<p>Photo courtesy of NC Highway Patrol</p><p>A breakdown of the Operation Slow Down for 2013.</p>
Highway Patrol ends ‘Operation Slow Down’
The Highway Patrol ended its Operation Slow Down campaign on Sunday, March 31. The campaign, which began on Monday, March 25, was focused on reducing speed-related collisions on North Carolina highways. The campaign was conducted in combination with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program “No Need to Speed” campaign. Speed remains the leading cause of traffic collisions and fatalities in North Carolina as well as across the country. Last ye...
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Crime Reports
Mother’s Day weekend brings six assaults in Jonesville
Mother’s Day is often a time for flowers and cards, long-distance phone calls and special meals. For some in Jonesville, this past Mother’s Day weekend was a time for stitches, bruises, and kniv...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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<p>The Yadkin County Sheriff&#8217;s office is asking for your help in identifying suspects shown on this video shot in connection to a larceny in Hamptonville.</p>
Surveillance video shows packages being stolen
The Yadkin County Sheriff’s Office on April 23 received a call in reference to a larceny located on US Hwy 21 South near the Iredell County line in Hamptonville. The suspects shown were caught o...
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Lelia Gene Settle, 37 of Yadkinville is charged with 2 counts of possession with intent to manufacture sell and deliver a schedule II controlled substance, 2 counts of sell and deliver a controlled substance, obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and trafficking in opiates by possession.
Suspect charged with using false prescription
An Elkin pharmacy may have helped nab a suspect allegedly involved in a stolen prescription padding operation. A warrant for arrest has been filed by the Elkin Police Department for Christopher ...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jonesville crime round-up
Charge: Assault on a female When reported: Sept. 21, 1:40 p.m. Location: 100 block of Park Circle Drive, Jonesville Details: Paul Douglas Lente, 40, of Jonesville, was charged with assault o...
Oct 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police catch Advanced Electronics robber
The Elkin Police Department on Friday charged a Jonesville man with the Nov. 18 armed robbery at Advanced Electronics in Elkin. James Dexter King, 39, of 1016 Oak Lane, Jonesville, has been char...
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Business
‘Real World’ event for youth scheduled for April 11
The Third Annual Real World event will be held April 11 to help local youth ages 14-21 understand challenges young adults face in today’s society and to provide them with the financial tools to pr...
Apr 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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<p>Submitted Photo</p><p>The company headquarters of one of Surry County&#8217;s largest private employers will occupy this building at 1908 Caudle Drive effective Feb. 27.</p>
WorkForce Carolina moving
Tom Joyce Heartland Publications One of Surry County’s largest private employers will soon have a new home. An official of WorkForce Carolina, now celebrating 25 years in business, has annou...
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Antawain Stanley, store manager, proudly stands in front of Elkin's newest clothing store, Pier's Clothing. Name brand sports clothing such as Nike, Jordan and Rocawear are just a few of the selections available.
Sports clothing available in Elkin
Elkin residents who prefer the sport clothing lines of Nike, Jordan, SeanJohn and Rocawear can now find those selections in downtown. Pier's Clothing, 108 Court Street, offers mens and women's spor...
Jul 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 30 30 recommendations | email to a friend
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YVB unveils new service
Yadkin Valley Bank and Trust, the parent company of Yadkin Valley Bank, has unveiled a new consumer-friendly website with several distinctive community features. The new website, which consolidates...
May 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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