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Business Spotlight: Elkin General Store
An Old-Fashioned Favorite with Something for Everyone in Downtown Elkin. There's a new shop on Main Street that's bringing back a little blast from the past! At Elkin General Store, you'll find shelves stocked with nostalgic candy, classic toys, quirky gifts, local favorites, and plenty of things you didn't know you needed.
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Local Government Commission to decide town of Ronda's future
The Local Government Commission, or LGC, will begin the formal process of deciding whether the town of Ronda in Wilkes County can be financially rehabilitated or if it should be dissolved. In September, Ronda’s Board of Commissioners voted to dissolve its charter. Now, the LGC is putting recovery back...
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Cozy mountain house in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina
Wood plank ceilings, a stacked stone fireplace, and playful plaid wallpaper fill this Banner Elk getaway. Aguilar Design Studio has designed, built, and furnished this cozy mountain house for a retired healthcare executive and his wife in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Tucked into the woods of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the house was built as a vacation home where family and friends can get together. It is also a year-round home for the couple’s son.
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Faces of Elkin: Abby Walker
For Abby Walker, Elkin wasn’t always the place she imagined calling home. Today, she can’t imagine being anywhere else. Abby first came to Elkin from Florida with her family in the mid-1990s. They arrived in November to gray skies, bare trees and a town where they didn’t know anyone. But it didn’t take long for Elkin to begin feeling like home.
The Tribune
Incumbent wins and losses in Elkin on election night
Just after 9 p.m. on election night, results were being reported for the Elkin precinct with some incumbent wins and losses. In the race for Elkin School Board City District seat, Republican incumbents Jill Bellia and Earl Blackburn reclaimed their seats. Bellia claimed the highest vote count with 1,482, Blackburn followed with 1088. Unaffiliated candidate Mary Johnson received 998 votes, 90 votes shy of claiming a seat on the board. In the race for Elkin Town Board, one incumbent was ousted and two longtime commissioners will remain on the board. Newcomer Mike Bovender claimed a victory, and the highest vote total with 859 votes to join the Elkin Town Board. Incumbents Cicely McCulloch and Jeff Eidson reclaimed their seats with 806 and 812 votes respectively. Graham "Bear" Ray, who was appointed to the board in January of 2025 to fill an unexpired seat, failed to claim enough votes in the election to reclaim his seat on the board. Also failing to claim a seat on the board was another newcomer in the race, Deryal Walker.
The Center Square
Ronda, Rowland being formally examined for rehabilitation or dissolution
(The Center Square) – Ronda and Rowland, small North Carolina communities in financial hardship, are being formally examined by the Local Government Commission to determine if rehabilitation or dissolution is the best step for residents. Finances of the communities were taken over by the state in October by the agency statutorily charged to monitor the fiscal well-being – and approve most debt issued – of more than 1,100 local government units. Votes Tuesday by the commission put both towns into what the commission calls “the statutory process for evaluating financially unsustainable municipalities.” Neither town is dissolved; neither town is deemed able to be financially rehabilitated, first-term Republican state Treasurer Brad Briner said. He’s chairman of the commission. In a statement made available to The Center Square, Briner said in part, "People in Ronda and Rowland deserve local governments that can pay their bills, manage taxpayer dollars responsibly and provide the services residents depend on. Our priority is to protect taxpayers and maintain essential services while we determine whether these towns have a financially sustainable path forward. These are difficult decisions, but we owe residents a thorough and responsible review of every option." Ronda is a foothills community of the Blue