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The Tribune is a tri-weekly newspaper published in Elkin, North Carolina. It has covered the tri...

The Tribune is a tri-weekly newspaper published in Elkin, North Carolina. It has covered the tri-county area of Surry, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties since 1911. The Tribune has a circulation of 6,000 . 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. Soonafter 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 June 2007, both The Tribune and the other Surry County-based newspapers were part of a sale from Mid-South Management to Heartland Publications, LLC of Connecticut. In a bid to consolidate operations, Heartland eliminated a dozen staffers from its Mount Airy and Elkin papers, including Tribune Managing Editor Leighanne M. Wright. Soon after, Good left his position along with a number of senior staffers. Good and former Mount Airy News publisher Michael