The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on June 22, 2025. Since 2010 the Floyd Farmers Market at the downtown Community Pavilion has been a hub of activity every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. More recently, the popular marketplace added a Thursday Market from 2-6 pm, May to October. The summer months […]
–The Following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 31, 2025 Eleven miles of string lights were added to Floydfest Festival Park at 5826 Floyd Highway North in preparation for the annual festival, held from July 23 to 27. The lights are a fitting addition for 2025 festival’s namesake, Aurora. There are new sidewalks, […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 17, 2025. It was a hometown show for sister and brother Aila and Eli Wildman at The Floyd Country Store Saturday night, the place where their music started. “I first played the fiddle right up in that room,” Aila said, pointing from the stage during […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 10, 2025 Crowd attendances at the Floyd Small Town Summer events at the Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, are a testament to how popular the free, family friendly summer series is. Presented by the Town of Floyd and sponsored by local organizations and businesses, the […]
The following first appeared in the July 3rd issue of The Floyd Press The Old Church Gallery really knows how to throw a party. Their June 24th Musical Chairs House Party kept the fun in fundraising and provided the gallery with an opportunity to double their fundraising efforts through the Community Foundation of the New […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on June 19, 2025. An estimated 400 people came together in downtown Floyd for Floyd’s No King Day, a nationwide day of peaceful protest that took place on June 14th in nearly 2,000 locations across the country. Organized by the 50501 Movement, which stands for 50 states, […]
-I’ve covered the Floyd High Graduation for The Floyd Press for about 10 years in the past. The following was written for the paper but it wasn’t used and there was no coverage on the Graduation. The Floyd County High School graduating class of 2025 filed into the gym to the music of Pomp and […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 15, 2025 – Floyd Senior Day, a resource fair highlighting resources and services available to the Floyd Community, was held at the Floyd Town Hall Community Room on Saturday 10 – 2pm. The event featured approximately 20 information tables and was hosted by FACT (Floyd […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 1, 2025. A groundbreaking ceremony for the Jessie Peterman Memorial Library’s Pavilion Project drew a crowd of supporters on April 4. Fundraising by the Floyd County Building Fund and Floyd Friends of the Library began for the 850-square-foot structure on December 2023 and is nearing […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 6, 2025 Emotions ran high at the recent Ninth District “Traveling Staff Office” gathering, where Floyd County constituents were invited to make comments and ask questions to be relayed to Congressman Morgan Griffith, who was not in attendance. There was a general consensus expressed by […]
-The following first appeared in the Floyd Press on December 26, 2024. The “Nest of Singing Birds” ballad singers lost their town and their monthly Appalachian Ballad Swap venue when the historic town of Marshall in Madison County, NC, floated away with the flood of Hurricane Helene, and the Old Marshall Jail Hotel & Restaurant […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 12, 2024. Taken by photographer Rich Cox.
