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The Carter County Car Club's weekly cruise-ins will return to East Elk Avenue in downtown Elizabethton, Tennessee, starting May 6 and continuing through the end of October. However, there will be no cruise-in on Sept. 23, the day of the annual Covered Bridge Days event. The decision to keep the cruise-ins at their traditional location came after a sharply divided Elizabethton City Council took four votes before finally getting a majority. All four votes were split 4-3. The council considered various options, including moving the cruise-ins one block north to E Street, limiting the events to one per month, or alternating between E Street and Elk Avenue. Ultimately, the majority vote was to keep the cruise-ins on Elk Avenue.

Ice skatingPhoto byKelli McClintock/UnsplashonUnsplash. Skaters finally took to the synthetic ice at Skate by the Doe at Elizabethton's Covered Bridge Par Saturday. The park opened amid unseasonably warm temperatures. The synthetic material used in the ice rink doesn't require the ambient temperature to be below freezing to enjoy ice skating at the seasonal attraction.

Quiet setup before the storms.JOHN DABBS/Photographer. First Friday event in Elizabethton, Tennessee Friday night, May 6, was anything but a washout, despite the downpours. Even with a few of the food trucks not showing due to weather, five food trucks and two local eateries participated in the Food Truck Competition. Jennifer Greenwell of Carter County Bank, a division of the Bank of Tennessee, said it was a success.

Time to fill the seats at "the bus station"Project MOVE/Chasity Thompson. Project MOVE is working with Hannon Howard and Terry Stines to revive and repurpose Elizabethton's historic "bus station" property at 420 East E Street.

Carter County Bank, a division of Bank of Tennessee serving Elizabethton and Carter County, will be hosting a Food Truck Competition in Elizabethton, Tennessee on May 6 at Covered Bridge Park, near the stage.