The East Wilkes softball team winning the 1A state championship in the spring of 2024 was the year’s top sports story in the ...

Carolyn Brookshire Pardue was recently presented the Dennis Sawyers Hall of Fame Award by the Winston-Salem Regional ...

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed Dec. 6-19 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office. Herbert Daniels, Helen Dula, Gene Dula, Craig Daniels and Nathan Daniels to Gene Dula and ...

Wilkes is among several counties in the northwestern part of the state scheduled to switch to a paperless court system with eCourts software in July 2025, according to the Administrative ...

Wilkes County Schools launched the “WCS Giving Hope” initiative to make a meaningful difference for students and staff in ...

The Charlotte-based Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation recently donated 749 acres on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in ...

Interviews for this story took place before Tropical Storm Helene impacted rivers. “What I have seen in the Watauga River is ...

Discount retailer Big Lots, with a store on U.S. 421 West in Wilkesboro, announced Dec. 16 that it is filing for bankruptcy as it prepares to be acquired.

Due to an early press deadline, the match results of Dec. 21 will be in the Jan. 2 issue of the Wilkes Journal-Patriot.

For the second year in a row, the Tory Oak Project provided Wilkes Early College High School students with an immersive experience exploring Wilkes County's career and leisure opportunities.

A trailing candidate in a very close election for the N.C. Supreme Court asked that court on Dec. 18 to step in and prevent election officials from counting in his ...

A story on page C4 about businesses that were awarded Downtown Boros Small Business Grants by the Wilkes Economic Development Corp. mistakenly omitted oner of the recipients, the Liberty Theatre ...