Boomer passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025, at Wilkes Assisted Living. The family will receive friends Saturday, April 12, ...

A high school choral director is Wilkes County’s new teacher of the year, while the new principal of the year leads one of ...

Five years ago, we were brought to our knees by a deadly, invisible virus that would eventually kill millions of people around the globe.

The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Wilkes County celebration is May 9 at the North Wilkesboro Rotary Club’s Tomlinson Park on West Park Drive in North Wilkesboro.

A portion of Fishing Creek Road is closed this week in preparation for placement of a pedestrian bridge over U.S. 421 near the North Wilkesboro Speedway, reported the N.C. Department ...

Officials in North Carolina and other states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its decision to cut $11 billion in federal funds that go toward COVID-19 initiatives and other ...

House Bill 306, called “Affordable Housing for Local Employees,” was recently introduced as a “local bill” to authorize Blowing Rock and Boone, Watauga County and the Watauga County Board of ...

Wilkes Community College announced the launch of its dental hygiene program, set to begin in the upcoming academic year.

Piedmont Regional Forage Conference is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 15 at the Yadkin County Cooperative Extension Office at ...

Traphill Baptist Church will host an Easter egg hunt for all on Saturday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Derick Barker will preach at 9 a.m., Sunday, April 6, at Garden Creek Baptist Church in Stone ...

The state launched the N.C. Private Road and Bridge Program to assist property owners in Wilkes and other western North Carolina counties adversely impacted by Tropical Storm Helene.

The N.C. Highway Patrol responded to a fatal collision in Alexander County on N.C. 16 at Millersville Road south of Taylorsville at about 5:40 p.m. March 28.