North Wilkes shortstop Meredith Tomko, center, gets glove on a groundball Friday in Hays, backed up by third baseman Hannah Absher, right, as East Wilkes baserunner Keylan Cook sp ...

Aly Taylor of West Wilkes had a pair of first-place track finishes Friday in the West Caldwell First Chance Meet in Lenoir. Taylor took gold in both the 100-meter (18.64 ...

The Town of Wilkesboro is seeking a grant for renovating a portion of the former Lowe’s Companies Inc. headquarters facility on Curtis Bridge Road and U.S. 421 Business for use ...

A new program providing treatment and recovery services as a form of supervised probation for criminal offenders in Wilkes District Court received a setback but now apparently is on track ...

Thank goodness we didn’t have a repeat of the blizzard of 1993 last week. We did have a wild temperature swing that kept me bundled up on my morning walks, ...

Traphill Baptist Church will have an Easter Sunrise service April 5 at 7 a.m., followed by breakfast in the fellowship hall and worship service at 9 a.m. Mike Caldwell is ...

Who would have thought the most powerful politician in the state would lose his Senate re-election?

Periods of heavy rain Monday in Wilkes County briefly put the spring wildfire season on hold, but dry conditions are expected for the foreseeable future due to little precipitation in ...

Seventy-two small businesses, including two in North Wilkesboro, recently earned the designation of Certified North Carolina Destination Business by the N.C. Department of Commerce.

Spring is a busy time for N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission biologists, especially due to increased human encounters with wildlife.

Once stretching across more than 90 million acres of the southeastern United States and much of eastern North Carolina, the longleaf pine is a living emblem of the region’s ecological ...

Hundreds of people, including students, advisors, industry partners and elected officials, attended the 2026 SkillsUSA ...