Starting Aug.1, county governments and conservation nonprofit groups may apply for grant funding from the N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund for farmland preservation ...

Wilkes County and other locales in North Carolina and nationwide experienced record and near-record high temperatures in June and July, according to National Weather Service (NWS) data.

In the back of a cramped, wood-paneled warehouse in Knoxville, Tenn., are dozens of aquarium tanks filled with endangered, ...

The Wilkesboro Town Council has officially approved a major upgrade and expansion of the town’s wastewater treatment plant for a cost not to exceed $89.8 million.

Here’s the best bets for fun artsy things to do this week in Wilkes County and the Town of Elkin.

Democratic leaders in the House so far have managed to keep intact Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes of six bills allowing people to ...

Attendance and demand for local peaches were both strong at the seventh annual Brushy Mountain Peach & Heritage Festival in the Carolina West Wireless Community Commons in Wilkesboro Friday and ...

A new book provides previously unpublished raw glimpses of life in Wilkes County in the last quarter of the 18th century, not long after the area was considered the Carolina ...

The number of homeschooled children in Wilkes County increased by about 10.5% from 2022-23 to 2023-24 and again from 2023-24 to 2024-25, according to data from the N.C. Department of ...

Industrial league softball games were a popular summer activity in Wilkes County for decades. North Wilkesboro Coca-Cola ...

N.C. 268 East is an economic lifeline in Wilkes County because of the large number of tractor-trailers hauling goods and the many commuters going back and forth on the highway, although some opt for ...

Members of the N.C. State Health Plan will be able to get a knee replacement or other surgeries at no cost under a new program that marks a shift for ...