Students in the Wilkes County Schools who advanced to the Regional Science Fair at Watauga High School in Boone were ...

The Town of Wilkesboro’s financial picture is slowly getting better but has room for much more improvement, according to an auditor who addressed the Wilkesboro Town Council during its regular ...

Recharging Resilience,” a free workshop, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Feb. 27, at The Meeting Place at 1901 West Park Drive, North Wilkesboro ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on Jan. 12 on four counts each of possession of a weapon of mass destruction, manufacturing a weapon of mass destruction and assembling ...

The annual Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by Men in Christ, is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Jan. 19, at the Stone Center on Cherry Street, North Wilkesboro.

Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Assocation, on Monday issued a call for a national time of prayer at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

Staff and congregants of Beach Road Church in Southport began the new year with a public reading of the entire Bible in the ...

A 9.7% drop in Wilkes County’s occupancy tax collections from the first five months of fiscal 2024-25 to the same period in 2025-26 is primarily due to Tropical Storm Helene ...

The Humane Society of Wilkes (HSOW) received the “Top Animal Rescue Group of the Year Award” from Wilkes County Animal Services during the Jan. 6 Wilkes County commissioners meeting.

Building Skills for a Successful Growing Season” will be offered at the Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service, with sessions on Jan. 21, Feb. 18, March 18 and April 8.

The North Wilkesboro commissioners discussed the potential listing and sale of surplus, town-owned properties during their Jan. 6 meeting.

Join Friends of Stone Mountain State Park on Saturday, Jan. 17, for the Hike for Hunger event to support those in need. Meet at the Dogwood Picnic Shelter in the ...