The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 10 announced felony charges filed against 29 people with Wilkes County addresses and seven others, mostly involving methamphetamine.

Three local entrepreneurs were chosen winners of $1,000 apiece in a competition at Wilkes Community College in which new and ...

Mull, 66, said his top issues include property taxes, affordable and quality housing, child care, mental health, attracting high-paying jobs and transparency. Mull said he has observed Wilkes in his ...

Registration for garden plots at the Cub Creek Community Garden off South Bridge Street in Wilkesboro begins Jan. 5, said ...

Former and current Wilkesboro firefighters, family members of nearly all of the 17 men who were Wilkesboro fire chiefs and others helped celebrate the department’s 100th anniversary Saturday at the ...

The North Wilkes boys wrestling team split a pair of matches Tuesday in Moravian Falls, including a league-opening 77-6 romp over intercounty foe Wilkes Central.

West Wilkes High School’s marching band comes down Main Street of Wilkesboro in Christmas Parade.

A woman lost her life in a house fire the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, at 329 Old U.S. 421 in the Champion Fire District, ...

Over $200,000 raised by the North Wilkesboro chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC) in 2025 was distributed to 14 ...

North Carolina needs $120 billion worth of new investment in water, stormwater, and sewer systems, according to a recent report from the U.S. Water Alliance.

Two well-established Americana jam bands are returning to MerleFest this year after appearing at the festival early in their careers.