Thirteen Wilkes Community College students with top academic standing have been named marshals for the college’s 58th annual commencement exercises in the John A. Walker Community Center ...

The North Wilkesboro Speedway chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities is revving its engines to host a variety of special fundraising events throughout NASCAR All-Star Race week, May 13-19. These eng ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office charged two people last week with two counts each of trafficking in marijuana and other felony ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office on April 23 recovered a U-Haul tow dolly and other items that had been reported stolen and ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office charged a woman with attempted first-degree murder and misdemeanor domestic violence in ...

The Wilkes Central soccer team threw an 8-0 clean sheet on West Wilkes at the River’s Edge soccer complex in Wilkesboro on ...

With this past weekend’s MerleFest music festival in the rearview mirror, organizers were quick to thank the hundreds of ...

Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) recently protected a 2,400-foot peak in the Brushy Mountains in Wilkes County. The 2.28 acre lot ...

Horseless Carriage Club of America members will cruise down the Main streets of Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro in early model cars Friday as part of the organization’s annual spring tour.

Today Sunny. High 86F. Winds light and variable. Tonight Clear to partly cloudy. Low 57F. Winds light and variable. Tomorrow ...

The late Roger Smithey of Millers Creek was among the last local people to attend the Republican National Convention as a ...

Florencia & the Feeling, a high-energy pop/funk fusion band from Johnson City, Tenn., was the winner of the annual MerleFest ...