The Wilkes Board of Education on Monday night approved a bid of $195,000 from Dylan Bauguess Construction for demolishing the existing home bleachers, grading, foundation work and renovations at East ...

NASCAR All-Star Race Weekend will feature a “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” on Saturday, May 17, when Jake Owen takes the stage ...

Numerous felony drug cases were heard in the Jan. 22 session of Wilkes District Court, with Chief District Court Judge Robert Crumpton presiding.

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.

A small, nameless stream that flows for about 2 1/2 miles through forests and fields in the Purlear community before emptying into the North Prong of Lewis Fork Creek may ...

Lowe’s Companies Inc. sold its former corporate headquarters facility in Wilkesboro, originally the Wilkes Mall, to Wilkesboro-based Finley Properties late last week.

The Air Force Junior ROTC unit at Wilkes Central High School is collecting non-perishable food and toiletries during the entire month of February for Wilkes Ministry of h.o.p.e. to give ...

I serve on the following committees: Agriculture, Energy and Environment; Appropriations on Agriculture, Natural and Economic ...

Cindy Thompson has been named new president of the Wilkes County Chamber of Commerce, effective Feb. 3.

The Wilkes Community College Small Business Center and Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service are co-sponsoring three free upcoming workshops at the Wilkes County Agricultural Center at 416 Executive ...

Samaritan’s Purse’s ongoing efforts for Tropical Storm Helene victims in western North Carolina and East Tennessee include ...

The East Wilkes girls came out on top of the Northwest 1A Conference wrestling tournament Saturday at Alleghany High School ...