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.

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 ...

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.

Union Baptist Church on Traphill-Union Road in Traphill will have a Christmas candlelight service starting at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21.

Filing for local elected offices slowed considerably after an initial burst of activity when the period for throwing hats into the ring began Dec. 1.

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

An announcement on the Wilkes County Schools website stated, “With icy road conditions reported throughout the county this morning, Wilkes County Schools will operate on a remote learning day today, ...

Rep. Blair Eddins of Purlear filed for reelection to his second term representing the 94th District in the N.C. House on Dec.

A large home near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Sheets Gap Overlook in the northern edge of Wilkes County was destroyed by fire late Saturday night.

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, ...

The Wilkes County commissioners appointed Makayla Norman of the Wilbar community to a vacant seat for region four of the Advisory Board of the Wilkes Voluntary and Wilkes Enhanced Voluntary ...

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