Torrid 3-point shooting in the first half, led by Meredith Tomko, propelled the top-seeded North Wilkes girls to a 77-38 ...

The four Wilkes County high schools will again compete in the same athletic conference, starting with the 2025-26 calendar year.

For the second year, a group of local advocates partnered with the Aspen Institute to award grants to people who are “weaving” neighbors together in mutual support and connecting their ...

Lori Parsons of Purlear was sworn in Friday as a new member of the Wilkes County Board of Elections.

Dental assisting students from Wilkes Community College participated in the Give Kids A Smile event on Feb. 7 at the Wilkes Public Health Dental Clinic. This program, established in 2003 ...

The Wilkesboro Town Council on Monday announced the renewed business interest in a vacant parcel just off U.S. 421 West, the rezoning of which was denied after being opposed by ...

When the state historical marker succinctly noting Union Gen. George Stoneman’s occupancy of Wilkesboro went up in 1940, more than a few Wilkes County residents with childhood memories of this ...

The Wilkes County Quilters recently donated a 95-inch-by-95-inch quilt featuring the state flowers of each of the 50 states ...

A deceased woman was found inside a camper that was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning in eastern Wilkes County.

The Rev. James Theodore “Theo” Hendrix moved with his wife, Flossie Pearl Greene Hendrix, and five sons from the Stoney Fork ...

One of the largest drug seizures in Wilkes County in several years was made and two men were arrested on trafficking charges ...

United Way of Wilkes announced the appointment of Dr. Joey “Joe” M. Bullis as its new executive director, effective Feb. 17.