The North Wilkesboro commissioners approved moving forward with building a fire station on a 4.2-acre parcel that includes where the Elks Lodge formerly stood, rejecting property on Ninth Street near ...

The Clinton Darkhorses won the program’s second North Carolina High School Athletic Association Men’s Soccer Championship on Friday night with a 3-1 win against the Southwestern Randolph Cougars ...

U.S. News & World Report ranked Moravian Falls Elementary School the 20th best elementary school in North Carolina in a ...

The Christmas season goes into high gear on Dec. 7 with the annual Wilkes County Christmas Parade, Town of Wilkesboro’s Christmas in the Commons, Wilkes Heritage Museum Christmas Open House ...

The N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation announced that it awarded $6.6 million in grants for 17 land acquisition projects ...

We decided to cut our losses and walk back down the mountain to our vehicle, using Sheets Gap Road because of the limited daylight left. We talked to a few residents along the way, including one man ...

Wilkes County high school juniors and a few other high schoolers tried their hands at everything from operating an 18-wheeler ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff formerly was married to a Wilkes County native.

The N.C. General Assembly on Nov. 20 passed a wide-ranging omnibus bill that transfers an additional $227 million to the state’s Hurricane Helene Fund, allocates $33.75 million in child care ...

Rep. Blair Eddins of Purlear was elected freshman whip when the N.C. House Republican Caucus chose its leadership for the ...

A housing study completed in fall 2024 found no vacancies in 17 apartment and other multi-family housing complexes with a ...

Mike White and Gary Huffman of North Wilkesboro-based HuffBo LLC, owner of several Bojangles restaurants, were recently presented the Bojangles’ Star Performer Award.