A women criticized recent action by the state legislature that increased state funds for private school vouchers and then raised questions about diversity, equity and inclusion during the Feb. 3 ...

Wilkes County Schools hosted the annual Poetry Out Loud Competition on Jan. 28 at the Stone Center in North Wilkesboro.

An Alexander County teenager was seriously injured when the Beta 300 two-stroke trail bike he was operating ran off gravel Pores Knob Road in Moravian Falls Sunday evening.

Seven people were inducted into the North Wilkes High School Viking Hall of Fame on Jan. 30 at the Stone Center.

The Rutherfordton–Spindale Central Hilltoppers edged past the Seaforth Hawks 34-32 on Saturday at the Novant Health Fieldhouse in Greensboro to win the program’s first ever NCHSAA Dual Team Wrestling ...

Wilkes Heritage Museum Bingo fundraiser starts at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, in the museum’s Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame Auditorium on Main Street, Wilkesboro.

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The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office arrested two men Wednesday morning on charges of operating video gaming machines at the Millers ...

The North Wilkes varsity girls routed Wilkes Central for the second time in seven days on Tuesday, rolling to a 64-11 ...

The Wilkes Central girls and the West Wilkes boys captured Foothills 2A Conference indoor track titles Jan. 30 at the JDL ...

The Cardinals moved up to 9-10 overall and 5-4 in FH2A play, while the Eagles regressed to 10-11 and 3-6. The first 1,883 ...

The East Wilkes and North Wilkes wrestling teams were both eliminated Saturday in the second round of the 1A and 2A dual team playoffs, respectively.