The Wilkes County Schools’ looming “financial cliff” was explained in greater detail during a day-long Wilkes Board of Education retreat Friday in the board’s meeting room in North Wilkesboro.

Jeffrey Duncan has been appointed as the new warden of Wilkes Correctional Center, a minimum custody state prison on N.C. 115 ...

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

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

New Jersey tea, the 2013 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year, is among additions to this year’s Wilkes Cooperative ...

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.

Members of a Christian men’s organization called the Legendaries and Ministerios Emmanuel Church had a public demonstration of support for local government and local law enforcement in Wilkesboro ...

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 ...

The American Red Cross is urging donors to give blood or platelets in February to help build up supplies after thousands of donations went uncollected in January due to severe ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service is taking orders for its annual plant sale until Feb. 28.

Other sectors in North Carolina could emerge as much more significant to the economy in coming decades. One is mining and quarrying. Pure silicon is a key component of computer chips, and North ...

The following land and rights of way were filed Dec. 21 to Jan. 15 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office. Forest Pine Properties LLC to Jon Dalber and Steve Dalber, tract 32 in Honeysuckle Estates ...