Voter turnout in Wilkes County for the 2026 midterm elections is off to a strong start, with 1,583 ballots cast in the first two days (Thursday and Friday) of early ...

An Evening with Presley Barker” on Oct. 10 at the Walker Center featured the Wilkes County native performing traditional ...

The Rendezvous Mountain Chapter has arranged to have one of six mobile “Freedom Trucks” parked on North Bridge Street next to ...

Jake Crum won Saturday’s Friendly Tire 99 SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic feature at North Wilkesboro Speedway, ...

Jewish Americans feel they have a lot at stake in the Oct. 27 contentious elections in Israel as three years of Mideast conflicts rile up emotions across the United States, ...

An N.C. Department of Transportation contractor soon will begin replacing a 62-year-old overpass bridge in Yadkin County.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, Friends of Stone Mountain State Park will host a guided hike to three cemeteries in the park. Historian Jason Duncan is leading the hike and will ...

The Wilkes County Board of Commissioners and Wilkesboro Town Council scheduled public hearings on proposed economic incentives for a company in return for the company investing in real property and ...

As David said when facing Goliath, “The battle is the Lord’s.” “The enemy is around you, and God can help you,” says Scott, 10. Some experts believe the scene shifts to the banquet table of the king; ...

Steel is going up for North Wilkesboro's new fire station at the intersection of Finley Avenue and Reynolds Road.

Wilkes County fifth-graders learned about various aspect of natural resources in the Wilkes Soil & Water Conservation District’s annual Conservation Fall Field Days on Oct. 14, 16 and 20 at ...

A lifetime dedicated to agriculture, conservation and community service was formally recognized on Oct. 13 when Gurney Mathis was inducted into the Wilkes County Agricultural Hall of Fame.