A 65-year-old woman has died in a shark attack on South Africa's southeastern coast. Police and municipal authorities have confirmed the incident occurred Tuesday at Orient Beach in KuGompo city.

Substantial losses in scams are among recent crimes reported to the Wilkes Sheriff’s Office. A 79-year-old North Wilkesboro woman reported on Oct. 16 that she was scammed out of $10,000 by someone ...

A water line from the new raw water intake facility being built along the south side of the Yadkin River to the North Wilkesboro water treatment plant will be attached ...

Wilkes County teachers in their first three years in the classroom were recognized for successfully completing the Wilkes School District’s three-year Beginning Teacher Induction Program during the ...

Three communitywide Halloween season events with free admission are coming up.

A commercial building in Wilkesboro received substantial damage in a blaze that Wilkes Fire Marshal Robbie Bolin said resulted from "thermal runaway” with a 3-volt lithium battery, referring to it ...

It was no surprise when the issue of equity between Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro in efforts to develop a river district with commercial, multi-family residential and recreational features arose in ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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