For the second year, a group of local advocates partnered with the Aspen Institute to award grants to people who are "weaving" neighbors together in mutual support and connecting their ...

Lori Parsons of Purlear was sworn in Friday as a new member of the Wilkes County Board of Elections.

The Wilkesboro Town Council on Monday announced the renewed business interest in a vacant parcel just off U.S. 421 West, the rezoning of which was denied after being opposed by ...

A deceased woman was found inside a camper that was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning in eastern Wilkes County.

The Wilkes County Quilters recently donated a 95-inch-by-95-inch quilt featuring the state flowers of each of the 50 states ...

United Way of Wilkes announced the appointment of Dr. Joey “Joe” M. Bullis as its new executive director, effective Feb. 17.

A Wilkes County man has been named N.C. Wildlife Enforcement Officer of the Year in the N.C. Wildlife Federation’s 60th annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards program.

The Rev. James Theodore “Theo” Hendrix moved with his wife, Flossie Pearl Greene Hendrix, and five sons from the Stoney Fork ...

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), a deciduous native shrub growing to 8 to 15 feet, is found in various conditions but typically ...

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), a deciduous native shrub growing to 8 to 15 feet, is found in various conditions but typically is found in moist areas of forests in western North ...

Kayla Mounce McCoy was a fifth-grader at Ronda-Clingman Elementary when she attended the Wilkes Soil & Water Conservation ...

In the season opener for both clubs, the North Wilkes varsity boys rallied in the bottom of the seventh to post a 9-8 ...