Residents of an assisted living facility near downtown North Wilkesboro and in homes elsewhere in Wilkes County were ...

Wilkes County is under a flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, Va. at 10:59 a.m. Thursday as a result of rain tied to Hurricane ...

At least for now, the tide is turning on drug overdose deaths in North Carolina and nationwide.

Arrests of 20 people as a result of drug investigations conducted over the last 2 ½ months were announced Monday by Capt.

Representatives of Best Friends Animal Society presented a plan for reducing the Wilkes County Animal Shelter’s comparatively high euthanasia rates and making other improvements during a work session ...

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Rendezvous Mountain Chapter, is sponsoring three separate contests this year: the American History Essay Contest (grades 5-8); the American Histo ...

Sarah Stevens, 64, of Mount Airy and Ken Badgett, 59, of Dobson are candidates to represent the 90th N.C. House District. The ...

Darren Staley, 50, of the Traphill community, and Eddie Settle, 64, of the Pleasant Hill community, are candidates to ...

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said in Wilkesboro Monday that reporters covering his campaign for governor should focus on issues like the economy and opioid addiction instead of a Sept. 19 ...

The following land and rights of way transfers filed recently at the Wilkes Register of Deeds Office. Tammy Wagoner and Alvin Wagoner to Lynn Washam and Teresa Washam, lot 167 in Greenstreet Mountain ...

Claude Shew Jr., vice chairman of the Wilkes Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, gave an update on efforts to start a Wilkes County farmers market somewhere along ...

There are now eight Wilkes County farms and 946 acres in the county’s Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District (EVAD) program, up from four and 645 acres in September 2023.