The North Wilkesboro commissioners voted to move ahead with the process of buying a 4.2-acre parcel bordered by Finley Avenue ...

Wilkes School Superintendent Mark Byrd told the Wilkes County commissioners Tuesday night that the local school system is facing a “financial cliff” due to “funding models that are no longer ...

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night unanimously agreed to accept two grants totaling about $2.62 million for building a new terminal at the Wilkes County Airport.

Members of the largest class in Wilkes Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program graduated in a ceremony on Dec. 16 at the John A. Walker Community Center.

Recipients of the latest to Wilkes Community College are Anna Zanon, Erika Hernandez, Aliyah Spicer and Lydia Mayes. Each received a $500 scholarship.

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed at the Wilkes County Register of Deeds office n December.

To make the list, a student with 12-14 hours of coursework needs a grade point average of at least 3.45 for the current semester. A student with 15 hours of coursework needs at least a 3.25 GPA.

A man died as a result of a single car accident on Baldwin Road in the Fleetwood community of Ashe County on Jan. 4.

Appalachian Christmas,” an annual musical celebration of Old Christmas, was presented Sunday at Lutheran Church of the Atonement on Oakwoods Road in Wilkesboro.

Parts of Wilkes County received more than a trace of snow for the first time since the winter of 2022 on Monday.

Being a naturally hopeful person with much to be thankful for, I try to talk to a wide variety of people before speculating about public opinion.

At last Carter Wrenn, the well-known conservative consultant, has written a book about his life in politics: “The Trail of the Serpent: From the Smoke-Filled Rooms of Politics.” ...