The Town of Wilkesboro’s financial picture is slowly getting better but has room for much more improvement, according to an auditor who addressed the Wilkesboro Town Council during its regular ...

The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office arrested a man on Jan. 12 on four counts each of possession of a weapon of mass destruction, manufacturing a weapon of mass destruction and assembling ...

Students in the Wilkes County Schools who advanced to the Regional Science Fair at Watauga High School in Boone were ...

The annual Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by Men in Christ, is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Jan. 19, at the Stone Center on Cherry Street, North Wilkesboro.

A 9.7% drop in Wilkes County’s occupancy tax collections from the first five months of fiscal 2024-25 to the same period in 2025-26 is primarily due to Tropical Storm Helene ...

Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Assocation, on Monday issued a call for a national time of prayer at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 14.

Details on the increased success of the Wilkes County Farmers' Market in 2025 were shared with the North Wilkesboro commissioners during their Jan. 6 meeting.

Recharging Resilience,” a free workshop, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Feb. 27, at The Meeting Place at 1901 West Park Drive, North Wilkesboro ...

The 45th annual Blue Ridge Overview open at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, with an awards ceremony at starting at 6:30 p.m.

Staff and congregants of Beach Road Church in Southport began the new year with a public reading of the entire Bible in the ...

Think about this: Knocking on heaven’s door on behalf of our country and friends is a ministry to which every Christian is called. Memorize this truth: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you ...

The Humane Society of Wilkes (HSOW) received the “Top Animal Rescue Group of the Year Award” from Wilkes County Animal Services during the Jan. 6 Wilkes County commissioners meeting.