The Charlotte-based Robert Haywood Morrison Foundation recently donated 749 acres on the Blue Ridge Mountain escarpment in ...

Wilkes is among several counties in the northwestern part of the state scheduled to switch to a paperless court system with eCourts software in July 2025, according to the Administrative ...

Child advocates want the N.C. General Assembly to regulate the sale of intoxicating cannabis products, many of which are packaged to look like popular candy and snacks.

Discount retailer Big Lots, with a store on U.S. 421 West in Wilkesboro, announced Dec. 16 that it is filing for bankruptcy as it prepares to be acquired.

Carolyn Brookshire Pardue was recently presented the Dennis Sawyers Hall of Fame Award by the Winston-Salem Regional ...

A trailing candidate in a very close election for the N.C. Supreme Court asked that court on Dec. 18 to step in and prevent election officials from counting in his ...

Interviews for this story took place before Tropical Storm Helene impacted rivers. “What I have seen in the Watauga River is ...

For the second year in a row, the Tory Oak Project provided Wilkes Early College High School students with an immersive experience exploring Wilkes County's career and leisure opportunities.

Y2K compliant” was a familiar term and imaginations were running wild concerning possible problems with everything from the electricity grid and nuclear power plants to home computers ...

The winter meeting of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Board of Directors concluded on Thursday, Dec. 5, at the NCHSAA Offices. Over the course of ...

Students from four Wilkes elementary schools went on a shopping spree for food at the IGA Marketplace store on N.C. 18 North ...

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist this week announced a significant investment in its workforce, raising its minimum starting rate, or the minimum hourly wage, to $18.50 per hour, effective Jan.