Summer gardening in Wilkes County comes with its share of challenges, which include heat, pests, weeds, and - most of all - water.

Wilkes School Superintendent Mark Byrd announced administrative changes for the 2025-2026 school year on June 3. The changes ...

Fire destroyed a forklift, wood chipper, three large tractors and other maintenance equipment and supplies in an open-sided ...

Harvesting of the 2025 Brushy Mountain peach crop in Wilkes and Alexander counties has started, with freshy-picked peaches ...

Sports dynasties sometimes are familial, like Archie Manning and sons Peyton and Eli in football, sisters Serena and Venus Williams in tennis and the Petty family in racing.

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Aging is partnering with North Carolina area agencies on aging and local service providers to distribute fans statewide to eligible ...

When we commemorate the formal birthday of the United States of America, we don’t just celebrate a place, a set of governmental institutions, and a shared history that ...

Yadkin River Greenway Benefit Golf Tournament at Oakwoods Country Club on June 26 raised about $6,000 for operational and planning development expenses of the Yadkin River Greenway.

Two people who lost their paddles while kayaking down the Yadkin River in eastern Wilkes County were rescued late Thursday ...

North Wilkesboro police were involved in two motor vehicle chases Monday, both starting on N.C. 18 North and ending in wrecks ...

More work is needed on a building at 711 Main Street recently bought by North Wilkesboro before Optimi LLC (doing business as ...

Kim Caudill, who retired this month as Wilkes County director of elections, looked back on three decades of close involvement ...