The roof and ceiling of the Cut Ups hair salon building at 926 C Street, North Wilkesboro, collapsed on Aug. 11 and 12.

The nation’s largest public utility plans to buy power from an upcoming advanced nuclear plant to help fuel Google data ...

NASCAR introduced another innovative national series schedule as the 2026 slates were announced today (Wednesday) for the ...

The Wilkes Cooperative Extension Service will host a workshop focused on best practices and strategies to improve the quality ...

Upcoming construction of a new warehouse and office building for American Furniture Co. on D Street, North Wilkesboro, was among top stories in the Aug. 12, 1965, issue of The Journal-Patriot. This is ...

The Western Piedmont Symphony, a professional orchestra based in the North Carolina foothills, opens its 2025-26 season with ...

The Blue Ridge Conservancy Board of Trustees on Tuesday announced the hiring of David Ray as the organization’s executive director.

It was 250 years ago this month that delegates from 35 North Carolina counties and nine towns convened in Hillsborough for the Third Provincial Congress.

The State Health Plan Board of Trustees approved increases to health care coverage premiums for members at its meeting on ...

New NC law mandates school cellphone restrictions and social media instruction Bipartisan support boosted NC legislation requiring public school districts to restrict cellphone use, provide social ...

The Wilkes County Board of Elections passed a resolution during a meeting earlier this month temporarily transferring voters in the Cricket, Fairplains, Wilkesboro 2 precincts who are eligible to vote ...

The Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman on Aug. 11 on a charge of murder in the stabbing death of her husband earlier that day.