A ban on outside burning issued by the N.C. Forest Service will be rescinded in Wilkes and another 80 of North Carolina’s 100 counties at 8 a.m. Sunday, May 3, ...

A teenager died in a wreck on U.S. 421 in Wilkesboro around midnight Thursday.

MerleFest in many ways is a melting pot of traditional music and husband and wife John Cloyd Miller and Natalya Zoe Weinstein of Asheville, performing as Zoe & Cloyd, were among artists representing ...

Wilkes Community College is implementing corrective actions in response to a report from the office of State Auditor Dave Boliek on use of state funds for student mental health related ...

The Wilkes County commissioners received a request for an 18% increase in county government funding for Wilkes Community College in the fiscal 2026-27 budget during a budget work session on ...

Every indication is that Wilkes Community College’s 38th MerleFest lived up to its tradition of being a well-organized, ...

A teenager was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle, reckless driving to endanger and other ...

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The North Wilkes golf team and West Wilkes junior Slater Meade were victors Monday in a nonconference golf match at Oakwoods ...

West Wilkes’ Austin Frazier had a first-place finish Monday in a six-team nonconference track meet at West Caldwell High School in Lenoir.