The Wilkes County Schools’ looming “financial cliff” was explained in greater detail during a day-long Wilkes Board of Education retreat Friday in the board’s meeting room in North Wilkesboro.

Jeffrey Duncan has been appointed as the new warden of Wilkes Correctional Center, a minimum custody state prison on N.C. 115 ...

New Jersey tea, the 2013 North Carolina Wildflower of the Year, is among additions to this year’s Wilkes Cooperative ...

Wilkes County Schools hosted the annual Poetry Out Loud Competition on Jan. 28 at the Stone Center in North Wilkesboro.

The American Red Cross is urging donors to give blood or platelets in February to help build up supplies after thousands of donations went uncollected in January due to severe ...

Pilot Mountain State Park’s Bean Shoals Access, along the north side of the Yadkin River in Surry County, has reopened following a construction project in 2024.

The Wilkes Community College fall semester dean’s list and president’s list have been announced.

The North Wilkes varsity girls routed Wilkes Central for the second time in seven days on Tuesday, rolling to a 64-11 ...

An Alexander County teenager was seriously injured when the Beta 300 two-stroke trail bike he was operating ran off gravel Pores Knob Road in Moravian Falls Sunday evening.

Members of a Christian men’s organization called the Legendaries and Ministerios Emmanuel Church had a public demonstration of support for local government and local law enforcement in Wilkesboro ...

Charlotte-based Rumbao Dance Company will provide salsa dance lessons for a dinner event on March 8 at Wilkes Community College’s John A. Walker Center in Wilkesboro ...

A women criticized recent action by the state legislature that increased state funds for private school vouchers and then raised questions about diversity, equity and inclusion during the Feb. 3 ...