Boomer firefighters used leaf blowers and a garden hose to keep a wildfire from reaching a large home on the afternoon of ...

An update on ongoing Wilkes County high school athletic facility improvements was provided during the Wilkes school board’s ...

The Wilkes County Democratic Party’s annual Convention is from 10 a.m. to noon at the Wilkes Agricultural Center at the end of Executive Drive in Wilkesboro.

Alabama bass, which are invasive to North Carolina, are now in more rivers and lakes than ever before and are competing with ...

In recognition of April being Community College Month, the story of one student’s experiences at Wilkes Community College is ...

A record 500-plus flu-related deaths in North Carolina, including eight Wilkes County residents as of Tuesday, were recorded for the 2024-25 respiratory virus season.

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night scheduled public hearings for eight of at least 11 volunteer fire departments with proposed fiscal 2025-26 fire district tax rates that aren’t ...

Wilkes Community College recently hosted its 28th annual Student Awards Reception at the John A. Walker Community Center.

A company called AshBritt is removing parts of trees from Wilkes County streams under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Relay for Life of Wilkes County Survivor Dinner will be held at the Stone Family Center for Performing Arts on Cherry Street in North Wilkesboro on Tuesday, April ...

Sen. Eddie Settle of Wilkes County has been named by Gov. Josh Stein to co-chair Stein’s new Council on Workforce and Apprenticeships.

News of North Carolina’s record number of flu deaths in the 2024-25 flu season, including eight in Wilkes County, is cause for even greater concern about the adverse impact of ...