The Wilkes Sheriff’s Office is investigating several recent reports of thefts, including motor vehicles. Teofilo Simental of Mulberry Fields Road, North Wilkesboro, on April 29 reported the theft of a ...

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office March 7-27. • Jerry Bryant and Bryant Home Center Inc. to Angel Sidden and Michael Sidden, lot five in ...

Two felony cases were heard in the April 17 session of Wilkes District Court, with Donna Shumate presiding. Alica Elizabeth Wood, charged with felony larceny of a motor vehicle and pleaded guilty to ...

Kiwanis in Wilkes sponsored Key Club students through a Weave funding award at a “Key Leader Camp” in Black Mountain in 2024.

Wilkes County teachers who received grants from the C.B. Eller Education Fund for participating in continuing education programs were announced during the Wilkes Board of Education meeting Monday ...

The National Park Service is implementing an increase for camping and other associated fees on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Restoring rewards for longevity and Master’s degrees in the pay of educators have been filed in the North Carolina Senate.

Some North Carolina voters will head to the polls again on May 14 for runoff elections in contested primaries, including one congressional race and two statewides races.

Last week, the N.C. General Assembly took its first actions during the short session. This included two substantial pieces of legislation.

The N.C. Community College System’s (NCCCS) primary legislative request this short session is money for Propel NC, the system’s new funding model proposal. The request includes a nearly $100 million ...

Country artist Presley Barker, on guitar, and his younger, sitting, were a big hit at the Plaza Stage at MerleFest 2024. The brothers are from Traphill. They performed on other ...

The Rendezvous Mountain Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presented Jason Michael Duncan with the DAR Historic Preservation Medal for his research of records of the history of ...