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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

The United Way of Wilkes County Board of Directors has recently approved the hiring of a new executive director.

With a record number of hurricanes predicted this year on the Southeastern coast, Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 5-11) has more meaning than usual.

Wilkes County Manager John Yates on Tuesday night presented a draft fiscal 2024-25 budget that keeps the property tax rate unchanged at 66 cents for the sixth straight year and ...

A man was critically injured Sunday night when the Hyundai car he was driving struck a large white pine tree that had fallen across both lanes of U.S. 21 in ...

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 ...