The Republican-controlled N.C. Supreme Court isn’t fulfilling its vital role of maintaining checks and balances with ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that it will provide enough money for half of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due in November, but Wilkes Department of So ...

A $5,000 Subaru Loves Learning grant recently was awarded to the East Wilkes High School media center. Crystal Blackburn, ...

The North Wilkesboro Rotary Club presented a check for $10,200 to Wilkes Family YMCA Executive Director Caroline Whitson at ...

An article in last week’s issue mentioned the Wilkes County sheriff’s race between Claude Doughton and C.G. Poindexter in 1942, bringing to mind a story involving Doughton that Dwight Nichols ...

North Wilkesboro voters elected a new mayor (Randy Huffman) and two new commissioners (Sandra Espin and Alex Hamilton), while ...

A man was found deceased below his deer hunting stand in the vicinity of McCarter Road in southeastern Wilkes County Monday morning.

The Wilkes Department of Social Services is seeking sponsors for children in foster care or extended foster care to help ensure they receive Christmas gifts this year.

The following land and rights of way transfers were filed Oct. 24-30 at the Wilkes Register of Deeds office. Donna Sharpe, Sam Sharpe, Douglas Kilby, Kathy Kilby, Clay Taylor and Heather Taylor to ...

An unoccupied, wood frame house at 2524 Boomer Road in the Boomer community was destroyed by fire on the night of Oct. 28.

An unoccupied, wood frame house at 2524 Boomer Road in the Boomer community was destroyed by fire on the night of Oct. 28.

In commanding fashion, East Wilkes earned a spot in the 2A West finals by blanking Gray Stone Day, 6-0, in Ronda on Oct. 22. “Our girls were dominant,” said East’s coach, Aaron Simmons. “The focus, ...