The East Wilkes girls repeated as wrestling tournament champion on Friday, rolling to a convincing win in the inaugural Mountain Valley 2A/3A/4A Conference tourney at Starmount High School in ...

It doesn’t happen very often, but it’s sometimes nice to be reassured your small community of habitation hasn’t been lost amongst the 8 billion people or so on planet Earth.

With severe winter weather about to arrive, about 16 N.C. Highway Patrol troopers in Wilkesboro-based Troop F, District II ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation is making progress clearing Wilkes County roads in the aftermath of a 2-inch-deep sleet ...

Count, coordinated by the Northwest N.C. Continuum of Care (CoC), will be conducted in the High Country counties of Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Watauga ...

The NCHSAA Board of Directors has determined that, to accommodate schools that have lost practice time due to inclement weather and to provide wrestlers with an opportunity ...

Traphill Fire Department will host a spaghetti supper on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m., followed by bingo games starting at 7 p.m. Adam Collins will preach at Garden Creek Baptist Church in Stone ...

Wilkes County Schools were closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week due to icy conditions on local roads.

The High Country Council of Governments announced that it will accept applications for the N.C. Housing Finance Agency’s 2027 Essential Single Family Rehabilitation Loan Pool (ESFRLP27) program from ...

North Carolina is once again demonstrating the folly of holding primary elections in March. How long will it take to acknowledge that nobody wants to vote on March 3?

In places where governments are smaller, taxes are lower, regulations are lighter, and property rights are more secure, people tend to be more generous, trustful and tolerant.

Small Business of the Year an other award recipients were announced at the Wilkes Chamber of Commerce’s 80th annual Membership Celebration on Jan. 22 at the John A. Walker Center.