East improved to 16-1 overall and 8-0 in MVC action, while North, playing without three starters, regressed to 10-6 and 5-3. “Our girls played their hearts out,” said North’s coach, Steven Phillips.

An elderly man was rescued Tuesday afternoon after he slipped and fell about 80 feet down an ice-covered, steep slope in a pasture off Lump Road, about half a mile ...

With severe winter weather about to arrive, about 16 N.C. Highway Patrol troopers in Wilkesboro-based Troop F, District II (Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties) gathered on Jan. 22 to cut, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Mount Pleasant Elementary School’s new inclusive playground and community park on Champion-Mount Pleasant Road was celebrated ...

Winners in the Wilkes Art Gallery’s 45th annual Blue Ridge Overview were recognized in an opening night reception and awards ceremony on Jan. 16. The exhibition continues through Feb. 13.

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?

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 ...

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