Wilkes School Superintendent Mark Byrd on March 5 announced that two eastern Wilkes County schools have new principals.

Daimler Truck North America operates some of North Carolina’s largest manufacturing facilities, including a Freightliner truck plant in Mount Holly, a Freightliner and Western Star plant in Cleveland, ...

North Carolina Auditor Dave Boliek called for the separation of the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles from the N.C. Department of Transportation in an audit report released Monday.

An 18-year-old was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle as a result of a wreck on U.S. 21 in the Wilkes County portion ...

The number of Wilkes County high school students testing positive in random drug tests decreased from 30 out of 432 tested in the 2023-24 school year to 13 out of ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has announced that she is entering the open Tennessee governor’s race in 2026. The second-term senator's announcement Wednesday sets up a primary clash with U.S.

North Carolina DMV audit recommends reforms to reverse customer wait times, worker morale North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles is the subject of two new audits looking to address long wait ...

Wilkes County and other locales in North Carolina and nationwide experienced record and near-record high temperatures in June and July, according to National Weather Service (NWS) data.

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North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church at 804 E Street was recently certified as an “Earth Care Congregation” by the ...

In the back of a cramped, wood-paneled warehouse in Knoxville, Tenn., are dozens of aquarium tanks filled with endangered, ...