About 2,300 high school and middle school students, mostly from Wilkes County but also from Watauga and Yadkin counties, ...

North Wilkesboro Police Chief Brad Mathis said a teenager who was shot in an incident Sunday near Smoot Park was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent ...

West Wilkes High School Hunter Skills teams finished well in the district tournament at Hunting Creek Shooting Preserve in Harmony on March 14.

Traphill Elementary School staff members recently applied for and were awarded a $1,700 “Sustaining the Future” grant from Keep North Carolina Beautiful.

As of March 26, most of Wilkes County was included in the portion of North Carolina experiencing "severe drought" conditions. Far northeastern Wilkes was experiencing "moderate drought." ...

Wilkes Community College celebrated completion of a new facility designed to enhance hands-on instruction for public safety and industry driving with a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 20.

Southern Baptists love the elements of a congregational gathering. A survey to be conducted soon will look to get a clearer picture of how churches conduct and experience worship services. The study ...

The 2025-26 inductees in the North Wilkes High School Hall of Fame are Rebecca Ann Sebastian, Calvin Wyatt and members of the 1972 North Wilkes Viking football team.

N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced on March 26 that the application period opened Monday, March 30, for three of four categories that producers can apply for $221 million in ...

Farmers around the world are running short of fertilizer because of the war in Iran, which could make food more expensive later this year.

Late Sunday afternoon, several volunteer fire departments and the N.C. Forest Service were fighting a large forest fire in a mountainous area off Cane Creek Church in the McGrady fire ...

North Wilkesboro Police Chief Brad Mathis reported Sunday afternoon that a shooting occurred on Chestnut Street near Smoot Park around 2:50 p.m. Sunday.