A Blue Ridge Opportunity Commission (BROC) program that helps low-income people in Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties with rent and utility bills and in other ways in emergencies has been ...

The Holiday Bazaar Crawl returns in the Wilkesboros on Saturday, Nov. 8, with the addition of Wilkesboro United Methodist ...

The Wilkes County commissioners recently appointed Brett D. Cothren to the Wilkes Community College Board of Trustees.

The annual Creepy Creek Trail at the eastern end of Cub Creek Park begins at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31. Entities will give away candy from booths on the walking track around the park. The also will be ...

The 85th Walsh family reunion was held on the afternoon of Oct. 12 at Beaver Creek Baptist Church in Ferguson.

A backyard chicken flock in Rutherford County tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI), announced the N.C. Department of Agriculture in mid-October.

Wilkes Community College’s second-year respiratory therapy students took first place at the North Carolina Society for Respiratory Care (NCSRC) Sputum Bowl on Oct. 9, finishing ahead of five other com ...

The fourth annual Spooktacular, from 4-8 p.m. Saturday, drew the event’s biggest crowd yet to downtown North Wilkesboro.

The Wilkes Rescue Squad is maintaining its emergency response vehicles and equipment with a goal of regaining county ...

A young child reported missing to the Wilkesboro Police Department about 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, was located later that day and is safe, stated Wilkesboro Deputy Police Chief Rocky ...

Construction is well underway on Overmountain Trace, a 69-unit independent living development near the northwest corner of ...

Two people died in wrecks this week in Wilkes County, one on N.C. 16 North in the Wilbar community Wednesday morning and the ...