A federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 continued this week and threatens Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits scheduled to start Nov. 1.

The Aspen Institute announced on Oct. 28 that Wilkes Community College is among 200 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.

The current party affiliation in North Carolina is 32% Democrat, 30% Republican and 38% unaffiliated. However, “Gerrymander” Phil Berger and his gang of power-hungry politicians have managed to arrang ...

Races for mayor and two commissioner seats in North Wilkesboro and for two Wilkesboro Town Council seats are in final stretches, with Election Day on Nov. 4 and early voting ...

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 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.

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

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.

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

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