The Wilkes County commissioners unanimously approved the 2025-26 Wilkes County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Plan for spending state funds Tuesday night.

The Charlotte Ellis Memorial Scholarship Board announced recipients of the 2025 Charlotte Ellis Memorial Scholarship.

Elkin, Jonesville and the surrounding communities will welcome outdoor enthusiasts and others to the sixth annual North Carolina Trail Days Festival Thursday through Sunday.

Lawmakers and advocates once again convened at the Legislative Building in Raleigh on Tuesday to call for House Bill 430 — titled “Solly’s Law,” which would restrict youth vaping — ...

The Wilkes County commissioners on Tuesday night unanimously approved a fiscal 2025-26 budget with a tax rate of 42 cents per $100 of property valuation and changes in the initial ...

It took Mayor Marc Hauser to break two tie votes, but the North Wilkesboro commissioners on Tuesday night approved a 2025-26 budget with a tax rate of 41 cents per ...

In a game that featured plenty of high-stakes situations and tension-filled drama, Laura Mealer played the hero during No. 7 ...

The North Carolina Center for Resilience & Learning announced the release of the Education Preparation Programs Trauma-Informed Practices Toolkit, designed for educator preparation programs across ...

Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse, met and prayed with Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, on May 28 in Berlin.

Four Wilkes County entities were awarded a total of $4,907 in garden mini-grants through N.C State Extension’s SNAP-Ed program, Steps to Health, this year.

Wilkes County’s unemployment rate dropped from 3.8% in March to 3.5% in April, the N.C. Department of Commerce reported.

Appalachian State University researcher Dr. Zachary Russell, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from NCInnovation (NCI) to develop an ...