Wilkes Art Gallery will accept submissions for the 45th annual Blue Ridge Overview Photography Competition and Exhibition on from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan 2 and from 10 a.m.

The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 10 announced felony charges filed against 29 people with Wilkes County addresses and seven others, mostly involving methamphetamine.

Mull, 66, said his top issues include property taxes, affordable and quality housing, child care, mental health, attracting high-paying jobs and transparency. Mull said he has observed Wilkes in his ...

Three local entrepreneurs were chosen winners of $1,000 apiece in a competition at Wilkes Community College in which new and ...

Registration for garden plots at the Cub Creek Community Garden off South Bridge Street in Wilkesboro begins Jan. 5, said ...

West Wilkes High School’s marching band comes down Main Street of Wilkesboro in Christmas Parade.

Former and current Wilkesboro firefighters, family members of nearly all of the 17 men who were Wilkesboro fire chiefs and others helped celebrate the department’s 100th anniversary Saturday at the ...

The North Wilkes boys wrestling team split a pair of matches Tuesday in Moravian Falls, including a league-opening 77-6 romp over intercounty foe Wilkes Central.

Over $200,000 raised by the North Wilkesboro chapter of Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC) in 2025 was distributed to 14 ...

A woman lost her life in a house fire the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, at 329 Old U.S. 421 in the Champion Fire District, ...

North Carolina needs $120 billion worth of new investment in water, stormwater, and sewer systems, according to a recent report from the U.S. Water Alliance.